Research Program
The goal of the research program is to take an active role in filling food safety and water quality research gaps in four main areas:
- Research evaluating the cost to smallholders of complying with increased food safety requirements,
- Research on public-private partnerships to ensure the delivery of safe food; and on understanding the source and the socio-economic impact of food borne disease and plant and animal diseases,
- Research identifying cost-effective control strategies for minimizing these diseases, and designing decision tools to aid policy makers, and
- Research on the relationship between water quality and food security and how this relationship can be influenced, through policies, technologies, and investments, to enhance food security, reduce poverty, and improve rural livelihoods.