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In 2012 the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) launched a major initiative on leveraging agriculture to improve human nutrition and health. Foodborne disease, zoonoses, and emerging diseases were identified as human health problems for which agricultural research ca...


Grace, DeliaMcDermott, John J.[The contribution of agricultural research to managing zoonoses and foodborne diseases]The contribution of agricultural research to managing zoonoses and foodborne diseases

Past attempts to alleviate the problems of poor farmers engaged in mixed-crop-livestock production have generally focussed on the design and diffusion of new technologies targeted on specific components of the agroecosystem. Unfortunately, such piece-meal efforts have had little impact in the dev...


Li Pun, H.H.Baumgaertner, J.U.Greiling, J.Gopalan, H.Jabbar, M.A.Mares, V.McDermott, John J.Odiit, M.Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.[Linking natural resources, agriculture and human health: case studies from East Africa]Linking natural resources, agriculture and human health: case studies from East Africa

The Global Forum on Agricultural Research's (GFAR) mission is to mobilize the world scientific community in their effort to alleviate poverty increase food security and promote the sustainable use of natural resources. GFAR plays a role of facilitator between stakeholders, in particular scientist...


Camus, E.McDermott, John J.Francois, T. le[A global initiative on trypanosomosis control: A proposal from the global forum on agricultural research]A global initiative on trypanosomosis control: A proposal from the global forum on agricultural research

Describing agroecosystems and assessing their sustainability and health has become of great interest to researchers, Development agents and communities. Such assessments are frequently carried out using a group of carefully chosen attributes, known as indicators. This was the approach adopted in ...


Gitau, T.McDermott, John J.Waltner-Toews, D.McDermott, B.[Use of correspondence analysis in agroecosystem health and sustainability assessment]Use of correspondence analysis in agroecosystem health and sustainability assessment

Agriculture and food are assumed to be critical determinants of stunting and micronutrient deficiency. However, agriculture research for development has not translated as expected into better nutrition outcomes. We argue that to do so, agriculture research needs to be fundamentally changed, from ...


McDermott, John J.Johnson, Nancy L.Kadiyala, S.Kennedy, G.Wyatt, A.J.[Agricultural research for nutrition outcomes – rethinking the agenda]Agricultural research for nutrition outcomes – rethinking the agenda

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