The International Livestock Research Institute or ILRI is an international agricultural
research institute
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within the
CGIAR – formerly the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research. It was established in 1994 by merger of the International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases in
Nairobi in Kenya, and the International Livestock Centre for Africa in
Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. It is a
non-profit,
non-governmental organisation.
Its research is intended to help to build sustainable
livestock pathways out of poverty in low-income countries and to help people in those countries to keep their farm animals alive and productive, to increase and sustain their livestock and farm productivity, and to find profitable markets for their animal products.
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International research institutes
Agricultural research institutes
Research institutes in Kenya
Agricultural organisations based in Kenya
Livestock
Animal research institutes