Eating wild animals: Rewards, risks and recommendations

Simple item page
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Greenwichen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nationsen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Edinburghen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.donorFederal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germanyen
cg.contributor.initiativeOne Health
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.coverage.regionSouth-eastern Asia
cg.creator.identifierDelia Grace: 0000-0002-0195-9489en
cg.creator.identifierBernard Bett: 0000-0001-9376-2941en
cg.creator.identifierElizabeth Cook: 0000-0001-6081-8363en
cg.creator.identifierSteven Lam: 0000-0001-7279-6165en
cg.creator.identifierSusan MacMillan: 0000-0002-3010-4498en
cg.creator.identifierEkta Patel: 0000-0001-9400-6988en
cg.creator.identifierSteven Staal: 0000-0002-1244-1773en
cg.creator.identifierHung Nguyen-Viet: 0000-0003-1549-2733en
cg.howPublishedGrey Literatureen
cg.placeNairobi, Kenyaen
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systems
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL PRODUCTSen
cg.subject.ilriBUSHMEATen
cg.subject.ilriCONSUMPTIONen
cg.subject.ilriFOOD SAFETYen
cg.subject.ilriNUTRITIONen
cg.subject.ilriONE HEALTHen
cg.subject.ilriHUMAN HEALTHen
cg.subject.ilriZOONOTIC DISEASESen
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.impactPlatformNutrition, Health and Food Security
cg.subject.sdgSDG 3 - Good health and well-beingen
dc.contributor.authorGrace, Deliaen
dc.contributor.authorBett, Bernard K.en
dc.contributor.authorCook, Elizabeth A.J.en
dc.contributor.authorLam, Stevenen
dc.contributor.authorMacMillan, Susanen
dc.contributor.authorMasudi, Phyllisen
dc.contributor.authorMispiratceguy, M.en
dc.contributor.authorHa Thi Thanh Nguyenen
dc.contributor.authorHung Nguyen-Vieten
dc.contributor.authorPatel, Ektaen
dc.contributor.authorSlater, Annabelen
dc.contributor.authorStaal, Steven J.en
dc.contributor.authorThomas, Lian F.en
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-18T11:16:38Zen
dc.date.available2024-09-18T11:16:38Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/152280
dc.titleEating wild animals: Rewards, risks and recommendationsen
dcterms.abstractKey messages <ul> <li>‘Wild meat’ eaten for food and perceived medicinal properties, is neglected both as a pathway for zoonosis transmission and emergence and a pathway out of poverty in Africa and Southeast Asia.</li> <li>Wild meat makes substantial contributions to nutrition in Africa and to satisfying food preferences in Asia. In at least 60 countries, wild meat makes up at least 20% of dietary protein. At least 15 countries would risk food insecurity if not able to utilize wild meat.</li> <li> More than 91 disease spillover events have been documented from wild meat consumption leading to 25 different zoonotic disease outbreaks. Wild meat consumption is directly and substantially responsible for transmission of neglected zoonoses and the emergence of new diseases. </li> <li>Wildlife farming is intrinsically high in risk, low in animal welfare, and deleterious for biodiversity: it is unlikely to be safe or sustainable. </li> <li>Domesticated animal farming is an attractive alternative especially in Africa. Shifting cultural attitudes towards non-consumptive use is attractive especially in Southeast Asia. </li> <li>Community engagement is crucial to the sustainable management of wild meat resources. </li> <li>Approaches for improving food safety in informal markets can be extended to de-risking wild meat value chains.</li> </ul>en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen
dcterms.audienceCGIARen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationGrace, D., Bett, B., Cook, E., Lam, S., MacMillan, S., Masudi, P., Mispiratceguy, M., Ha Thi Thanh Nguyen, Hung Nguyen-Viet, Patel, E., Slater, A., Staal, S. and Thomas, L. 2024. Eating wild animals: Rewards, risks and recommendations. ILRI Research Brief 129. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI.en
dcterms.issued2024-09-18en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
dcterms.subjectanimal productsen
dcterms.subjectbushmeaten
dcterms.subjectconsumptionen
dcterms.subjectfood safetyen
dcterms.subjecthealthen
dcterms.subjectnutritionen
dcterms.subjectone health approachen
dcterms.subjectzoonosesen
dcterms.typeBrief

Files

Original bundle

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
ResearchBrief_129.pdf
Size:
1.32 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Brief
Download

License bundle

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.75 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download

Collections

ILRI policy and research briefs
CGIAR Initiative on One Health
ILRI animal and human health program outputs (2017–2024)
One Health Research, Education and Outreach Centre in Africa (OHRECA)