The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems draws on the expertise of top U. S. universities and developing country research institutions through long-term multi-disciplinary, integrated, and competitively funded applied research and capacity-development efforts.

The objectives of the Livestock Systems Innovation Lab are to sustainably improve livestock productivity and marketing and animal-source food consumption using appropriate improved technologies, capacity development, and policies, in order to improve the nutrition, health, incomes and livelihoods of vulnerable people.

Additional objectives include increasing the resilience of vulnerable populations; reducing the environmental impact of livestock systems; and advancing the understanding of evolving livestock systems and their roles in food security, nutrition, and health.