International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
About

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) works at the crossroads of livestock and poverty, bringing high-quality science and capacity-building to bear on poverty reduction and sustainable development. ILRI works in Africa, South and Southeast Asia, and China.

ILRI is a non-profit-making and non-governmental organization with headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, and a second principal campus in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. ILRI employ over 700 staff from about 40 countries. About 80 staff are recruited through international competitions and represent some 30 disciplines. Around 600 staff are nationally recruited, largely from Kenya and Ethiopia. Most ILRI staff are based at headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya (about 170 people) and at the principal campus in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

ILRI works in partnerships and alliances with other organizations, national and international, in livestock research, training and information. ILRI works in all tropical developing regions of Africa and Asia.

ILRI is a member of the Consortium of CGIAR Centers that conducts food and environmental research to help alleviate poverty and increase food security while protecting the natural resource base.

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Type of organization

8 offices
25M - 50M
501-1000
1994
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Experience

Contract Awards
Strengthening Adaptive Capacity of Extensive Livestock Systems
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (B&MGF)
Integrating approaches for estimating greenhouse gas emissions from forests and livestock in Kenya
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Building capacities for an integrated land use and livestock MRV system in Ethiopia
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)

Company Offices

  • China
  • Beijing
  • Institute of Animal Science Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) No. 2, Yuan Min Yuan Xi Lu, Haidian District
  • Ethiopia
  • Addis Ababa
  • PO Box 5689
  • India
  • Hyderabad
  • Patancheru
  • India
  • New Delhi
  • National Agricultural Science Centre, CG Centres' Block C, Dev Prakash Shastri Marg
  • Kenya (headquarters)
  • Nairobi
  • PO Box 30709
  • Mozambique
  • Agricultural Research Institute of Mozambique Av Das FPLM 2698, Mavalane, Caixa
  • Mozambique
  • Maputo
  • Agricultural Research Institute of Mozambique Av Das FPLM 2698, Mavalane, Caixa
  • Uganda
  • Kampala
  • Bioversity International Plot 106, Katalima Road P.O. Box 24384
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