Agriculture can pose major threats to health through increased incidence of malaria linked to irrigation, pesticide poisoning,
and diseases transmissible from farm animals to humans in intensive livestock systems. And some of the developing
world’s major health problems, such as AIDS and malaria, can have disastrous effects on agriculture, through the loss of
labor, knowledge, and assets. So coordinating agriculture and health interventions can yield signifi cant welfare benefi ts for
the poor in developing countries