International Women's Day 2023

International Women's Day 2023

Professor Appolinaire Djikeng

ILRI and CGIAR appoint Professor Appolinaire Djikeng as Director General of ILRI and CGIAR Senior Director of Livestock-Based Systems

International Women's Day 2023

International Women's Day 2023

Professor Appolinaire Djikeng

ILRI and CGIAR appoint Professor Appolinaire Djikeng as Director General of ILRI and CGIAR Senior Director of Livestock-Based Systems

Better lives through livestock

We work to improve food security and reduce poverty through research for better and more sustainable use of livestock

Recent research highlights the role of gender in pastoral and dryland innovations

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Recent research highlights the role of gender in pastoral and dryland innovations

Scientist at work

ILRI News

New study of global One Health Networks highlights inequity in resource allocation

Milk bar at Nairobi

Hot topic

Study on milk purchase and consumption in low-income households in Kenya highlights the importance of the informal dairy sector

The transformation we need

4th Global Conference of the One Planet network's Sustainable Food Systems Programme - THE TRANSFORMATION WE NEED

Bangladesh fish market

New science

Experts call for One Health approach to study bacterial hazards and antimicrobial risks in marketed food in Bangladesh

Participants at the pastoralism photo exhibition. (Roopa Gogineni/PASTRES)

ILRI News

How can a new narrative on pastoralism influence development policy and practice?

Participants in the markets group synthesise findings (Roopa Gogineni/PASTRES)

ILRI News

Joint PASTRES-ILRI policy workshop offers a vision for the future of pastoral development

Learn about ILRI in the CGIAR

CGIAR research is carried out through a number of CGIAR Research Initiatives and platforms. ILRI is actively engaged in several of these initiatives and platforms. The ILRI strategy contains further details on its research and how it fits in the CGIAR research portfolio.

Climate adaptation and mitigation

Environmental health and biodiversity

Gender equality, youth and social inclusion

Nutrition, health and food security

Poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs

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Policies and Design Processes to Enable Transformation

Policies and Design Processes to Enable Transformation

  • Pereira, Laura
  • Vrettos, Chris
  • Cramer, Laura
  • Drimie, Scott
  • Muiderman, Karlijn
  • Schapendonk, Frans
  • Stringer, Lindsay C.
  • Veeger, Marieke
  • Vervoort, Joost
  • Wamukoya, George

Opportunities to quantify resilience of dairy cattle to environmental stressors in Sub-Saharan Africa

  • Oloo, Richard Dooso
  • Ekine-Dzivenu, Chinyere C.
  • Ojango, Julie M.K.
  • Gebreyohanes, Gebregziabher
  • Mrode, Raphael A.
  • Okeyo Mwai, Ally
  • Chagunda, Mizeck G.G.

Co-infections of respiratory pathogens and gastro-intestinal parasites in smallholder pig production systems in Uganda

  • Oba, Peter
  • Wieland, Barbara
  • Mwiine, F.N.
  • Erume, J.
  • Dione, Michel M.

The Gambia livestock sector analysis

  • Bahta, Sirak T.
  • Nigussie, Kidus
  • Loum, B.
  • Gaye, F.
  • Wanyoike, Francis N.
  • Omondi, Immaculate A.
  • Baltenweck, Isabelle
  • Mamud, N.

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Women rear: experiences in women veterinarian care in Ghana

Women rear: experiences in women veterinarian care in Ghana

Healthier animal, happier farmer: Quan's story

Healthier animal, happier farmer: Quan's story

Celebrating India’s dairy success on the country’s 75 independence anniversary

Celebrating India’s dairy success on the country’s 75 independence anniversary

Woman with child

Roger Thurow on global poverty - Part 1

International Women's Day 2023 - Digital apps and drones in livestock farming

International Women's Day 2023 - Digital apps and drones in livestock farming

Jimmy Smith

ILRI says farewell to Director General Jimmy Smith

Evaluation of a candidate thermotolerant vaccine against peste des petits ruminants in Mali

  • Sidibé, C.A.K.
  • Séry, A.
  • Kantao, O.
  • Fall, Abdou
  • Niang, M.
  • Dione, Michel M.

Successful research-for-development partnerships: ILRI and CGIAR centers in the IGAD region

  • Flintan, Fiona E.

Overview of Ukama Ustawi scaling pathways

  • Jacobs-Mata, Inga
  • Girvetz, Evan H.
  • Thierfelder, Christian
  • Zulu-Hume, Mercy F.
  • Joshi, Deepa
  • Dror, Iddo

MorePork - RHoMIS midline survey of smallholder pig producers in Uganda

  • Ouma, Emily
  • Lukuyu, Ben
  • Lutakome, Pius
  • Hammond, James
  • Teufel, Nils

Replication data for: Consumer preferences and market segmentation for differentiated beef with less environmental impact

  • Enciso, Karen
  • Burkart, Stefan

Pig production in Uganda - adapting to climate change

  • Zaake, Paul
  • Paul, Birthe K.
  • Marshall, Karen
  • Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
  • Ouma, Emily A.
  • Dione, Michel M.
  • Ouma, George O.
  • Ndambi, Asaah O.