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The forgotten pillar: Why soil matters for One Health

Healthy soil supports food production, water quality, biodiversity and climate regulation. The blog highlights how soil fertility shapes nutrition and ecosystems, making soil a core pillar of the One Health link between people, plants and animals.

Xanthomonas citri pv. citri (Asiatic citrus canker); Field symptoms on Mexican lime fruits. ©Ebrahim Osdaghi, University of Tehran, Iran

CABI BioProtection Portal

How biocontrol contributes to the One Health approach

Biocontrol supports the One Health approach by reducing harmful pesticide and antimicrobial use in agriculture, protecting human, animal, plant, and environmental health. The CABI BioProtection Portal helps farmers adopt safer, sustainable pest management solutions.

One Health Knowledge Bank

Mycotoxins and food safety: an under-recognized One Health issue

Mycotoxins are invisible threats in our food – but their impact on human, animal, and environmental health is huge. Discover why tackling them needs a One Health approach and what can be done to keep our food systems safe.

One Health Cases Special issue

This special issue by the One Health High-Level Expert Panel (OHHLEP) provides an insight into the work of individual OHHLEP members from Term I. The special issue was funded by the One Health Hub and guest-edited by Abigail Buchanan Wright, World Health Organization.

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From Research to Action, a roundtable on operationalizing integrated One Health surveillance

December, 2025

A roundtable hosted by SciDev.Net

Factors behind emerging zoonotic diseases in agrifood systems

December, 2025

A webinar hosted by the FAO’s Community of Practice on drivers of emerging plant and animal pests and diseases, including zoonotic spillover.

Click here to watch the recording (please note: registration is required for access).

16 March 2021, Gatundu, Kiambu County, Kenya - Members of Kahuruko Farmer Field School prepare boards with information about AMR and chicken farming as an activity for the Farmer Field School at a farm in Kahuruko near Gatundu, Kiambu County, Kenya on March 16, 2020.
Antimicrobial resistance is the ability of a microorganism to survive and grow in the presence of antimicrobial drugs that were killing or destroying it before. AMR develops naturally, but slowly, and can be accelerated by overuse or misuse of antimicrobial drugs. The emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in several microorganisms is complicating the management of many infectious diseases. AMR is a major threat to human development and the fight against infectious diseases. It endangers animal health and welfare, as well as food production. AMR also adversely affects the functioning of human, animal and plant health systems and economies.
Interventions were set up by FAO and GoK in Gatundu North to target timely vaccinations, hygiene and proper feeding of the birds to prevent disease, reducing the use of drugs to stop AMR. The interventions were based on Farmer Field School (FFS) approach, where farmers (3 farmer groups) have been meeting at the demo farms (3 farms) on a weekly basis since September 15th 2020. In each of the FFS trainings, two facilitators (previously trained on how to run FFS) are engaged to guide the discussions.
Photo credit must be given: &copy;FAO/Luis Tato

One Health research priorities in focus

November, 2025

A learning dialogue hosted by the FAO’s One Health Knowledge Nexus to discuss the One Health research roadmap. The event advanced discussions from the 14 November webinar.

Click here to watch the recording (please note: registration is required for access).