The Feed the Future initiative aims to reduce global poverty and hunger by promoting agricultural growth and improving the nutrition of vulnerable populations worldwide. The Livestock Systems Innovation Lab (LSIL) supports this mission by increasing understanding of how the changing livestock industry is connected to human health and nutrition. This is achieved through the development of technologies, the improvement of livestock-related practices, and the facilitation of stakeholder environments to support the research-to-practice pipeline. The Livestock Systems Innovation Lab integrates One Health, food systems, and climate-smart approaches and engages in four main activities across local, national and regional levels:

1. supporting and conducting research;
2. acquiring, integrating, and sharing knowledge;
3. developing human and institutional capacity at different levels of the livestock-value chain and
4. forming and participating in strategic partnerships, networks, and communications with stakeholders.