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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Fieldwork update- Emerging export value chains in Tanzania (July 2024)
The fieldwork for data collection on the risks and rewards of engaging in the emerging value chain for the export market has started in the districts of Muheza, Lushoto, and Korogwe. The data...
Updating district-level stakeholder databases in Malawi (May 30, 2024)
On May 28 and 30, FoSTA Health’s Kulima Integrated Development Solutions (KIDS) worked with Zomba and Mangochi District stakeholders to review the stakeholder databases they developed in February to...
Press conference on El Niño-induced drought impact in Southern Africa (April 22, 2024)
FoSTA-Health partners CARE Austria (and other CARE Affiliates) and FANRPAN organised the virtual event to brief the media on the scale and impact of the disaster, reflections upon the humanitarian...
Latest blogs
Soil health for One Health
Willem Colenbrander shares his reflections after attending the World One Health Congress (WOHC) in Cape Town from 20 to 23 September 2024 and reports on his experiences on behalf of Kulima Integrated Development Solutions .
World Food Day 2024: Climate und food security crisis in Southern Africa- New paths towards crisis-proof nutrition for all
by CARE Austria Team, on behalf of FoSTA-HealthOctober 16, 2024 Countries such as Malawi, South Africa, Zambia and Tanzania are facing the challenge of making their food systems crisis-proof in order to reduce hunger in the region and provide healthy food for the population. FoSTA-Health is...
Reflections on participating in Zambia’s 96th Agriculture and Commercial Show
by Katharine Vincent and Willem Colenbrander August 19, 2024 FoSTA Health team members Katharine Vincent and Willem Colenbrander share some thoughts on what they learned from exhibitors at Zambia’s national agricultural show in August 2024.
