A systematic review highlights that there are multiple benefits of urban agriculture besides food

P Pradhan, M Callaghan, Y Hu, K Dahal, C Hunecke… - Global Food …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Urban agriculture, including peri-urban farming, can nourish around one billion city dwellers
and provide multiple social, economic, and environmental benefits. However, these benefits …

[HTML][HTML] Improving adoption of technologies and interventions for increasing supply of quality livestock feed in low-and middle-income countries

M Balehegn, A Duncan, A Tolera, AA Ayantunde… - Global food security, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The global increase in the demand for and production of animal-source foods (four-to five-
fold increase between 1960 and 2015), which has been mostly concentrated in low-and …

Population genomics of Escherichia coli in livestock-kee** households across a rapidly develo** urban landscape

DM Muloi, BA Wee, DMH McClean, MJ Ward… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Quantitative evidence for the risk of zoonoses and the spread of antimicrobial resistance
remains lacking. Here, as part of the UrbanZoo project, we sampled Escherichia coli from …

Antibiotic use by poultry farmers in Kiambu County, Kenya: exploring practices and drivers of potential overuse

JW Kariuki, J Jacobs, MP Ngogang… - … Resistance & Infection …, 2023‏ - Springer
Background Antibiotic resistance is a global concern threatening achievements in health
care since the discovery of antibiotics. In Kenya, this topic remains understudied in a context …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating local policy instruments for different types of urban agriculture in four European cities: A case study analysis on the use and effectiveness of the …

M Marini, D Caro, M Thomsen - Land Use Policy, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Over the last decades, urban agriculture (UA) and controlled environmental agriculture
(CEA) have been growing in many urban areas of the world to supply fresh food locally and …

Does urbanization make emergence of zoonosis more likely? Evidence, myths and gaps

S Ahmed, JD Dávila, A Allen, M Haklay… - Environment and …, 2019‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Rapid urbanization in the global South is adding epidemiological and nutritional challenges
and increasing disease and health burdens for citizens. Greater movement of people …

[HTML][HTML] New approaches for safe use of food by-products and biowaste in the feed production chain

LWD Van Raamsdonk, N Meijer, EWJ Gerrits… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Reuse or recycling are some of the essential retention options recognised in circular
economy approaches. An attempt to embed the linear feed and food production chain in the …

Clinically relevant antimicrobial resistance at the wildlife–livestock–human interface in Nairobi: an epidemiological study

JM Hassell, MJ Ward, D Muloi, JM Bettridge… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2019‏ - thelancet.com
Background Antimicrobial resistance is one of the great challenges facing global health
security in the modern era. Wildlife, particularly those that use urban environments, are an …

Epidemiological connectivity between humans and animals across an urban landscape

JM Hassell, DM Muloi, KL VanderWaal… - Proceedings of the …, 2023‏ - pnas.org
Urbanization is predicted to be a key driver of disease emergence through human exposure
to novel, animal-borne pathogens. However, while we suspect that urban landscapes are …

Factors influencing migration and settlement of pastoralists in Nairobi City, Kenya

WM Wafula, OV Wasonga, OK Koech, S Kibet - Pastoralism, 2022‏ - Springer
Pastoralism is globally recognized as the backbone of the economy in the vast arid and semi-
arid rangelands. Despite its enormous economic contribution, the system is facing a myriad …