On-going projects
Last update: 8 September 2021
Here is a list of on-going projects that are contributing to the RP-PCP:
Last update: 8 September 2021
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Livestock Production Systems in Zimbabwe (LIPS-Zim) Project
LIPS-Zim is a European Union-funded project that aims to increase agricultural productivity in Zimbabwe’s semi-arid agro-ecological regions IV and V. It promotes increased adoption of climate-relevant innovations in livestock-based production systems and improved surveillance and control of livestock diseases.
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INTERFACE BETWEEEN ZIMBABWE’S COMMUNAL AND PROTECTED AREAS
How Climate change modify interactions among wildlife, livestock, and human in the hot spot of biodiversity in Africa?
What are the consequences for infectious diseases?
Study at the interface between communal and protected areas in Zimbabwe
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Mozambican Arenavirus at the Rodent Human interface
Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) have been a growing concern for public health over the past decades with major outbreaks of emerging or re-emerging pathogens such as the Ebola virus, avian influenza viruses, SARS, and MERS coronavirus. Around 75 percent of EIDs are zoonotic diseases and most of them originate from wildlife. The complexity of multi-host systems at stake, for which, host roles and modes and routes of transmission are still largely unknown creates important challenges for surveillance and control.. Rodents, the most diverse order of Mammals, are considered a major potential source of emerging pathogens for humans, and the study of the Human / Rodent interface is of particular interest to prevent outbreaks of EIDs, especially in countries with limited resources available for public health. -
Capacitating One Health in Eastern and Southern Africa (COHESA)
Led by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD) and the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA AfriCenter), a new project has just started in Eastern and Southern Africa. -
Implemented by the French Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), Centre for Viral Zoonoses, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria (CVZ), Faculty of Veterinary Sciences (FVS), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) and Centre for Applied Social Sciences (CASS) and College of Health Sciences of the University of Zimbabwe, a new four- year project will run from 2022 through 2026. The project is being implemented under the framework of the Research Platform -– Production and Conservation in Partnership (RP-PCP).
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Sustainable Wildlife Management to Improve Local Livelihoods- SWM
The Sustainable Wildlife Management programme aims at reaching both wildlife conservation and food security objectives