International Livestock Research Institute

International Livestock Research Institute
Formation1994
HeadquartersNairobi, Kenya
Parent organization
CGIAR
Websiteilri.org
Scientists work in a laboratory at the International Livestock Research Institute in Nairobi, Kenya.

The International Livestock Research Institute or ILRI is an international agricultural research institute within the CGIAR – formerly the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research.[1] It was established in 1994 by merger of the International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases in Nairobi in Kenya, and the International Livestock Centre for Africa in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.[2]: 6 [3]: 1  It is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation.[4]: 71 

Its research is intended to help to build sustainable livestock pathways out of poverty in low-income countries and to help people in those countries to keep their farm animals alive and productive, to increase and sustain their livestock and farm productivity, and to find profitable markets for their animal products.[5][self-published source?] Research covers five broad areas: the natural environment; food; gender; health; and prosperity.[6]

References

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  2. ^ [International Livestock Research Institute] (1994). An indicative medium-term plan for the International Livestock Research Institute. International Livestock Research Institute. Accessed November 2021.
  3. ^ [International Livestock Research Institute] (1996). ILRI 1995: Building a Global Research Institute: Highlights. Nairobi: International Livestock Research Institute. ISBN 9789291460106.
  4. ^ Ezra Ondari-Okemwa (2006). Knowledge Management in a Research Organisation: International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), doctoral thesis. LIBRI. 56 (1): 63–72. doi:10.1515/LIBR.2006.63.
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  6. ^ Global Challenges. International Livestock Research Institute. Accessed November 2021.