Integrating Agriculture and Health Research for Development: LCIRAH as an Interdisciplinary Programme to Address a Global Challenge
Abstract The multiple burdens of persistent undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies, along with the rapidly growing rates of overweight, obesity, and associated chronic diseases, are major challenges globally. The role of agriculture and the food system in meeting these challenges is very poor...
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| author | Jeff Waage Laura Cornelsen Alan D. Dangour Rosemary Green Barbara Häsler Elizabeth Hull Deborah Johnston Suneetha Kadiyala Karen Lock Bhavani Shankar Richard D. Smith Helen L. Walls |
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| description | Abstract The multiple burdens of persistent undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies, along with the rapidly growing rates of overweight, obesity, and associated chronic diseases, are major challenges globally. The role of agriculture and the food system in meeting these challenges is very poorly understood. Achieving food security and addressing malnutrition in all its forms, a Sustainable Development Goal, requires an understanding of how changing food systems affect health outcomes and the development of new tools to design and evaluate interventions. An interinstitutional programme to address this interdisciplinary research challenge is described. Over the past seven years, the Leverhulme Centre for Integrative Research on Agriculture and Health has built a portfolio of successful and innovative research, trained a new cadre of interdisciplinary researchers in “Agri‐Health,” and built an international research community with a particular focus on strengthening research capacity in low‐ and middle‐income countries. The evolution of this programme is described, and key factors contributing to its success are discussed that may be of general value in designing interdisciplinary research programmes directed at supporting global development goals. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fd141573ebf646ce9ad2c7f9719687492023-08-14T09:40:48ZengWileyGlobal Challenges2056-66462019-04-0134n/an/a10.1002/gch2.201700104Integrating Agriculture and Health Research for Development: LCIRAH as an Interdisciplinary Programme to Address a Global ChallengeJeff Waage0Laura Cornelsen1Alan D. Dangour2Rosemary Green3Barbara Häsler4Elizabeth Hull5Deborah Johnston6Suneetha Kadiyala7Karen Lock8Bhavani Shankar9Richard D. Smith10Helen L. Walls11London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Keppel Street London WC1E 7HT UKLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Keppel Street London WC1E 7HT UKLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Keppel Street London WC1E 7HT UKLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Keppel Street London WC1E 7HT UKRoyal Veterinary College 4 Royal College Street London NW1 0TU UKSchool of Oriental and African Studies Thornhaugh Street London WC1H 0XG UKSchool of Oriental and African Studies Thornhaugh Street London WC1H 0XG UKLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Keppel Street London WC1E 7HT UKLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Keppel Street London WC1E 7HT UKSchool of Oriental and African Studies Thornhaugh Street London WC1H 0XG UKLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Keppel Street London WC1E 7HT UKLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Keppel Street London WC1E 7HT UKAbstract The multiple burdens of persistent undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies, along with the rapidly growing rates of overweight, obesity, and associated chronic diseases, are major challenges globally. The role of agriculture and the food system in meeting these challenges is very poorly understood. Achieving food security and addressing malnutrition in all its forms, a Sustainable Development Goal, requires an understanding of how changing food systems affect health outcomes and the development of new tools to design and evaluate interventions. An interinstitutional programme to address this interdisciplinary research challenge is described. Over the past seven years, the Leverhulme Centre for Integrative Research on Agriculture and Health has built a portfolio of successful and innovative research, trained a new cadre of interdisciplinary researchers in “Agri‐Health,” and built an international research community with a particular focus on strengthening research capacity in low‐ and middle‐income countries. The evolution of this programme is described, and key factors contributing to its success are discussed that may be of general value in designing interdisciplinary research programmes directed at supporting global development goals.https://doi.org/10.1002/gch2.201700104agriculturedevelopmentenvironmenthealthinterdisciplinary researchnutrition |
| spellingShingle | Jeff Waage Laura Cornelsen Alan D. Dangour Rosemary Green Barbara Häsler Elizabeth Hull Deborah Johnston Suneetha Kadiyala Karen Lock Bhavani Shankar Richard D. Smith Helen L. Walls Integrating Agriculture and Health Research for Development: LCIRAH as an Interdisciplinary Programme to Address a Global Challenge Global Challenges agriculture development environment health interdisciplinary research nutrition |
| title | Integrating Agriculture and Health Research for Development: LCIRAH as an Interdisciplinary Programme to Address a Global Challenge |
| title_full | Integrating Agriculture and Health Research for Development: LCIRAH as an Interdisciplinary Programme to Address a Global Challenge |
| title_fullStr | Integrating Agriculture and Health Research for Development: LCIRAH as an Interdisciplinary Programme to Address a Global Challenge |
| title_full_unstemmed | Integrating Agriculture and Health Research for Development: LCIRAH as an Interdisciplinary Programme to Address a Global Challenge |
| title_short | Integrating Agriculture and Health Research for Development: LCIRAH as an Interdisciplinary Programme to Address a Global Challenge |
| title_sort | integrating agriculture and health research for development lcirah as an interdisciplinary programme to address a global challenge |
| topic | agriculture development environment health interdisciplinary research nutrition |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/gch2.201700104 |
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