A one health approach to plant health
Abstract One Health has been defined as an approach to the pursuit of public health and well-being that recognizes the interconnections between people, animals, plants, and their shared environment. In this opinion piece, based on a webinar of the same name, we argue that a One Health perspective ca...
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| author | Vivian Hoffmann Birthe Paul Titilayo Falade Arshnee Moodley Navin Ramankutty Janice Olawoye Rousseau Djouaka Elikana Lekei Nicoline de Haan Peter Ballantyne Jeff Waage |
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| description | Abstract One Health has been defined as an approach to the pursuit of public health and well-being that recognizes the interconnections between people, animals, plants, and their shared environment. In this opinion piece, based on a webinar of the same name, we argue that a One Health perspective can help optimize net benefits from plant protection, realizing food security and nutrition gains while minimizing unintentional negative impacts of plant health practices on people, animals and ecosystems. We focus on two primary trade-offs that lie at the interface of plant health with animal, ecosystem, and human health: protecting plant health through use of agrochemicals versus minimizing risks to human health and antimicrobial and insecticide resistance; and ensuring food security by prioritizing the health of crops to maximize agricultural production versus protecting environmental systems critical for human health. We discuss challenges and opportunities for advancement associated with each of these, taking into account how the priorities and constraints of stakeholders may vary by gender, and argue that building the capacity of regulatory bodies in low- and middle-income countries to conduct cost–benefit analysis has the potential to improve decision-making in the context of these and other multi-dimensional trade-offs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f961cd4767ff4d46aa089c0250fb4bba2022-12-22T03:33:37ZengBMCCABI Agriculture and Bioscience2662-40442022-09-01311710.1186/s43170-022-00118-2A one health approach to plant healthVivian Hoffmann0Birthe Paul1Titilayo Falade2Arshnee Moodley3Navin Ramankutty4Janice Olawoye5Rousseau Djouaka6Elikana Lekei7Nicoline de Haan8Peter Ballantyne9Jeff Waage10International Food Policy Research Institute and Carleton UniversityInternational Center for Tropical AgricultureInternational Institute of Tropical AgricultureCGIAR AMR Hub, International Livestock Research Institute, and University of CopenhagenUniversity of British ColumbiaIndependent ConsultantInternational Institute of Tropical AgricultureIndependent ConsultantCGIAR Gender Platform and International Livestock Research InstituteIndependent ConsultantLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineAbstract One Health has been defined as an approach to the pursuit of public health and well-being that recognizes the interconnections between people, animals, plants, and their shared environment. In this opinion piece, based on a webinar of the same name, we argue that a One Health perspective can help optimize net benefits from plant protection, realizing food security and nutrition gains while minimizing unintentional negative impacts of plant health practices on people, animals and ecosystems. We focus on two primary trade-offs that lie at the interface of plant health with animal, ecosystem, and human health: protecting plant health through use of agrochemicals versus minimizing risks to human health and antimicrobial and insecticide resistance; and ensuring food security by prioritizing the health of crops to maximize agricultural production versus protecting environmental systems critical for human health. We discuss challenges and opportunities for advancement associated with each of these, taking into account how the priorities and constraints of stakeholders may vary by gender, and argue that building the capacity of regulatory bodies in low- and middle-income countries to conduct cost–benefit analysis has the potential to improve decision-making in the context of these and other multi-dimensional trade-offs.https://doi.org/10.1186/s43170-022-00118-2One healthPlant healthHuman healthAgriculture-environment trade-offs |
| spellingShingle | Vivian Hoffmann Birthe Paul Titilayo Falade Arshnee Moodley Navin Ramankutty Janice Olawoye Rousseau Djouaka Elikana Lekei Nicoline de Haan Peter Ballantyne Jeff Waage A one health approach to plant health CABI Agriculture and Bioscience One health Plant health Human health Agriculture-environment trade-offs |
| title | A one health approach to plant health |
| title_full | A one health approach to plant health |
| title_fullStr | A one health approach to plant health |
| title_full_unstemmed | A one health approach to plant health |
| title_short | A one health approach to plant health |
| title_sort | one health approach to plant health |
| topic | One health Plant health Human health Agriculture-environment trade-offs |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s43170-022-00118-2 |
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