Better lives through livestock
Better lives through livestock:
ILRI in SADC Region
Amos Omore and Sikhalazo Dube
Virtual Food Agriculture and Natural Resources (FANR) / International
Cooperating Partner (ICP) Group Meeting on Agriculture and Food
Security. Gaborone, Botswana, 7 October 2020

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Note from ILRI Director General
The Director General of ILRI, Dr Jimmy Smith presents
his compliments to the participants at this FANR / ICP
Meeting and extends appreciation for invitation to be
part of the meeting.
ILRI is committed to mutual partnership for the
development of sustainable livestock systems in SADC
Region.

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Outline
ILRI globally and in the region
Why livestock?
Unleashing livestock potential in the region
Examples of projects in the region
Links to additional reading resources

Reduce
poverty
Improve
food and
nutrition
security
Improve
natural
resources
and
ecosystem
services
ILRI’s mission is
to improve food and nutritional security
and to reduce poverty in developing countries
through research for
efficient, safe and sustainable
use of livestock —
ensuring better lives through livestock.
CGIAR and ILRI mandates
ILRI strategic objectives
• …develop, test, adapt and promote science-based
practices….
• …provide compelling scientific evidence…
• …increase capacity amongst ILRI’s key stakeholders
and the institute itself
• ILRI is one of 15 CGIAR
research centres
• Livestock contribute indirectly
to all 17 SDGs and directly to at
least 8 of the goals.

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ILRI is co-hosted by both the
governments of Ethiopia and Kenya,
with offices in 14 other countries: in
Africa (Burking Faso, Burundi, Mali,
Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania,
Uganda and Zimbabwe); in Asia
(China, India, Nepal, Pakistan and
Vietnam); and staff hosted in
Scotland and Costa Rica.
In 2018, ILRI had 620 permanent
staff. The population at ILRI is 38%
female and 62% male.
ILRI offices and
staff worldwide

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Estimates of the % growth in demand for animal source foods in different World regions, comparing 2005 and 2030. Estimates were
developed using the IMPACT model, courtesy Dolapo Enahoro, ILRI.
Beef Pork
Poultry Milk
Increases not because of overconsumption!
OECD average 2018 = 69 kg/capita meat
SSA average 2018 = 10 kg/capita meat

Livestock build global, national and household economies
The global livestock sector on average makes up
40% of agricultural gross domestic product (GDP);
and 15–80% in developing countries
It’s estimated that the market value of Africa’s
animal-source foods will grow to some USD151
billion by 2050 (from ~ USD37bn in 2019)
Most livestock products in developing countries
are sold ‘informally’ and locally, with their
production, processing and sale creating many jobs
all along the value chain
Majority of small holder mixed crop-livestock
farmers are rural women
Herrero et al. 2014
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% ODA disbursements for agriculture & livestock

Livestock and ILRI in Eastern and Southern Africa
• 500mn people, 1bn animals (50% chickens),
• Increasing demand, rapid economic growth
• Many poor livestock keepers and sellers
• Under-investment in most countries!
• Agriculture to national GDP: <10% in SA; ~ 30% in
EA;
• Livestock to agric GDP: <10% in SA; ~ 40% in EA
(86% in Somalia)
• Tanzania dairy (1.5% of GDP vs Kenya and Rwanda
dairy (6-8% of GDP)
WB (2018), FAOStats (2018)
Projected growth in demand for livestock products in
SSA to 2030 (IFPRI IMPACT model)
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Countries in the region with active ILRI projects

Meeting demand in developing economies
Importing livestock products Importing livestock industrial
production know-how
Transforming smallholder livestock
systems

ILRI’s livestock research: solutions for food and nutritional security, poverty,
environmental and human health
Mitigating climate change, enhancing
resilience and increasing livestock
productivity
Sustainable Livestock Systems
Taking livestock solutions to scale for
inclusive development
Impact at Scale
Delivering solutions for livestock,
zoonotic and foodborne diseases
Animal and Human Health
Efficient livestock production driving
inclusive growth and employment
Policies, Institutions & Livelihoods
(including gender)
Improving genetics for better productivity
and profitability
Livestock Genetics
Accelerating Africa’s agricultural
development through biosciences
BecA-ILRI hub
Better nutrition for improved animal
productivity
Feed and Forage Development
Capacity development; communications; knowledge management
ILRI staff skill sets:
• animal nutrition,
• breeding,
• health,
• feeds & forages,
• economics,
• rangeland ecology,
• environmental
sciences,
• modellers,
• gender specialists
• capacity
development
experts.

