Update on ILRI in South Asia
V. Padmakumar
ILRI Institute Planning Meeting
4-7 October 2016

Opportunities
• Largest livestock and human population
• Almost 600 million people depend on
livestock
• Rapidly growing market
• Informal sector is large and un attended
• National research programmes are
heavily focused on technology

Opportunities
• Presence of strong NGDOs, private
sector
• CSR Funds
• National priorities (DLC, Genomic
tools, TMS vaccine, etc.)

Challenges
• Islands of excellence → Impact at scale
• Very strong national research programme-
IF, HR, Funds (Niche to be carved out)
• ICAR – highly bureaucratic organisation
• Scientific staff and country offices
• Overhead - for countries/regions

What we have been doing….
• Technology focus (Feed, FS)
• Technology uptake and market
access (VCT, Tools, IP, FO, SD)
• Influencing policies, programmes
(National CSF CP, Breeding policy)

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