The changing imagesof livestock in development

Jimmy W. SmithDirector General, International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya

‘The role of livestock in smallholder livelihoods’All-Party Parliamentary Group on Agriculture and Food for Development

London, UK, 29 June 2016

Improved food and nutrition security for

health

Improved natural resource systems and ecosystem services

Reduced poverty

15 CGIAR centres working in anintegrated portfolio of CGIAR research programs

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The changing images of livestock

Meeting livestock demand byimporting, industrializing or transforming

Transforming fragile livestock growth

Transforming rapid livestock growth

Transforming high livestock growth

Cross-cutting livestock issues

Thank you!

UK provides ILRI withUK£14.7 million funding for 13 projects

19 scientists (current)15 MSc/PhD students (since 2010)

UK partners in ILRI work include15 UK universities and institutes

plusCABI | CTLGH | GALVmed

MRC | NERC | ODI | Wellcome Trust

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