SOSTVAN Operational Group: Technological strategies to improve the sustainability of the suckler cow sector
- Type Operational group
- Execution 2019 -2021
- Assigned Budget 595.133,94 €
- Scope Supraautonómico
- Autonomous community Aragón; Asturias, Principado de; Cantabria; Castilla y León; Extremadura; Galicia; Madrid, Comunidad de
- Main source of financing PEPAC 2014-2020
- Project website https://www.sostvan.com/
Description
Improving the added value of extensive beef through environmental labeling and marketing on a blockchain platform
Objectives
- Promoting the environmental and animal welfare values of extensive beef cattle production
- Implementation of new marketing strategies for extensive beef using blockchain technology
- Coordination of a project that demonstrates the technical and economic viability of new innovative solutions
- Dissemination and transfer of the results of the innovative project to the sector
Results
- Demonstration that extensive livestock farming contributes positively to mitigating the carbon footprint and provides environmental as well as economic value.
- Quantification of how extensive meat production ensures and improves animal welfare
- Development and implementation of blockchain technology to ensure full traceability of the meat production process
- Promotion and dissemination of knowledge and results generated with the livestock community and society
Contact information
- Coordinator/entity name: IBERLONJA
- Coordinator/entity email: jignacio@iberlonja.com
Collaborators
- ASOCIACIÓN 19 DE ABRIL
- Merck Sharp & Dohme Animal Health S.L.
- Organismo Autonomo Parques Nacionales
Beneficiaries
- Iberico Comercialización SCL
- Universidad de Salamanca
- Universidad de Extremadura
- Universidad de León Grupo de Investigación IMAPOR (BB 250-codigo 413)
- DE HEUS Nutricion Animal SA
- Dehesa Grande Sociedad Cooperativa
Outsourced
- Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León (ITACYL)
- Imasde Agroalimentaria SL
- Unión de Ganaderos de Vacas Nodrizas (UGAVAN)
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