International Livestock Research Institute

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) works for better lives, better planet through livestock in developing countries. It has its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, and is co-hosted by the Government of Ethiopia through a Host Country Agreement with the Government of Kenya signed on 29 December 1994 and the Government of Ethiopia signed on 8 June 1995. ILRI has 14 offices across Asia and Africa, employs some 700 staff and has an annual operating budget of about USD 80 million. ILRI is a CGIAR research centre, a global research partnership for a food-secure future. Its stated aim is to improve food security and reduce poverty through research for better and more sustainable use of livestock.

ILRI has its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya and is co-hosted by the Government of Ethiopia through a Host Country Agreement with the Government of Kenya signed on 29 December 1994 and the Government of Ethiopia signed on 8 June 1995. It has 14 offices across Asia and Africa, employs some 700 staff and has an annual operating budget of about USD 80 million. ILRI is a CGIAR research centre, a global research partnership for a food-secure future. Peter Doherty, a former member of the ILRI Board of Trustees and co-winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, serves as ILRI's patron.

A CGIAR research centre dedicated to reducing poverty, enhancing food and nutrition security, and improving natural resources and ecosystem services.

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