SusAn funds excellent research for a sustainable animal production sector in Europe
In 2016, a first funding activity in the form of a joint call was launched and pooled a total of 16,0 M EUR of national and regional funds topped up by EU cofunding. As a result of this co-funded call 14 transnational research projects were funded.
From mid 2017 onwards, 102 research teams from 20 European countries started their work for two and half or three years to achieve new insights for the field of sustainable animal production taking into account a systems and interdisciplinary approach addressing multiple objectives under the following three Research Areas:
Improve the productivity, resilience and competitiveness of European Animal Production
Improve and manage resource use to reduce waste and enhance the environmental sustainability of European Animal Production
Improve on-farm practices to enhance consumer acceptibility and address societal challenges associated with animal welfare, product quality and safety, biodiversity and provision of ecosystem services
More info on each project can be found by clicking on the project title:
SuSi- Sustainability in pork production with immunocastration
Cattle:
FREEWALK- Develop economic sound free walk farming systems elevating animal welfare, health and manure quality, while being appreciated by society
ReDiverse - Biodiversity within and between European Red dairy breeds – conservation through utilization
SusCatt- Increasing productivity, resource efficiency and product quality to increase the economic competitiveness of forage and grazing based cattle production systems
SUSTAINBEEF - Co-definition and evaluation of SUSTAINable BEEF farming systems based on resources non edible by humans
Sheep:
EcoLamb - Holistic production to reduce the ecological footprint of meat
SusTradeOff - Understanding trade-offs between health and efficiency to improve competitiveness and sustainability of animal production by breeding and management
Other:
ANIMALFUTURE- Steering animal production systems towards sustainable future
BPRACTICES - New indicators and on-farm practices to improve honeybee health in the Aetina tumida era in Europe
PEGaSus - Phosphorus efficiency in Gallus gallus and Sus scrofa: Bridging the gaps in the phosphorus value chain
SusAn funds excellent research for a sustainable animal production sector in Europe
In 2016, a first funding activity in the form of a joint call was launched and pooled a total of 16,0 M EUR of national and regional funds topped up by EU cofunding. As a result of this co-funded call 14 transnational research projects were funded.
From mid 2017 onwards, 102 research teams from 20 European countries started their work for two and half or three years to achieve new insights for the field of sustainable animal production taking into account a systems and interdisciplinary approach addressing multiple objectives under the following three Research Areas:
More info on each project can be found by clicking on the project title:
Pigs:
Cattle:
Sheep:
Other: