Isabelle Baltenweck leads the Policy Institutions and Livelihoods program at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). She has 20 years of post-doctoral experience in smallholder value chains in Africa, South and South-East Asia, with a focus on livestock farming. She has played a central role in the flagship, first as the Livestock & Fish CRP and in its current form, as the Livestock CRP. She has a PhD in Development Economics from the Université d’Auvergne, an MSc in Development Economics from the Université d’Auvergne and a First Degree in Economics (“DEUG”) from the Université de Strasbourg.