One Health is an approach that aims to balance and optimise the health of people, animals and ecosystems. In this project, we focus on agri-input use (e.g., non-natural agriculture chemicals such as pesticide, fungicide, insecticide).
AIMS
This project aims “to identify pathways for a One Health approach to smallholder agriculture development, linking policy to implementation to reduce agri-input impacts”. The project responds to knowledge gaps about:
- The integration of One Health considerations in policy, including the appropriateness of data to support decision-making, and linkages across different types of policy;
- How policy is linked at different scales for implementation;
- The relative benefits of some agriculture practices over others for One Health; and
- The role of community-based organisations in supporting the implementation of One Health responses.
This project builds on over 17 years of relationships between team members. It includes respected Cambodian experts with policy development and analysis experience, strong links to government and experience with One Health and resilience building projects.
The project involves case studies in Cambodia, in collaboration with the Centre for Policy Studies, Royal University of Phnom Penh, and Royal University of Agriculture.
Associate Professor Chris Jacobson, Chief Investigator
Associate Professor Pedro Fidelman
Professor Steven Kenway, Australian Centre for Water & Environmental Biotechnology, UQ
Mr Sophal Chan, Executive Director, Centre for Policy Studies, Cambodia
Dr Chanrith Ngin, Centre for Policy Studies, Cambodia and University of Auckland, New Zealand
Dr Phanith Chou, Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Mr Siveun Nhak, Royal University of Agriculture, Cambodia
