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From rural residents raising backyard chickens to farmers with thousands of head of livestock, animal health is the first priority. The EU-funded HoloFood project will use a novel hologenome approach to study animal health by considering their biochemical …

Livestock farming is crucial to Europe's rural economy, but it also causes air and water pollution. Livestock farming is the main source of ammonia and methane emissions in Europe. Current manure management causes soil and water pollution problems. …

Although microorganisms dominate nearly every ecological niche on our planet, it is only in the last 10 to 15 years that we have begun to better understand the composition and function of microbial communities (microbiomes) thanks to significant advances …

The project will study the technical and economic feasibility of replacing soybeans and palm oil with cold-pressed rapeseed oil and cake in feed for fattening calves. It will focus on four aspects: Social sustainability, replacing imported raw materials …

Operational group

This Task Force aims to study current alternatives for obtaining local raw materials for animal feed. A ration will be formulated that incorporates these raw materials more efficiently for feeding organic chickens, and the production rates obtained will …

Operational group

LAMBEED Operational Group: Implementation of integrated Galician lamb production systems. Use of differentiated feed. …

Operational group

One of the objectives of this Task Force is to reduce dependence on protein sources exogenous to farms. EuroDairy will connect approximately 42 regional task forces, forming a thematic network to facilitate the flow of knowledge among European …

Operational group

This Operational Group aims to increase profitability on Galician dairy farms by reducing milk production costs through optimizing the use of forage corn fiber. Currently, Galician dairy farms are unable to meet their effective fiber needs, so most are …

Operational group

The Task Force will develop a way to implement an innovative product to improve the nutrition of farmed snails by introducing a viable probiotic into a marketable …

The OLIFECycle project aims to recycle olive pomace to obtain alternative proteins and other value-added products from larval biomass through insect rearing. This process will produce high-quality insect protein, insect oil, and organic fertilizer. The …

Operational group

The project focuses on the genetic improvement of pennycress for bioenergy production, including the selection of local germplasm and treatments to improve germination. It also explores the use of byproducts, such as pennycress cake, as a natural biocide …

Training course

Registration is now open for the free online course “Sustainable Use of Agro-industrial Waste Through Insect Farming,” which will be held on Tuesday, February 24 , from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. ( territorial reference: Albacete ). Space is limited , so …

Training course

Addressed to: Poultry farm workers Goals: To comply with the requirement of Royal Decree 637/2021, of July 27, to ensure that all people working with birds have adequate and sufficient training and acquire the basic skills necessary to start or …

Multimedia content

The Dehesa or pastureland system is a livestock agroecosystem comprised of two basic components: the tree (usually Quercus sp.) and the vegetation cover (grass and scrubland). Extensive livestock farming (cattle, sheep, and Iberian pigs) takes advantage …

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Results of the evaluation carried out on the impact of the actions carried out by the LIFE+ Biodehesa Project in Andalusia. …