9th International Greenhouse Gas and Animal Agriculture Conference

The 9th International Greenhouse Gas and Annual Agricultural Conference website is now live! Learn how to submit your abstracts or become a sponsor

9th International Greenhouse Gas and Animal Agriculture Conference

The 9th International Greenhouse Gas and Annual Agricultural Conference website is now live! Learn how to submit your abstracts or become a sponsor

Better lives through livestock

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

ILRI's 'Wild Meat' report launched

ILRI News

Major ILRI-CGIAR-livestock contributions at the recent World One Health Congress in Cape Town

A poultry farmer in Wakiso attends to day-old chicks in a brooder (photo credit: ILRI/Pamela Wairagala).

ILRI News

Improving biosecurity to reduce antimicrobial use and poultry losses in Uganda

Doyogena, Ethiopia (photo credit: ILRI\Zerihun Sewunet).

A closer look: Comparing methods to measure methane emissions from sheep

Herding cattle at the Garissa livestock market in Northeast Kenya

ILRI News

Ballmer joins all-star lineup of philanthropists investing in the future of livestock amid climate crisis

ILRI science leader Hung Nguyen at AFS Forum

Reflections on the 'big commitments' ILRI One Health leader Hung Nguyen saw at the Africa Food Systems Forum this year in Kigali

Tuli cattle. ILRI/Stevie Mann

New science

World’s tiniest library could be key to saving millions of cattle

Robert Muriuki demonstrates how to carry out the test

A revolutionary field test for East Coast fever

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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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Unlocking sustainable livestock’s potential

Unlocking sustainable livestock’s potential through research for better lives and a better planet: ILRI Corporate Strategy 2024–2030

  • International Livestock Research Institute

Ethiopia National Dairy Development Strategy 2022–2031

  • Leggesse, Getachew
  • Gelmesa, U.
  • Jembere, T.
  • Degefa, T.
  • Bediye, S.
  • Teka, T.
  • Temesgen, D.
  • Tesfu, Y.
  • Berhe, A.
  • Gemeda, L.
  • Takele, D.
  • Beyene, G.
  • Belachew, G.
  • Hailu, G.
  • Chemeda, S.
ILRI Forage Genebank: 40 years

ILRI Forage Genebank: 40 years

  • International Livestock Research Institute

Ethiopia National Dairy Development Strategy 2022–2031 (የኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ የወተት ሀብት ልማት እስትራቴጂ 2015–2024)

  • Ministry of Agriculture, Ethiopia

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Optimizing the One Health approach in agriculture: Needs interdisciplinary and multilateral resources

Optimizing the One Health approach for agriculture: The need for intersectoral collaborations and multilateral resources

What happens at Kapiti Research Station and Wildlife Conservancy?

What happens at Kapiti Research Station and Wildlife Conservancy?

World Zoonoses Day: Protecting our shared world

World Zoonoses Day: Protecting our shared world

Namukolo Covic

Ethiopia's livestock: An interview with Namukolo Covic

Bushmeat infographic

The 'hidden meat' of the world

Peter Singer, Rebecca Doyle and Michel Dione

Animal welfare in lower- to middle-income countries, with Peter Singer

The RAMONA project and potential linkages to the ILRI platform

  • Griffiths, P.

CGSpace - a multi-purpose knowledge publishing platform

  • Ballantyne, Peter G.
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Bridging the Gap Between Agri-Food Policy and Science in Kenya

  • Karugia, Joseph T.
  • Keenan, Michael
  • Njoroge, Grace
  • Breisinger, Clemens
  • Kirui, Leonard
  • Ndegwa, Richard
  • Maru, Joyce

MorePork - RHoMIS midline survey of smallholder pig producers in Uganda

  • Ouma, Emily A.
  • Lukuyu, Ben A.
  • 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.