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The
Animal Health Programme (AHP) is a competitive grants
programme that aims to increase the productivity and potential
of agricultural systems by improving the supply and value
of animal products as well as livestock's contribution to
crop production. One of ten research programmes in DFID's
Renewable Natural Resources Research Strategy (RNRRS), AHP's
chief concern is to eliminate poverty in poorer countries
through sustainable development .
AHP includes both strategic and adaptive research. It supports
the research process from technical development to adaptation
and promotion of results so that developmental benefits can
be clearly assessed and implemented in target countries. Managed
by the Centre for
Tropical Veterinary Medicine (CTVM) on behalf of The
University of Edinburgh, AHP is closely associated with
DFID's Livestock Production
Programme (LPP).
AHP's strategy, rather than being driven by available technology,
is people-centred. Focusing on people and their livestock,
AHP research must target appropriate groups of livestock keepers
and livestock species for whom the Programme can have specific
relevance.
Four inter-related thematic research areas address animal
health problems of these target groups:
1. Diagnostics
and Decision Support
2. Human
Health Impacts (Zoonoses)
3. Vaccine
Development
4. Dissemination
and Delivery
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