Priority areas to the livestock sector growth trajectories
identified by ILRI in the SADC region
Under scenario for “strong growth”
• Inclusive value chain upgrading and market
development
• Crop-livestock system integration and resilience.
Under the scenarios for ‘fragile growth’ and for
‘high growth with externalities’
• One Health
• System integrity and environmental services.

ILRI priorities in the region
a. Priority livestock opportunities
• Stimulating economic development (& poverty
reduction)
• Improving human health and nutrition
• Managing adaptation to climate change
b. Priorities for research and capacity dev
• Scale out proven technologies and innovations
• Policies, value chains and livelihoods
• Women’s roles and empowerment
• Feed resources development, livestock genetics
and breeding, animal and human health,
Sustainable livestock systems
Priorities aligned with those
of regional stakeholders
and AU-IBAR’s LiDeSA

Examples of recent/ongoing projects in
the region

Examples of mixed crop x livestock interaction projects
Zimbabwe:
• Integrating crops and livestock for improved feed security and livelihoods (ZimCLIFS): €3.9m;
2012-2017; with CIMMYT, ICRISAT, CADS, CTDO and GoZ (MRI, DR&SS, AGRITEX)
• Out scaling of forage and feeds technologies for increased small stock production in
Beitbridge district; with IMMYT, SOFECSA/Univ of Zim, Caritas Masvingo, Klein Karroo,
Caritas Harare and Dept of Crops & Liv Prod & Ministry of Health & Child Care
Malawi
• Improving livelihoods through sustainable intensification and diversification of market-
oriented crop-livestock systems in southern Malawi. €2.5m; 2017-2020; ILRI is affiliated
Eastern DR Congo and Burundi
• Improved productivity through crop-livestock interventions (CLiP): €3.4m; 2016-2020;
Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Zambia
• Technologies for African Agriculture Transformation (TAAT). ILRI helped in the design of the
livestock components working with AfDB

Examples of genetics improvement, value chains, food
safety and policy projects
Mozambique:
• Red Meat Value Chain Development in Maputo and Limpompo Corridors (PROSUL): €1.8m;
2013-2019; co-led with SNV
Tanzania
• African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) in Tanz, Eth and Nigeria: €9.5m; 2014-2019;
• Platform for African Dairy Genetic Gains (ADGG) in Tanz and Eth, with private sector partners
• Agri-entrepreneurship, technology uptake and inclusive dairy development (Maziwa Zaidi) in
Tanzania: €1.9m; 2019-2021;
• Women in Business: Chicken seed dissemination in Tz and Eth: €1.0m; 2019-2022; with private
sector partners,
• MilkMatters: Making the Most of Milk in Kenya & Tanzania: €3.5m; 2016-2021;
• Livestock Master Plans (LMPs) in Tanzania, Rwanda and Ethiopia. About €1.0m / country.
Useful for attracting investments for livestock

Enhancing capacity for surveillance and control
productivity diseases
• Stakeholder engagement strategy and revamped institutional and
regulatory framework for livestock veterinary services
• Enhanced and effective two-way animal health information and
surveillance system
• Sustainable surveillance system anchored on the paravets business
• Strengthened, credible and accessible disease diagnostic services
• Access to cutting-age facilities and laboratories for capacity building
• Onsite capacity building

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COVID-19 requires a One Health approach: preliminary
assessments of impacts in countries in the region
• It has been difficult to make comprehensive assessments, so
effects still largely unquantified. Some of the impacts could be
under rated.
• Major value chain disruptions at all stages (producers –
consumers)
• Digitalization and digital extension provide innovative options for
wider delivery, reach and more impact. We might reach there
faster!!
• Some livestock systems are more resilient than we thought.
• Opportunity to promote and accelerate One Health approach in
the face of climate change, which is a key driver for pandemics
like Covid-19.

Increasing engagements on promoting adoption of climate
relevant innovations
• Quantify feed resources, evaluate feed quality, animal numbers
and feed demand (farm to landscape level) using FeedBase, FEAST
and other tools
• Increasing the diversity, productivity and integration of dual
purpose and fodder legume germplasm
• Integrating forage value chain in the irrigation schemes to enhance
quality feed availability for livestock and soil fertility
• Access to facilities and germplasm
• Cost-Effective Feed and forage technologies
• Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI)

Coming soon: One CGIAR
ILRI is part of One CGIAR: a dynamic reformulation of CGIAR’s
partnerships, knowledge, assets, and global presence, aiming for
greater integration and impact in the face of the interdependent
challenges facing today’s world

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https://www.ilri.org/where-we-work/eastern-and-southern-
africa
https://www.ilri.org/research/facilities/one-health-centre.
https://www.ilri.org/mazingira-centre
https://www.ilri.org/research/facilities/amr-hub
Visit https://whylivestockmatter.org/
Further Reading

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