Projects
Current projects in which LCIRAH researchers are engaged:
Africa:
Agriculture, food security, foodways and health in the Makhathini farming region of South Africa (Lizzie Hull, SOAS)
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SUN and RAIN: An assessment of intersectoral policy and action for nutrition in Zambia (Jody Harris, SOAS, Bhavani Shankar, SOAS)
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Voucher subsidy programmes in low-income countries: learning lessons from agriculture and health (Luke Harman, SOAS, Andrew Dorward, SOAS)
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Women’s work and household food habits in northern Mozambique (Sara Stevano, SOAS, Deborah Johnston, SOAS, and Harry West, SOAS)
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Agriculture & health: farm household & wider interactions in Sub-Saharan Africa (Stella Wambugu, SOAS, Andrew Dorward, SOAS, and Bhavani Shankar, SOAS)
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Epidemiology, ecology and socio-economics of disease emergence in Nairobi (Vicente Lopez Chavarrias, RVC, Jonathan Rushton, RVC, and Barbara Häsler, RVC)
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Asia:
Dietary patterns in the Philippines (Rosie Green, LSHTM)
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Exploring drivers of undernutrition across space (states) and time in India (Elisa Cavatorta, SOAS and Bhavani Shankar, SOAS)
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Opium cultivation, conflict and food security: the case of Afghanistan (Elisa Cavatorta, SOAS)
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The applicability of value chain approaches to address low fruit and vegetable consumption in Fiji (Emily Morgan, LSHTM, Karen Lock, LSHTM, and Alan Dangour, LSHTM)
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Women's empowerment in agriculture and child nutritional status in Nepal (Kenda Cunningham, LSHTM and Bhavani Shankar, SOAS)
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Europe:
Networking to enhance the use of economics in animal health education, research and policy making in Europe and beyond (NEAT) (Barbara Haesler, RVC and Jonathan Rushton, RVC)
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Providing a new generation of methodologies and tools for cost-effective risk-based animal health surveillance systems for the benefit of livestock producers, decision makers and consumers (RiskSur) (Barbara Haesler, RVC and Jonathan Rushton, RVC)
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Political priority given to nutrition-related health in agricultural trade policy: A case study of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union (Helen Walls, LSHTM and Richard Smith, LSHTM)
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The Impact of Brucellosis in Albania: Application of an Agri-food Systems Approach to Zoonoses (Mieghan Bruce, RVC, Jonathan Rushton, RVC, Javier Guitian, RVC, and Nigel Poole, SOAS)
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Global/Multi-region:
Public health impacts in urban environments of greenhouse gas emissions reduction strategies (PURGE) (Rosie Green, LSHTM, Alan Dangour, LSHTM)
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Rapid integrated assessment of food safety and nutrition (RIA) (Barbara Haesler, RVC and Jonathan Rushton, RVC)
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Impact evaluation of agricultural trade policy on health and nutrition (Helen Walls, LSHTM and Richard Smith, LSHTM)
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Income elasticity for direct and indirect demand of food grains (Laura Cornelsen, LSHTM and Andrew Dorward, SOAS)
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Analysis of cross-price elasticities (Laura Cornelsen, LSHTM, Rosie Green, LSHTM, Alan Dangour, LSHTM, Bhavani Shankar, SOAS, and Richard Smith, LSHTM)
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Worldwide review of food price elasticities (Laura Cornelsen, LSHTM, Rosie Green, LSHTM, Alan Dangour, LSHTM, Bhavani Shankar, SOAS, and Richard Smith, LSHTM)
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Worldwide review of price elasticities for meats and fruits and vegetables (Laura Cornelsen, LSHTM, Rosie Green, LSHTM, Alan Dangour, LSHTM, Bhavani Shankar, SOAS, and Richard Smith, LSHTM)
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Case studies on the transformation of traditional knowledge into international commodities - the link between traditional medicines in India and European distribution (Anthony Booker, UCL School of Pharmacy, Michael Heinrich, UCL School of Pharmacy, and Deborah Johnston, SOAS)
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Source attribution of Campylobacter contamination in the poultry value chains of the UK and Kenya (Vicente Lopez Chavarrias, RVC, Jonathan Rushton, RVC, Javier Güitian, RVC)
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Systematic review of the impact of international trade policy on food trade, nutrition and health (Helen Walls, LSHTM, Laura Cornelsen, LSHTM, and Richard Smith, LSHTM)
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Systematic review protocol here.
