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, better planet through livestock

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

Cattle breed: Red & White Fulani. Location: nr Santa, Cameroon.

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International Livestock Research Institute joins USD 27.4M global initiative to cut methane from livestock

Borana cattle found at the ILRI Kapiti Research Station and Wildlife Conservancy. Photo Credit: Brook Makonnen

Insights from high-impact training on climate-smart livestock systems

Community animal health worker Ethiopia

Ceva and ILRI sign MoU to establish Animal Health Innovation Hub for Africa

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

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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

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

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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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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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.
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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.