SOLID
Sustainable Organic and Low-input Dairying (SOLID)
| Coordinatore | ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY
Organization address
address: "King Street, Old College" contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | United Kingdom [UK] |
| Totale costo | 7˙754˙041 € |
| EC contributo | 5˙955˙858 € |
| Programma | FP7-KBBE
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology |
| Code Call | FP7-KBBE-2010-4 |
| Funding Scheme | CP-IP |
| Anno di inizio | 2011 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2011-04-01 - 2016-03-31 |
Partecipanti
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY
Organization address
address: "King Street, Old College" contact info |
UK (ABERYSTWYTH) | coordinator | 883˙968.61 |
| 2 |
MAA JA ELINTARVIKETALOUDEN TUTKIMUSKESKUS
Organization address
address: Building O - Humppilantie 14 contact info |
FI (JOKIOINEN) | participant | 1˙038˙946.00 |
| 3 |
AARHUS UNIVERSITET
Organization address
address: Nordre Ringgade 1 contact info |
DK (AARHUS C) | participant | 981˙704.00 |
| 4 |
PROGRESSIVE FARMING TRUST LTD LBG
Organization address
address: ELM FARM HAMSTEAD MARSHALL contact info |
UK (NEWBURY) | participant | 492˙324.00 |
| 5 |
UNIVERSITAET FUER BODENKULTUR WIEN
Organization address
address: Gregor Mendel Strasse 33 contact info |
AT (WIEN) | participant | 345˙521.00 |
| 6 |
UNIVERSITA POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE
Organization address
address: PIAZZA ROMA 22 contact info |
IT (ANCONA) | participant | 333˙019.00 |
| 7 |
UNIVERSITEIT GENT
Organization address
address: SINT PIETERSNIEUWSTRAAT 25 contact info |
BE (GENT) | participant | 266˙797.00 |
| 8 |
LEIBNIZ-ZENTRUM FUER AGRARLANDSCHAFTSFORSCHUNG (ZALF) e.V.
Organization address
address: Eberswalder Str. 84 contact info |
DE (MUENCHEBERG) | participant | 250˙282.00 |
| 9 |
ARISTOTELIO PANEPISTIMIO THESSALONIKIS
Organization address
address: Administration Building, University Campus contact info |
EL (THESSALONIKI) | participant | 234˙974.00 |
| 10 |
JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Organization address
address: Rue de la Loi 200 contact info |
BE (BRUSSELS) | participant | 203˙725.00 |
| 11 |
AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS
Organization address
address: CALLE SERRANO 117 contact info |
ES (MADRID) | participant | 179˙040.00 |
| 12 |
AGRIFOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE
Organization address
address: NEWFORGE LANE 18A contact info |
UK (Belfast) | participant | 166˙849.00 |
| 13 |
SERVICE ICAR SRL
Organization address
address: VIA GIUSEPPE TOMASSETTI 3/A contact info |
IT (ROMA) | participant | 143˙512.50 |
| 14 |
INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE PENTRU BIOLOGIE SI NUTRITIE ANIMALA
Organization address
address: CALEA BUCURESTI 1 contact info |
RO (BALOTESTI) | participant | 138˙760.00 |
| 15 |
EIGEN VERMOGEN VAN HET INSTITUUT VOOR LANDBOUW EN VISSERIJONDERZOEK
Organization address
address: Burgemeester van Gansberghelaan 96 contact info |
BE (Merelbeke) | participant | 128˙960.00 |
| 16 |
ISTITUTO PER LA CERTIFICAZIONE ETICA ED AMBIENTALE
Organization address
address: VIA NAZARIO SAURO contact info |
IT (BOLOGNA) | participant | 40˙880.00 |
| 17 |
Thise Mejeri amba
Organization address
address: Sundsorevej 62 contact info |
DK (Roslev) | participant | 18˙360.00 |
| 18 |
Organic Milk Suppliers Co-operative Ltd
Organization address
address: Parkway 501 contact info |
UK (Worle) | participant | 17˙670.00 |
| 19 |
AGRICULTURAL DAIRY COOPERATIVE OF ANOGIA PROODOS
Organization address
address: ANOGIA contact info |
EL (MYLOPOTAMOS RETHYMNON) | participant | 16˙860.00 |
| 20 |
Wim Govaerts & Co CVBA
Organization address
address: Degstraat 4 contact info |
BE (Blauberg-Herselt) | participant | 16˙280.00 |
| 21 |
Calon Wen Organic Milk Co-operative Ltd
Organization address
address: "Knowles Farm, Lawrenny" contact info |
UK (Kilgetty) | participant | 12˙945.00 |
| 22 |
SC AGRO SOLOMONESCU SRL
Organization address
address: SAT MIRON COSTIN contact info |
RO (BOTOSANI) | participant | 12˙920.00 |
| 23 |
"FEDERACION ANDALUZA DE ASOCIACIONES DE GANADO CAPRINO DE RAZA PURA, CABRANDALUCIA"
Organization address
address: Caserio de San Pedro s/n contact info |
ES (Albolote) | participant | 11˙640.00 |
| 24 |
Juvan Luomu OY
Organization address
address: Vanha Juvantie 54B contact info |
FI (Hatsola) | participant | 10˙320.89 |
| 25 |
INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC TRAINING AND ADVICE LTD
Organization address
address: COW HALL NEWCASTLE ON CLUN contact info |
