It is proposed that Tanzania has a National Livestock Research Institute whose research findings will stimulate Livestock Revolution. The headquarter is in Mpwapwa.

The Institute perform the following activities:

• To develop technologies to evaluate and conserve livestock genetic resources having unique characteristics (e.g. diseases, drought resistance, higher twining etc)
• To provide technical backstopping to the divisions of the Ministry of Livestock Development on matters related but not limited to breeding, animal feeds and feeding, pasture, livestock husbandry, environment management, farming systems research
• To collaborate with national and international laboratories to validate tests and standards for livestock production research.
• To develop technologies for on-station and on-farm breed evaluation programs of indigenous and adapted livestock.
• To develop a Molecular Biology Laboratory for advanced livestock research
• Supervise and train MSc and PhD students in collaboration with other higher national and international institutions.