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Integrating innovative TECHnologies along the value Chain to improve small ruminant welfARE management

Descripción del proyecto

Tecnologías nuevas para aumentar el bienestar en la cría de pequeños rumiantes

En Europa, especialmente en regiones con climas adversos, la cría de pequeños rumiantes (PR) como ovejas y cabras constituye una fuente importante de carne, leche y lana., pero los ganaderos de PR carecen de tecnologías modernas y adecuadas a sus necesidades que aumenten la eficiencia, el rendimiento y el bienestar. El desarrollo de tecnologías novedosas y apropiadas puede aumentar la productividad y reducir los costes. El proyecto TechCare, financiado con fondos europeos, adoptará un método pluriactor para identificar obstáculos al bienestar de los PR y diseñar tecnologías innovadoras con las que supervisar y mejorar la gestión del bienestar de los PR a escala de rebaño en toda la cadena de valor. El objetivo del proyecto es crear y validar tecnologías de bienestar innovadoras y basadas en la demanda para todas las etapas de la producción de PR.

Objetivo

TechCare is a multi-actor approach project aiming to develop appropriate business models using innovative technologies to improve welfare management for all EU small ruminant (SR) systems, to enable stakeholders to choose animal welfare-friendly products. SRs play a key socio-economic role in Europe, especially in harsh environments where innovative technology is not much implanted. SRs are often managed as a flock/herd, allowing only average welfare states to be considered. Innovative technologies are a unique opportunity to monitor and improve SR welfare management at the individual or flock/herd level, along the value chain.
Based on SR welfare state-of-the-art, TechCare will undertake a multi-actor approach to encapsulate stakeholders’ expectations in terms of welfare and innovative technologies, and provide them with adapted solutions, in a co-design approach. TechCare will cover all stages of SR production and build novel welfare approaches to develop and validate tools, early warning systems, algorithms and indicators for efficient identification of welfare issues, including positive welfare, to include them in welfare management models. The innovative technologies identified in TechCare will pass different stages of validation, from prototyping to large scale studies. TechCare identified solutions will therefore be replicable and adapted to different SR systems, production purposes, and value chains, for improvement of SR welfare management EU-wide.
Business models will be constructed and validated with stakeholders. Dissemination, communication and exploitation materials will be produced and widely shared for easy use of TechCare solutions, ensuring their uptake and relevance to all sectors and stakeholders.
TechCare will offer a durable improvement of SR welfare management using innovative technologies along the whole value chain and across the EU, and will act as an example in terms of approach and solutions for other species and production systems.

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Convocatoria de propuestas

H2020-SFS-2018-2020

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Convocatoria de subcontratación

H2020-SFS-2019-1

Régimen de financiación

IA - Innovation action

Coordinador

SRUC
Aportación neta de la UEn
€ 963 960,00
Dirección
WEST MAINS ROAD
EH9 3JG Edinburgh
Reino Unido

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Región
Scotland Eastern Scotland Edinburgh
Tipo de actividad
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Enlaces
Coste total
€ 963 960,00

Participantes (23)