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The human face of sustainable livestock development

01 Laos cattle farmer gives her cow salt

International Livestock Research Institute Annual Report 2018 Photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann The Human Face of 2 Sustainable Livestock Development

For ILRI, 2018 was a year of continuing progress and solid achievement—and for that we remain Foreword both grateful and proud. Thanks to our staff, our partners, our donors and the governments with which we work, ILRI is helping countless farmers and other stakeholders in the livestock sector in the developing world live better lives through livestock. It is helping to raise household incomes, improve human nutrition and health, fight devastating livestock diseases, breed more productive and drought-resistant animals, redress gender imbalances, enhance biodiversity and respond to climate change.

In past reports, we’ve noted that the global 02 demand for animal-source foods continues to grow rapidly in developing and emerging countries, a Jimmy Smith (L) phenomenon dubbed the “livestock revolution.” with Lindsay Falvey received In Africa, for example, the demand for livestock- a with derived foods is projected to increase by 80% honoris causa from 2010 to 2030, mostly because of population and gave the commencement growth. Asia, already the largest consumer of speech (or Occa- livestock-derived foods, will see a nearly 60% jump sional Address) in consumption—and much of that will be due at the University to rising incomes and greater urbanization. That of , , on 6 Dec demand can and should be channeled effectively, 2018 to ensure that those increases translate into higher incomes for farmers, better nutritional outcomes for children, and greater socio-economic opportunities for women.

The breadth of the opportunities these figures represent requires new science and new research results that are taken to scale. This report highlights just a few of the many activities ILRI staff have undertaken in the past year.

Jimmy Smith Lindsay Falvey 02 Director general Chair of the ILRI

Photo credit: of ILRI Board of Trustees International Livestock Research Institute Annual Report 2018 3

03 Camels drinking at a water pan in Wajir county in

03 Photo credit: ILRI/George Wamwere-Njoroge The Human Face of 4 Sustainable Livestock Development

In the lab—good science is the foundation of ILRI’s work

Novel index developed RHoMIS: A rapid, to measure women’s standardized and cost- empowerment in livestock effective tool for tracking production agricultural performance

Index will improve the targeting of interventions in The tool measures the effectiveness of agricultural livestock to benefit women interventions on climate change adaptation and mitigation

04 Woman herding goats in Nagar Vil- lage Tonk District Rajasthan India

04 05 Photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann Photo credit: ILRI/Jules Mateo

05 ILRI has adapted a tool to measure women’s em- Researchers at ILRI have developed a tool to rapidly ILRI scientist Steve powerment in to focus on key areas of measure an array of key indicators regarding agri- Staal with pig livestock production. The tool will help stakeholders culture and climate change, including agricultural farm owner in the develop livestock interventions that can effectively production and market integration, nutrition, food Philippines support women’s empowerment, ultimately enhanc- security, poverty and greenhouse gas emissions. ing the effectiveness of these interventions. Known as the Rural Household Multi-Indicator Sur- vey (RHoMIS), the tool is becoming widely adopted.

06 Building a bioinformatics Research at the BecA-ILRI hub community for agricultural sciences in Africa

ILRI’s BecA-Hub is using cutting-edge science to help Africa achieve food and nutrition security

The BecA-ILRI hub has created an alumni community of over 300 national agricultural research systems researchers in Africa who collectively work to advance and accelerate research in the bio-sciences by harnessing the opportunities available through 06

the Hub’s high-end applications and tools. Photo credit: ILRI/Paul Karaimu International Livestock Research Institute Annual Report 2018 5

In the field—ILRI is committed to research for development

Using smartphones to track Scientists and farmers livestock disease outbreaks in swap information for more northern Kenya profitable milk production

An electronic disease surveillance system is Cell phone apps and emerging genomics are improving early detection of livestock diseases, giving farmers and scientists the information they making interventions more accurate and effective need to improve dairy cattle in Africa

07 ILRI scientist James Ombura prepares to vaccinate cows. ILRI campus (Nairobi)

07 08 Photo credit: ILRI/Onesmus Mbiu Photo credit: ILRI/David Aronson

08 Taking advantage of the widespread uptake of mo- Building on a locally developed smart phone app, A dairy farmer in bile telephony throughout Kenya, ILRI has initiated ILRI has developed an information and communi- Tanzania checks an innovative, community-led system of syndromic cation system to sustainably improve dairy cattle her phone for livestock disease surveillance in five counties in breeding in east Africa through a mutually beneficial updates from the northern Kenya, using smartphones to collect and partnership that gives scientists the data they need ADGG program headquarters transmit surveillance data. to properly evaluate breeding programs, while giv- ing farmers advice on how to improve their animals’ health and productivity.

