The changing images
of livestock in development
Jimmy W. Smith
Director 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 an
integrated portfolio of CGIAR research programs

Gains in meat consumption in developing
countries are outpacing those of developed
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The changing images of livestock

Meeting livestock demand by
importing, industrializing or transforming

Transforming fragile livestock growth

Transforming rapid livestock growth

Transforming high livestock growth

Cross-cutting livestock issues

Thank you!
UK provides ILRI with
UK£14.7 million funding for 13 projects
19 scientists (current)
15 MSc/PhD students (since 2010)
UK partners in ILRI work include
15 UK universities and institutes
plus
CABI | CTLGH | GALVmed
MRC | NERC | ODI | Wellcome Trust

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