The document summarizes ILRI's approach to livestock research for development, which focuses on fostering innovation through partnerships within livestock systems and value chains. It discusses challenges like the need for research outputs to have development outcomes. ILRI's framework designs research to actively influence actions within innovation systems, not just generate knowledge. Case studies from fodder projects in Ethiopia, India, and Nigeria show how focusing on positive examples of adoption and building innovation capacity led to changes in actors, institutions, and policies. Lessons indicate the need to work at larger scales, consider diverse livestock contexts, and allow flexibility for emergent opportunities.

1. From r esearch outputs to development outcomes: Fostering fodder innovation Ranjitha Puskur International Livestock Research Institute November 2009

9. Livestock system context -Biophysical -Technical -Social -Economic -Political - Institutional System diagnosis Drivers/Factors -Preferences -Policy and institutions -Knowledge -Culture -Risk and vulnerability –Infrastructure Environment - Technology Current state of a livestock issue Current actors, alignment and practices

19. ILRI is creating and integrating knowledge to enable diverse partners to find innovative solutions to make livestock a sustainable pathway out of poverty