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Livestock Systems Innovation Lab

United States Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems University of Florida - IFAS

Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems, based at the University of Florida, is working to improve livestock systems by addressing key issues related to:

livestock value chains
disease management
animal source foods
enabling policies

that drive sustainable local and national agricultural productivity, and combat food insecurity and undernutrition.

Focus Countries:

West Africa: Burkina Faso, Niger
East Africa: Ethiopia, Rwanda
Asia: Cambodia, Nepal

Understanding the Disease Burden of Dairy Products in Rwanda

New research attempts to understand the disease burden of dairy products in Rwanda.

Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems

Jun 15, 2023

Food Safety

Putting Local Partners at the Wheel of Capacity Strengthening Activities

Effective localization of capacity development is critical to achieving sustainable development outcomes in the livestock and agricultural sectors.

Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems

Apr 26, 2023

Education and Extension

three women in Ethiopia are sorting through large piles of dried forages for cattle

Livestock and Gender Research Lacks Climate Crisis Context

Looking into the current and ongoing research on the intersection of gender, climate change and livestock production in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC).

Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems

Jan 17, 2023

Gender

Integrating Gender into Global Livestock System Development

Jul 22, 2022 online

This free and engaging panel discussion will help researchers and policy-makers to incorporate important aspects of gender into their work with livestock systems.  

Agricultural Productivity Gender Policy and Governance

Not So Dangerous? New Research about Aflatoxin M1 Is Revealed

May 10, 2022 online

How do you balance the risk of liver cancer with the benefits of drinking milk? New research offers hope. 

Food Safety Nutrition Policy and Governance

Researchers in Ethiopia wearing laboratory masks.

Maximizing Your Research Impact

Apr 29, 2022 online

Watch videos of previous presentations; then join the next one live. 

Education and Extension

In Ethiopia, farmer Wubejig Kefale harvests green feed for her lactating cows. Photo Credit: Innovation Lab For Small Scale Irrigation (ILSSI) in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's Region (SNNPR) and Amhara Region of Ethiopia by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)/Fikadu Tessema, Licensed: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

Collaborative Research on Livestock Feed-Related Interventions Improves Productivity and Tackles Climate Change in Africa

New strategies to address climate change issues related to livestock have great potential to reduce methane in ruminants while preserving the productivity of the animals.