UK (CRAVEN ARMS) | participant | 9˙600.00 |
| 26 |
Luonnonvarakeskus
Organization address
address: Viikinkaari 4 contact info |
FI (Helsinki) | participant | 0.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'Organic and low-input dairy farming systems are increasingly noted as delivering multifunctional benefits to the agricultural industry and society but technical and economic constraints prevent widespread adoption. SOLID will deliver an innovative toolbox of novel methodologies that will contribute to the competitiveness of the dairy industry and increase the effectiveness with which these benefits are delivered. SOLID facilitates the use of breeds and feeding strategies to maintain productivity, improve animal health and welfare while meeting the market requirement for high quality milk. A multidisciplinary team comprising academic and stakeholder (SME) partners from across Europe, encompassing dairy cows and goats, will identify and apply novel strategies at the farm level and throughout the supply chain. Innovative science and models, combined with a participatory approach, will tackle practical issues, and assess competitive sustainability and integration across a range of scales and geographical contexts. Proteomics combined with genotyping and calorimetry will be used to characterise and quantify dairy cow and goat breed adaptation to organic and low-input systems. Given the reliance of such systems on forage, SOLID will develop novel and sustainable feed resources and design a decision-support model to optimise the management of on-farm forage supply. Life cycle assessment tools will assess environmental sustainability of grassland-based multifunctional dairy systems. Analysis of the supply chain from fork to farm will quantify the acceptability of new strategies and enhance collaboration. An integrated assessment tool and socio-economic modelling will assess innovations on farms and along supply chains, and will predict the impact of more widespread adoption of low-input practises. Effective knowledge dissemination and exchange activities will target key stakeholder groups ensuring exploitation of outputs at animal, farm, region, sector and European levels.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
A wide-reaching research project in the EU is working with cattle and goat farmers to improve the output of organic and low input dairy farms.
Descrizione progetto (Article)
Organic and low-input dairy farming can deliver environmental benefits over conventional practices, but technical and financial constraints can limit uptake. This type of farming would benefit from new strategies to improve production and animal health whilst reducing production costs and improving overall efficiency.
The EU-funded 'Sustainable organic and low-input dairying' (http://www.solidairy.eu (SOLID)) project is a consortium of academics, supply chain members and farmers working towards making low-input dairy farming competitive in the European market. The project focuses on strategies to improve feeding, as well as identifying animal breeds adapted to these types of systems.
SOLID involves farmers to help identify their needs, and studies organic and low-input supply chains to evaluate new strategies. Researchers have put forward a formal definition of low-input farming, and identified common priorities for different groups of farmers through stakeholder meetings.
Team members are also investigating favourable genetic traits across various organic and low-input farms. Flocks of dairy goats and herds of dairy cows are being monitored for yield, milk quality, and other health, welfare and performance characteristics. The aim is to measure whether breeds adapted for low-input farming show favourable genetic variation.
Another aspect of SOLID focuses on developing and using sustainable, high-quality feed resources. To facilitate more efficient feeding of forage-dominant diets, researchers are creating a decision-support tool to help farmers choose the most sustainable approach to feeding.
SOLID is also studying the impact of SOLID innovative practices on the economic performance of dairy farms across Europe. Finally, the project is hosting e-learning modules and workshops to help apply these farm-level studies to the whole of Europe.
Environmentally friendly dairy farming is a growing field that will benefit from a coordinated approach to improving productivity. SOLID is providing this coordination along with scientific research to help these farms become more economically successful whilst at the same time providing benefits to society.