ILRI@40: Livestock-based options for sustainable food and nutritional security, economic well-being and healthy lives
Today’s decision-makers on pro-poor livestock sector development draw on a substantial body of knowledge and evidence generated by international research on more efficient, safe and sustainable uses of livestock.
To mark four decades of research by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), its predecessors—the International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD) and the International Livestock Centre for Africa (ILCA)—and its partners, ILRI’s board, management and staff this year are highlighting the ways in which livestock research greatly advances the global development agenda, specifically for sustainable food and nutritional security, economic well-being and healthy lives.
For this purpose, ILRI is facilitating several activities and events bringing together global, regional and local actors in sustainable livestock development, including the public and private sectors and research and development agencies.
The livestock research they will discuss is behind products and practices helping millions of people in developing countries produce food and generate income. It is creating new tools and evidence to help decision-makers tackle risks and grasp benefits caused by rising demands for livestock foods and fast-changing livestock systems in developing countries. And it is providing game-changing options to guide and fine-tune trajectories of future livestock production systems so they provide sustainable, equitable and resilient futures for all.
Join us this year to help mark the past and map the future of livestock research for sustainable food and nutritional security, economic well-being and healthy lives.
This year, the board, management and staff of ILRI are highlighting the ways in which livestock research advances the global development agenda, specifically for food and nutritional security, economic well-being and healthy lives.
The conference will highlight products of livestock research and how they contribute to the global development agenda, from generating research products (performing) to targeting research investments and policymaking (informing) to reshaping whole livestock production systems (transforming).
