Climate change is having both direct and indirect impacts on Madagascar’s rural populations, who are primarily small-holder farmers engaged in subsistence agriculture. One of the primary ways this population is addressing climate-induced food insecurity is by selling livestock, which requires travel from their rural villages to more central markets via the taxi brousse (bush taxi) system. This process entails placing livestock into crowded spaces, either on a taxi brousse (for travel) or in markets (for sale), leading to potential viral mixing and the emerging of panzootic and/or pandemic diseases. Charles Nunn, Gavin Smith and Mark Janko will explore these potential transmission paths in a new pilot grant funded by Duke University and Duke-NUS Medical School. Read more about this and other projects advancing research related to climate change here.
Monthly Archives: February 2025
The Evolution of an Evolutionary Biologist
Learn more about Charlie Nunn’s research journey in Madagascar in this recent news article.
Charlie Nunn and students visit with community members near Marojejy National Park in Madagascar’s Sava region.
