The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems develops long-term research and capacity-development efforts, primarily through multi-disciplinary, integrated, and competitively funded applied research. The Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems has funded nearly 50 projects that use innovative approaches to address country-specific research priorities.
The Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems is one of many innovation labs created by Feed The Future. It is led by the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS), in partnership with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). It is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and formerly by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (2017-2023).
Our Objectives
To sustainably enhance livestock productivity and marketing, and consumption of animal-source food using appropriate and improved technologies, capacity development, and policies, to improve the nutrition, health, incomes and livelihoods of vulnerable people.
To increase the resilience of vulnerable populations and reduce the environmental impact of livestock systems as well as advance the understanding of evolving livestock systems and their roles in food security, nutrition, and health.
