Coordinatore | INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE
Organization address
address: Rue De L'Universite 147 contact info |
Nazionalità Coordinatore | France [FR] |
Sito del progetto | http://www.multisward.eu |
Totale costo | 4˙030˙775 € |
EC contributo | 2˙997˙595 € |
Programma | FP7-KBBE
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology |
Code Call | FP7-KBBE-2009-3 |
Funding Scheme | CP-FP |
Anno di inizio | 2010 |
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2010-03-01 - 2014-02-28 |
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1 |
INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE
Organization address
address: Rue De L'Universite 147 contact info |
FR (PARIS CEDEX 07) | coordinator | 636˙251.00 |
2 |
TEAGASC - AGRICULTURE AND FOOD DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Organization address
address: Oak Park contact info |
IE (CARLOW) | participant | 345˙000.00 |
3 |
EIDGENOESSISCHES DEPARTEMENT FUER WIRTSCHAFT, BILDUNG UND FORSCHUNG
Organization address
address: Bundeshaus Ost contact info |
CH (BERN) | participant | 344˙412.00 |
4 |
ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY
Organization address
address: "King Street, Old College" contact info |
UK (ABERYSTWYTH) | participant | 293˙604.00 |
5 |
STICHTING DIENST LANDBOUWKUNDIG ONDERZOEK
Organization address
address: Costerweg 50 contact info |
NL (WAGENINGEN) | participant | 197˙609.00 |
6 |
Vlaams Gewest
Organization address
address: KONING ALBERT II LAAN 20 contact info |
BE (BRUSSEL) | participant | 172˙624.00 |
7 |
"RHEA - NATURAL RESOURCES, HUMAN ENVIRONMENT AND AGRONOMY"
Organization address
address: Rue des anciens Combattants 13 contact info |
BE (Chastre) | participant | 172˙600.00 |
8 |
INRA TRANSFERT S.A.
Organization address
address: RUE DU DOCTEUR FINLAY 28 contact info |
FR (PARIS) | participant | 155˙605.00 |
9 |
UNIWERSYTET PRZYRODNICZY W POZNANIU*
Organization address
address: ULICA WOJSKA POLSKIEGO 28 contact info |
PL (POZNAN) | participant | 130˙500.00 |
10 |
NORGES MILJO-OG BIOVITENSKAPLIGE UNIVERSITET
Organization address
address: UNIVERSITETSTUNET 3 contact info |
NO (AS) | participant | 122˙608.00 |
11 |
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI UDINE
Organization address
address: VIA PALLADIO 8 contact info |
IT (UDINE) | participant | 122˙400.00 |
12 |
FORSCHUNGSINSTITUT FUR BIOLOGISCHENLANDBAU STIFTUNG
Organization address
address: ACKERSTRASSE POSTFACH 1 contact info |
CH (Frick) | participant | 106˙140.00 |
13 |
GEORG-AUGUST-UNIVERSITAET GOETTINGEN STIFTUNG OEFFENTLICHEN RECHTS
Organization address
address: WILHELMSPLATZ 1 contact info |
DE (GOTTINGEN) | participant | 97˙800.00 |
14 |
NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH - BIOFORSK
Organization address
address: Fredrik A. Dahlsvei 20 contact info |
NO (AAS) | participant | 73˙802.00 |
15 |
INSTITUT DE L'ELEVAGE
Organization address
address: rue de Bercy 149 contact info |
FR (PARIS) | participant | 26˙640.00 |
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'MULTISWARD will support developments and innovations in grassland production and management throughout the diversity of European farming systems, pedo-climatic and socio-economic conditions. It will enhance regulating and supporting services from grasslands at the farm and landscape levels whilst improving the competitiveness of grassland-based ruminant production systems. This will be achieved by a concerted use of diversity: multi-species swards, diversity of plant communities at the farm and landscape levels and diversity of production systems at the landscape level. To reach this goal, MULTISWARD will: 1.Define the roles and utility of grassland from economic, agronomic and environmental perspectives and determine stakeholder’s requirements and expectations with respect to multi-functionality in EU countries 2.Assess the performance of multi species swards (MSS) in terms of plant productivity and animal nutrition over a range of environments and determine the most appropriate mixtures according to the soil and climatic conditions 3.Optimize the role of MSS in the provision of regulating and supporting services and maintaining a high level of biodiversity 4.Design and evaluate innovations in grazing and animal management (including animal genetics) to enhance the sustainability and competitiveness of grassland-based ruminant production system 5.Provide adequate evaluation tools (indicators and models) to assess ways of combining high production efficiency with optimal provision of regulating and supporting services from grasslands at farm to regional levels 6.Identify and analyse the effects of socio-economic and policy scenarios supporting grassland development or inducing grassland replacement by annual crops in order to support the design of future policies 7.Disseminate knowledge to key stakeholders through a participatory framework that will allow exchanges between researchers and key stakeholders and increase awareness of grassland based systems'
Researchers have identified ways to promote the use of grasslands on farms in the EU, resulting in efficient ruminant production systems and improved provision of ecosystem services.
Over the last 30 years, Europe's grasslands have been progressively reduced in size. Meanwhile, Europeans are becoming more concerned about the state of their environment and the sustainability of intensive production systems.
These and other concerns favour an increasing role for grassland farming systems for the future. To help achieve this goal, the EU-funded http://www.multisward.eu/ (MULTISWARD) project was established.
The project aimed to develop grassland production and management systems suited to the diversity of European farming systems, soil and climate conditions, and socioeconomic circumstances. Initially, the project defined and reported on the different roles of grasslands and their usefulness.
Furthermore, experiments on plant species biodiversity and ecosystem services were completed at different European study sites. These studies revealed that multi-species grasslands could provide the same support for cattle and other animals as highly fertilised grasses while reducing the environmental impacts linked to high level of nitrogen fertilisation.
Project members also developed strategies to improve grazing management to bring more insect pollinators into permanent grassland. Another aspect of MULTISWARD focused on farm models and sets of indicators to evaluate the multiples performances of grassland-based farming systems both at farm and regional levels.
The completed MULTISWARD project will reinforce the environmental benefits of grassland-based animal production in Europe. Such achievements will result in greater acceptance of these production systems by European citizens, consumers and farmers.
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