Better lives through livestock
ILRI overview
Shirley Tarawali
Uganda Livestock Sector Consultative Meeting, Kampala, 14 March 2017

Animal sourcefoods: 5of6highest valueglobal
commodities (total valueofthese5=US Int$715 billion)
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Cow milk has
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Animal sourcefoodsinUganda: 3of10highest valueglobal
commodities (total value ofthese3=USInt$1.1 billion)
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countries are outpacing those of developed
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Figure 1. 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

Huge increases over 2005/7 amounts
of cereals, dairy and meat will be needed by 2050
From 2bn−3bn
tonnes cereals each year
From 664m−1bn
tonnes dairy each year
From 258m−460m
tonnes meat each year

Total ODA disbursements to developing
countries, USD million
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agric as % ODA Livestock as % ODA Livestock as % agric

Improved food and
nutrition security for
health
Improved natural
resource systems and
ecosystem services
Reduced poverty
ILRI’s mandate
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.

Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock:
Livestock and the SDGs
Image courtesy of Henning Steinfeld, FAO
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CIMMYT
Mexico City
Mexico
IFPRI
Wash. DC
USA
CIP
Lima
Peru
CIAT
Cali
Colombia
Bioversity
International
Rome Italy
AfricaRice
Cotonou
Benin
IITA
Ibadan
Nigeria
ILRI
Nairobi
Kenya
Addis
Ababa,
Ethiopia
World
Agroforestry
Nairobi
Kenya
ICARDA
Beirut
Lebanon ICRISAT
Patancheru
India
IWMI
Colombo
Sri Lanka
IRRI
Los Banos
Phillippines
WorldFish
Penang
Malaysia
CIFOR
Bogor
Indonesia
CGIAR Research Centres

The CRP II Portfolio

ILRI Offices
Main campuses: Nairobi,
Kenya and Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
Offices in 14 other
countries
ILRI offices

ILRI resources 2017
• Staff: 670+
• Budget: about US$80 million
• Senior scientists from 39 countries
• One third of ILRI staff are women
• Main campuses in Kenya and Ethiopia,
and offices in 14 other countries
around the world

ILRI’s core research areas
Livestock genetics
Animal and human health
Feed and forage resources development
Sustainable livestock systems
Policy, value chains and livelihoods
Impacts at scale
BecA-ILRI hub

BIOSCIENCES EASTERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA
(BecA-ILRI Hub)
A strategic partnership initiated by ILRI and AU-NEPAD: A
biosciences platform that makes the best lab facilities available
to the African scientific community

Research: Towards food security and
improved nutrition
• Crop improvement
• Livestock productivity
• Climate change mitigation
• Food safety and improved nutrition
• Underutilized crops and livestock

Key drivers
 Need for critical mass of skilled
bioscience researchers in NARS
 Lack of well equipped laboratory
facilities; adequate and sustainable
financial resources; and technical
support to active researchers
 Need for partnerships for knowledge
sharing, innovation and delivery of
innovations
 Need to effectively leverage biosciences
for agricultural development
Objective
To support and strengthen
capacity of African NARS to
drive agricultural innovation
Components
• Research fellowships
• Skill-enhancement courses
• Institutional capacity building
• Mobilizing capacities for joint
actions
Africa Biosciences Challenge
Fund (ABCF) Program
34 ABCF fellowships from Uganda
(US$ 1,870,000)
Crop research: 19
Livestock research: 7
Climate change adaptation: 4
Others: 4 (food safety, aquaculture,
underutilized species)
Workshops: 76 researchers trained

Institutional support
Kenya
Ethiopia
Uganda
Tanzania
Rwanda
Cameroon
12 other ECA countries
West Africa
NAPRI, NRCRI, Nigeria
AfriqueOne, Ivory Coast
WACCI, Ghana
CIRDES, Burkina Faso
CERAAS, Senegal
ITA, Senegal
Gulu University, Makerere University, NARO:
Life sciences lab setup, installation and
technician training, bioinformatics, use of
eBiokit

Technology platforms at the BecA-ILRI Hub
1. Molecular Breeding platform
2. Tissue culture and plant transformation
3. Diagnostics platform
4. Plant pathology
5. Azizi Biorepository
6. Mycotoxin and Nutrition analysis
7. Genomics and bioinformatics
8. Food and Nutritional Evaluation Laboratory
(FANEL) / CIP
9. Synthetic Biology
10.High throughput, High density genotyping
(IGSS)
http://hub.africabiosciences.org/media-
center/publications

ILRI in Uganda with partners……….
Pig value chain research:
5000 value chain actors, ex-ante impact assessments
predict a 48% increase in pig producer margins over 10
years
Dairy value chain:
Aims to impact livelihoods of 43,000 small holder
families and stimulate income gains for an additional
1,260,000 secondary beneficiaries
New 2017:
Livestock production in arid and semi-arid areas
Sustainable intensification of the pig value chain in
Uganda (breeding)

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BecA Support to Uganda
ABCF Research Fellowships hosted at BecA Hub: 34 : US$. 1,870,000
 Crops Research: 19
 Livestock Research: 7
 Climate Change Adaptation: 4
 Others*: 4 (food safety, aquaculture, underutilized species)
Training /Skill Enhancement Workshops: 76 researchers: US$.152,000
• Areas of training: Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics, Animal Quantitative Genetics
and Genomics, Laboratory Management and Equipment Operations, Scientific
Research Paper Writing, Data Management, Technician Training.
Institutional Support: US$ 245,000
• Gulu University: Life sciences lab setup, equipment installation and technician
training. Currently supporting implementation of Dr. Echodu’s PEARL grant – 2 Gulu
staff currently at BecA as Research Fellows
• Makerere University: 36 staff and PG students trained in Bioinformatics/use of
ebiokit, eBiokit installed
• NARO (including partners): 29 staff trainined in Bioinformatics/use of eBiokit
Communities of Practice (CoPs): 2 Ugandan Stewards: Fish, Goat and Solanacea
CoPs: US$. 100,000
ACE II – MAK Crop Improvement Centre & Uganda Matyrs Univ.:US$.300,000
Planned – co-support through ABCF