Rangelands Rising: Investing in Sustainable Management and Restoration

New Report Makes the Investment Case for the World’s Rangelands 

The story of cattle in Africa

ILRI Corporate Report 2026 : Advancing sustainable livestock.

Rangelands Rising: Investing in Sustainable Management and Restoration

New Report Makes the Investment Case for the World’s Rangelands 

The story of cattle in Africa

ILRI Corporate Report 2026 : Advancing sustainable livestock.

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

ILRI technical assistant holding Calliandra calothyrsus a fodder shrub grown at the ILRI farm in Nairobi Kenya (photo credit: ILRI/Grace Oduor)

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Could familiar shrubs help Kenyan dairy farmers produce more milk, cut costs and reduce methane emissions?

Joseph Oyelude and Deborah Ogundepo from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nigeria, conduct field measurements as part of hands-on greenhouse gas monitoring at the ILRI Mazingira Centre in Nairobi, Kenya (photo credit: ILRI/Grace Oduor)

ILRI News

Closing Africa's climate data gap, one scientist at a time

Camels in Ethiopia

ILRI News

Getting ahead of El Niño: turning early warnings into action across the Horn of Africa

 Ethio-Seed Hub

ILRI News

From crisis to infrastructure: Ethiopia launches Ethio-Seed Hub to strengthen food systems planning and transformation

Bringing Madagascar's National Livestock Master Plan to life through science and regional cooperation

Bringing Madagascar's National Livestock Master Plan to life through science and regional cooperation

Baringo farmers exchange

ILRI News

The 75-kilo sheep that changed a pastoralist’s mind

Smallholder chicken farming in Nigeria

ILRI News

Solving the "last-mile problem" of Nigeria’s rural poultry farmers

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Rangelands Rising: Investing in Sustainable Management and Restoration

  • Wane, Abdrahmane
The Nigeria Livestock Master Plan (N-LMP): Livestock Sector Analysis

The Nigeria Livestock Master Plan (N-LMP): Livestock Sector Analysis

  • Federal Ministry of Livestock Development, Nigeria
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Ethiopian Livestock and Fisheries Investment Handbook

  • Lubango, K.
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Research, innovation and impact strategy

  • International Livestock Research Institute

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 How we are building a poultry time capsule

How we are building a poultry time capsule

Bundling of feed and forage innovations for adoption and impact

Bundling of feed and forage innovations for adoption and impact

Our One Health Journey: Reflections and Legacy | Bernard Bett

Our One Health Journey: Reflections and Legacy | Bernard Bett

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

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MorePork - RHoMIS midline survey of smallholder pig producers in Uganda

  • Ouma, Emily
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Replication data for: Consumer preferences and market segmentation for differentiated beef with less environmental impact

  • Enciso, Karen
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Pig production in Uganda - adapting to climate change

  • Zaake, Paul