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  FAO promotes advocacy sessions to prevent zoonoses resulting from handling, trade and consumption of bushmeat. In Ghana, bushmeat trade is an important economic activity, estimated at over USD 350 million annually. Unregulated trade and exploitation of wild animals is a risk factors for the emergence and spread of diseases (OIE, 2021),...

Responding to climate change at landscape scales. Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Uses are the third largest contributor to GHG emissions after Energy and Industry emitting about 22% of all global emissions of greenhouse gases emissions from anthropogenic sources. Data on GHG emissions from agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU) activities...

More efforts need to be done to ensure that the One Health Policy is passed by Parliament On 3 November, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and its partner WHO marked the commemoration of International One Health Day with the engagement of individuals, governments and organisations from different...

Centralizing the role women play in small-scale artisanal fisheries and aquaculture is essential to women’s empowerment and sustainable development   Small-scale fisheries (SSF) play a significant role in supporting livelihoods and poverty alleviation and are considered an indispensable food and nutrition security safety net.   SSF value chains involve value-adding processes that link...

Using One Health tabletop simulation exercise and after-action review that assesses response capacity to avian influenza outbreaks. Avian influenza is one of the six major zoonotic diseases of Ghana, and is included in Ghana's National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS). The public health burden and socio-economic impact of this animal...