BovINEBeef Innovation Network Europe
BovINEThe AUTOFEED project (“Feeding automation for cattle farms in Lombardy”) targets the diffusion of automatic feeding systems (AFS) for dairy and beef production. It focuses on the reference market (i.e. the available technical options from suppliers, plant solutions, farmer’s perceptions), on the suitability of the different housing models for animal farming that base on the conventional mixing wagon, and the comparison of ex-ante and ex-post situations following the purchase of an AFS.
AUTOFEED, which received funding from the Lombardy Region in the framework of SUBMEASURE 16.1 – “Support for the establishment and for the management of EIP Operative Group in the topic of agriculture’s productivity and sustainability” of the Rural Development Program 2014-2020, has started on September 2019.
The project’s leader is the Treviglio’s Office of CREA – Research Centre for Engineering and Agro-Food Processing, and the CRPA Studies and Research Foundation is responsible for studies on animal housing and the transfer and the disclosure of the results. The partnership includes five dairy and beef cattle farms, where different automatic device for feeding the animals will be installed.
Raising livestock guaranteeing naturalness, ethology, health, environment and animal welfare is the aim of INNOVABIOZOO, a project funded by Measure 16.1 of the RDP of Liguria.
The sustainable management of the pasture and the verification of the compost barn technique in animal shelters are combined with the promotion of participatory governance criteria in the Biodistrict of Val di Vara to enhance its ecological and landscape quality.
Managing the rotation of the pastures thus guaranteeing the richness of the turf and the containment of trees and shrubs. Monitoring the animals with remote control tools.
Representative organisation of farmers and agri-cooperatives in the EU.
A multi-stakeholder organisation focused on European beef sustainability from farm to fork
European Forum for agricultural and rural advisors
International academy for rural advisors
Meat Processor engaging in sustainable agricultural development
A multi-annual campaign to lead climate action by all Irish farmers. The programme aims to achieve early progress in reducing gaseous emissions from Irish agriculture and also:
A project aiming to improve the economic sustainability of farming High Nature Value (HNV) land in Inishowen through the implementation of a range of innovative measures which also deliver on environmental sustainability by increasing biodiversity, improving water quality and combating climate change.
A European Industrial Doctorate (EID) programme which connects industry to cutting-edge scientific knowledge to design, implement and evaluate a soil, sward, and grazing farm management system aimed at maximising the positive impact on the environment, improving the nutritional and sensory quality of meat, and consequently improving human health.
A programme focussing on eight key areas that offer the greatest savings to farmers and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions at farm level. The programme aims to save participants €5,000 through introducing resource efficiency measures on their farm.
A programme to demonstrate to beef farmers how they can produce a quality product as efficiently as possible to make beef farming more profitable while also making it more environmentally and socially sustainable.
A collaboration between BiOrbic, Carbery and others to address the challenge of carbon neutral farming. Specifc areas tragetted are renewable energy, soil and grassland, biodiversity, animal diet and breeding and a life cycle analysis of the farm unit.
Nefertiti is a 4 year, H2020 funded project comprising a unique network of 32 partners from 17 countries. It is coordinated by ACTA, the head of Network of the French Agricultural Technical Institutes.
Through peer-to-peer demonstration of techniques on 10 major agricultural challenges in Europe, the Nefertiti project aims to establish an EU-wide highly connected network of demonstration and pilot farms designed to enhance knowledge exchanges, cross fertilization among actors and efficient innovation uptake in the farming sector .
Life Carbon Farming is a six-year European project which started in October 2021 and is funded by the LIFE programme.
Together the 10 partners from across 6 European countries are working on the development and implementation of a result-based funding mechanism for carbon farming in EU mixed crop livestock systems, with the aim of reducing the carbon footprint of agricultural products by 15% within six years.
The project brings together actors involved in agriculture and other economic sectors (public bodies, industrial companies and banks) to implement carbon finance mechanisms in six European countries.
An EU funded project which aims to improve the competitiveness of Pyrenean cattle farms, facilitating their modernization through the collection of performance data in situ.
Bov+ is an Operational Group, resulting from a partnership between 11 partners (producers and research entities), which has as main objectives:
The actions developed by Bov+ are integrated in the following areas:
A European funded project aiming to re-balance the agri-food value chain and enhance its sustainability by establishing a Sustainable Innovation Framework. This framework will focus on a combination of behaviour innovation, collaborative business model innovation and data driven technological services to support the implementation of innovative driven approaches on farms. a virtual academy under the name “Ploutos Innovation Academy”, provides stakeholders with a series of experiments and practices regarding the sustainability of the agri-food value chain.
ILVO Rundveeloket is a central knowledge centre providing current information for the Flemish cattle sector in areas including business management, cattle feed, mechanization and automation, and organic cattle.
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FAO: Maeve Henchion
The BovINE Project
Teagasc Ashtown Food Research Centre
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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 rural
renaissance programme | Project No: 862590 under call H2020-RUR-2019-15