Converting straws and stover into Securing rangelands and settling conflicts concentrates through village land use planning in Tanzania

A novel way of treating crop residues may yield a host of ILRI is helping pastoralists and farmers in Tanzania develop land use strate- benefits for farmers, local economies, and the broader gies that enable both communities to reduce conflicts and improve natural environment resource management

About 4 billion tonnes of renewable biomass come from crop ILRI is implementing a research-for-development project that has helped residues, which are the major feed resource in most of the live- secure nearly 150,000 hectares of contested grazing land for livestock grazing stock systems where ILRI is working. Unfortunately, most cereal in Kiteto district in Tanzania. The deal is helping reduce sometimes-deadly crop residues make for poor fodder, and animals fed on them conflicts among the area’s land users, a problem which has grown increasingly alone rarely thrive. In India, ILRI is working on improving the fod- severe in recent years. It will also improve productivity of the land and enhance der quality of crop residues with novel technologies developed its environmental services. from the biofuel industry. The Human Face of 6 Sustainable Livestock Development

Capacity development—building local capacity and mentoring the next generation of agriculture scientists

Mentoring women to ILRI recognized at 2018 world become future leaders in food prize science

The next generation of African women scientists ILRI has participated in the WFP’s internship pro- are honing their skills at BecA-ILRI Hub gram for nearly 20 years

09 A female scientist at work at ILRI lab- oratories, Nairobi, Kenya

09 10 Photo credit:Photo ILRI/Susan MacMillan Photo credit: ILRI/Apollo Habtamu 10 BecA-ILRI Hub is reaching out to women scientists Some 23 US high school students have interned at Woman holding across Africa to build their capacity for training ILRI under the auspices of the prestigious Borlaug- egg and research using modern, high-end bioscience Ruan International Internship program in the nearly technologies including genomics, genetics and bio- 20 years since it began. They’ve spent time in the informatics tools. The goal is to help a new genera- lab, as well as days or weeks at a time in the field. tion of women scientists accelerate animal and crop ILRI recently asked former participants about their genetic gains and improve productivity. experience and how it has shaped their lives.

11 A pig farmer in Hung Yen prov- ince, Vietnam Fostering south-south partnerships to improve food safety in Asia

Mutual learning and cooperation among Asian countries can help address food safety issues

ILRI scientists are scaling up lessons from their work on building food safety capacity in Vietnam through an innovative peer-to-peer program with stake- holders in the regional countries of Bangladesh, Cambodia and Thailand. So far, ILRI scientists have trained more than 100 officials and researchers from the three countries on different frameworks for food safety risk assessment. 11 Photo credit: ILRI/Trong Chinh International Livestock Research Institute Annual Report 2018 7

12 Cattle stand in a village compound in Lhate, Mozambique

12 Photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann ILRI research publications 2018, on CGSpace ILRI funding trends, 2008-2018

Manual 100$ Newsletter Video 13 12 80$ 13 Map Internal Document 6 60$ 13 Working Paper Thesis 5 15 40$ (USD millions) Book Chapter 20$ 16 Miscellaneous Material 24 Income and expenditure Template 0$ 18 2011 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Brochure 2008 2009 21 Years

Conference Paper Total income Expenses Source: ILRI 2018 financial statement 27 Journal Article 284 Brief 27 ILRI digital reach and social media, 2018

Poster FaceBook Twitter Twitter Slide share Learning portal 69 642,924 1,228,000 23,900 183,836 4,470 views views followers views views

Report and Book Presentation Google page flickr Youtube Blog posts Website 98 118 1,449,110 1,755,948 436, 368 331,359 4,261,538 Total 779 views views views views views

ILRI peer-reviewed scientific ILRI offices and staff worldwide ILRI information publication trends products, 2018 ILRI is co-hosted by the governments of Ethiopia and Kenya and has offices in 9 other countries in Africa (Burkina Faso, Burundi, Ghana, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, (all types) Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe); 4 countries in Asia (China, India, Pakistan and Vietnam); and 2 other hosting locations: Costa Rica and Scotland. Publications

240 Journal articles Blog posts 180 284 401 120

Publications 60

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1.6 Books, chapters and reports 216 1.2

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0.4 In 2018, ILRI had 620 permanent staff. The population Theses and videos 0 at ILRI is 38% female and 62% male. 97 RCR (relative citation ratio) RCR (relative 2011 1997 1995 1996 1998 1999 2001 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2007 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2008 2009 Years Open vs. non-open access Views on the ILRI web ecosystem

100% 900,000 80% 800,000 60% 700,000 600,000 40% 500,000 400,000 OA vs Non-OA % Non-OA vs OA 20% 300,000 0% 200,000 100,000 2011 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2009 0 Years Jul-18 Jan-18 Jun-18 Apr-18 Oct-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Sep-18

OA Share Non-OA Share Dec-18 Aug-18 Nov-18 May-18

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About 620 ILRI staff work in Africa and Asia to enhance incomes and livelihoods, improve food security, and reduce disease and environmental degradation. Australian animal scientist and Nobel Prize laureate Peter Doherty serves as ILRI’s patron. Organizations that BETTER LIVES fund ILRI through their contributions to CGIAR make ILRI’s work possible. Organizations THROUGH that partner ILRI in its mission make livestock research for development a reality. LIVESTOCK Contact us: www.ilri.org • [email protected] Scan with mobile to see full report