Research

ILRI research activities are guided by the organization's current mission and strategy.
 
Our research is directed to address seven global livestock challenges:

• Sustainable intensification in smallholder crop-livestock systems
• Vulnerability of marginal systems and peoples
• Animal genetic resources
• Vaccine and diagnostic technologies for orphan animal diseases
• SPS and market access within broader market opportunities for the poor
• Emerging diseases
• Climate change – adaptation and mitigation

 
Our research is organized through four thematic groups:

• Biotechnology 
• Markets, gender and livelihoods
• People, livestock and the environment
• Biosciences hub

 
Our research is supported by several specialized unit and instruments:

• ILRI-ICRAF research methods group
• GIS unit
• ILRI animal care and use committee
• ILRI biosafety committee
• ILRI intellectual property policy
• ILRI publishing committee

 
Our research publications and outputs are listed by theme and project; they can be searched in our institutional repository -  you can also subscribe to email alerts and RSS feeds on different topics.