The CGIAR center for farm animals in the developing world, formed in 1994 by merging the International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases in Nairobi with the International Livestock Centre for Africa in Addis Ababa; its headquarters is Nairobi, Kenya. It works on livestock as a pathway out of poverty: animal health, productivity, food safety and the livelihoods of the herding and smallholder households for whom an animal is capital, income and insurance at once. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Founding YearFormed by the merger of ILRAD (Nairobi) and ILCA (Addis Ababa). HeadquartersNairobi, Kenya, with a principal campus in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 1 Classification
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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.
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The International Livestock Research Institute or ILRI is an international agricultural research institute within the CGIAR.
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The CGIAR center for farm animals in the developing world, formed in 1994 by merging the International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases in Nairobi with the International Livestock Centre for Africa in Addis Ababa; its headquarters is Nairobi, Kenya.
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