Organic Knowledge Network on Monogastric Animal Feed

Project Information

OK-Net EcoFeed

Grant agreement ID: 773911

DOI 10.3030/773911

Project closed

EC signature date 9 October 2017

Start date 1 January 2018

End date 31 March 2021

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy

Total cost € 1 990 368,75

EU contribution € 1 990 368,75

Coordinated by

INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE MOVEMENTS EUROPEAN UNION REGIONAL GROUP
Sweden

Deliverables

Documents, reports (11)

Practice abstracts

Collection of 100 Practice Abstracts in EIP common format for EIP-AGRI database

EIP-AGRI articles 1st year

Two articles will be produced for EIP-AGRI newsletter/website in the 1st project year

Advisors' knowledge mapping exercise

Mapping exercise with overview of relevant research and advisors' knowledge

Fact sheets

Production of 30 fact sheets

EIP-AGRI articles 2nd year

Two articles will be produced for EIP-AGRI newsletter/website in the 2nd project year

Knowledge synthesis of feed production

Detailed knowledge synthesis of feed production and feed management for pigs, broilers and laying hens

EIP-AGRI articles 3rd year

Two articles will be produced for EIP-AGRI newsletter/website in the 3rd project year

Report of testing activities

Report of testing activities, including videos and practice abstracts

Descriptions of innovation groups

Descriptions of innovation groups: agronomic and social context, challenges faced and approaches to solutions

Overview of adapted and translated tools

An overview of adapted and translated tools will be produced

Report on research needs and barriers to innovation

Report on research needs and barriers to innovation, including recommendations for a better targeted research and innovation agenda

Other (7)

Press release at the launch of the extended OK-Net platform

A press release at the launch of the extended OK-Net platform will be produced

Press release about the project start

A press release about the project start will be produced

News stories 3rd project year

News stories will be produced during 3rd project year

News stories 1st project year

News stories will be produced during 1st project year

News stories 2nd project year

News stories will be produced during 2nd project year

Press release for the final conference

A press release will be produced for the final conference

Ration planning tools

Ration planning tools for organic pigs, broilers and laying hens

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (2)

Extension of OK-Net knowledge platform and toolbox

The OK-Net knowledge platform and toolbox will be extended

Videos

Collection of 5 videos with technical and practical information

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (1)

The Potential of Locally-Sourced European Protein Sources for Organic Monogastric Production: A Review of Forage Crop Extracts, Seaweed, Starfish, Mussel, and Insects

Author(s): Marleen Elise van der Heide, Lene Stødkilde, Jan Værum Nørgaard, Merete Studnitz
Published in: Sustainability, Issue 13/4, 2021, Page(s) 2303, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/su13042303

Conference proceedings (1)

OK-Net EcoFeed: working towards 100% organic and regional feed for monogastrics in Europe

Author(s): Whistance L, Moeskops B
Published in: Organic Animal Husbandry systems – challenges, performance and potentials. Proceedings of the IAHA Video-Confer-ence on Animal Husbandry 21-22 Sept 2020, linked to the 20th Organic World Congress of IFOAM 2021., 2020, Page(s) 91-95
Publisher: IFOAM-IAHA