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 five thematic groups:

• Biotechnology Theme
• Market Opportunities Theme
• People, Livestock and the Environment Theme
• Poverty and Gender Group
• Sustainable Livestock Futures Group

 
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.