ATF Second White paper topic vs Horizon2020 Work Programme Societal challenge 2 Societal challenge 5 Excellent science 1.1 Sustainable food production human inedible agro-products as animal feed - Improvement of biomass utilisation and development of alternative feed not competing with human food * - Evaluation of the novel options for feed production and utilisation * - New feeding strategies to reduce feed versus food competition * 1.2 Efficient and robust animals adapted to new European feed sources - Definition of the future breeding * - Development of appropriate phenotypes and indicators for selection on efficiency and robustness * * - Genome editing: a new issue * * 1.3 Precise management of animals - Innovative sensors and intelligent models for monitoring efficiency, animal health and welfare * * - Adaptation of precision livestock to pastoralism and more generally to nature-based systems * - Evaluation of social consequences of implementation of precision livestock farming * 1.4. Efficient and safe management of manure and animal by-products - Evaluation of the effect of manures applications on soil fertility * * - Evaluation of local systems organisation to improve the efficiency of manure utilisation * - Evaluation of the risks linked to manure utilisation * * - Innovative manure refinery technologies 2.1 Consumers’ perceptions and expectations about livestock production systems and consumption of animal products - Understanding society’s arguments, attitudes and expectations related to livestock production systems and livestock products * - Improvement of transparency of animal production chains and confidence of consumers * 2.2 Emissions mitigation - Method development * * - Possibilities to further reduce emissions win-win strategies * * 2.3. Competitiveness and adaptability of livestock farming systems facing global changes - Evaluation of economic competitiveness of livestock farming systems across Europe * - Analyse of adaptive capacities of livestock production systems * - Using animal adaptive capacities to enhance the adaptive capacity of livestock farming systems * - Designing livestock farming systems consistent with farmer’s will and skills * 2.4 Services provided by livestock production systems - Developing metrics for measuring ecosystem and social services delivered by livestock systems *
WELFARE INDICATORS: Development, integration and dissemination of animal-based welfare indicators, including pain, in commercially important husbandry species, with special emphasis on small ruminants, equidae & turkeys Developing and testing animal based welfare, including pain, indicators in sheep, goats, horses, donkeys and turkeys - Specie(s): sheep, goats, horses, donkeys and turkeys FP7 - CP-IP - integrating project 3.3. Animal welfare supporting animal health WELFARE QUALITY: Integration of animal welfare in the food quality chain: from public concern to improved welfare and transparent quality Developing pan-European standards for on-farm welfare assessmen t and product information systems as well as practical strategies for improving animal welfare. - Specie(s): cattle, goat, poultry, pigs, horses FP6 - NoE - Network of Excellence 2.1. Consumers’ perceptions and expectations about livestock production systems and consumption of animal products; 3.3. Animal welfare supporting animal health; 3.4. Undisputed quality of food of animal origin WILDTBVAC: Integrated solutions for Tuberculosis control in animals combining vaccination and diagnostics Specie(s): cattle, sheep, goat, poultry, pigs, horses FP6 - CP-TP - Collaborative Project (targeted) 3. Healthy livestock for healthy people WIN-FISH: Welfare, Health and Individuality in Farmed FISH Specie(s): Fish FP7 - ERA-NET Aniwah 2013 call 3.3. Animal welfare supporting animal health