CGIAR Science Week

CGIAR Science Week

CGIAR Science Week

CGIAR Science Week

Better lives through livestock

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

CGIAR Science Week

CGIAR Science Week

Healthy pigs at ILRI’s Clinical Research Facility. Image courtesy ILRI.

New science

Researchers design tools to develop vaccines more efficiently for African swine fever virus

Presentation of seeds

ILRI News

ILRI supports Sierra Leone's livestock sector with high-yield forage seeds, boosting food security

Using the pig weigh band

Empowering women in livestock: addressing gender barriers in Uganda’s pig sector

Wildlife co-grazing with livestock

ILRI News

New operational framework aims to integrate wildlife health into the One Health approach

Representatives of the Kenya Dairy Board, ILRI and the dairy sector at a tree-planting ceremony during the MoreMilk 2 launch at the ILRI campus in Nairobi (photo credit: ILRI/Saleef Nyambok).

ILRI News

Four-year initiative launched to improve milk quality, safety and marketing in central and western Kenya

Hon. Abdallah Hamisi Ulega, Minister of Livestock and Fisheries

ILRI News

Policy in action - how the Livestock Master Plan influenced Tanzania’s livestock sector

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

Browse ILRI Publications

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

Learn more about ILRI Research

All of ILRI’s research outputs are available for free online. We strive to communicate science in accessible formats.

Watch videos

Discover livestock science with our videos. Come to the field with our scientists meet the livestock communities around the world.

Listen to Podcasts

Interested in the bigger picture? Keep up with the latest conversations of the people behind the research.

View Presentations

For a snapshot of the latest findings presented by ILRI scientists, browse or download these presentations.

Browse Datasets

Open science needs open data. Browse through our datasets to see the numbers behind our science.

Fifty years of innovation: Celebrating ILRI Ethiopia

Fifty years of innovation: Celebrating ILRI Ethiopia

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?

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, Patrick

CGSpace - a multi-purpose knowledge publishing platform

  • Ballantyne, Peter G.
ILRI publication cover

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.