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Malaria, schistosomiasis (bilharzia), and Japanese encephalitis are the major vector-borne diseases whose increase or decrease can be attributed to agricultural water development (see table).
"Good health and productive agriculture are both essential in the fight against poverty.
Agriculture produces food fundamental for human health. It therefore seems obvious that agriculture, food, and health are related!
Agriculture is fundamental to achieving nutrition goals: it produces the food, energy, and nutrients essential for human health and well-being. Gains in food production have played a key role in feeding growing and malnourished populations.
Agriculture is fundamental to achieving nutrition goals: it produces the food, energy, and nutrients essential for human health and well-being. Gains in food production have played a key role in feeding growing and malnourished populations.
"For the practice of agroforestry to yield its full potential, it needs to bring health and nutrition to the fore.
Understanding the links between agriculture and health: Agrobiodiversity, nutrition, and health
"Agricultural production relies on environmental services to transform raw inputs into the nutritious and diverse food that humans rely on for survival.
"Earlier briefs in this series make the case that there is added value for the agricultural and health sectors in working more closely together to address problems of human well-being that fall at the intersection of the two sectors.
"Agriculture is the main source of livelihood of the majority of people affected by HIV and AIDS globally, and it is being progressively undermined by the disease.