ILRI’s goal: By positioning itself at the crossroads of livestock and poverty, and by bringing to bear high-quality science and capacity building, ILRI and its partners will reduce poverty and make sustainable development possible for poor livestock keepers, their families and the communities in which they live.
ILRI has a vision of a world that is made better for poor people in developing countries by improving agricultural systems in which livestock are important. Humankind since the beginning of time has kept livestock, and ILRI believes that livestock systems, if managed properly, play their part in alleviating hunger and counteracting environmental degradation. Well-managed domestic animals can make agricultural systems in the developing world more productive and more sustainable.
The present strategy modifies the 10-year plan first published in 2000. Its main focus has become to ensure that ILRI’s research is directed towards reducing poverty. Both the research and the evaluation of it have become more complex. To clarify its direction, ILRI has identified three pathways in which livestock can help the poor move out of poverty, and it has constructed five broad themes by which its research projects and activities will be guided.
The strategy outlined on the following pages reflects the new focus.
Carlos Seré
Director General
