About FoSTA Health
FoSTA Health will take an interdisciplinary and systems approach evaluating the medium and long-term implications of food system change in southern Africa. The project combines stakeholder engagement and grounded research in case study contexts in Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia, with an integrated modelling framework, to explore associated changes in animal, human and environmental health.
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FoSTA Health scoping visit to Zambia and Malawi
In April-May 2023, the FoSTA Health team carried out a scoping visit to Malawi and Zambia. Over a period of two weeks, thirty team members visited sites across both countries in which FoSTA Health...
New project launch: Food Systems Transformation in Southern Africa for One Health (FoSTA Health)
source: https://kulima.com/new-project-launch-food-systems-transformation-in-southern-africa-for-one-health-fosta-health/ Kulima is proud to be part of a new €6.5 million project, funded by Horizon Europe and Innovate UK, that started this week and will take...
New research explores pathways of transformation in southern African food systems
Sources: https://medium.com/globalfoodleeds/new-research-explores-pathways-of-transformation-in-southern-african-food-systems-7fdda1125045 A new €6.5 million project, funded by Horizon Europe and Innovate UK, will see colleagues from the...
Latest blogs
Farm management, landscape structure, and vector-borne diseases in southern Africa
by Hemant Tripathi and Steve Sait (University of Leeds), Akbar Ganatra and Sander Koenraadt (Wageningen University) and Martin Simuunza (University of Zambia)June 26, 2023 Vector-borne diseases (VBDs) are a major health problem in Africa, exacerbated by the interaction of ecological, climate, and...
Food and trade regulations in South Africa and Tanzania
By Christiaan Mostert and Danie Jordaan (University of Pretoria), Fiona Smith (University of Leeds)August 11, 2023 The development of the legal and compliance environment for food and agriculture in eastern and southern Africa has been underpinned by increasingly strict food safety and food...
FoSTA-Health stakeholder engagement and scoping activities (March-May, 2023)
Rachel Mkandawire (FANRPAN) provides a roundup of stakeholder workshops and field visits organised during the period. Findings have helped finalise research questions, develop research plans, and fine-tune the stakeholder engagement strategy.
