SIEGA Operational Group: Geographic Information System to assist in the management of extensive livestock farming
- Type Operational group
- Execution 2019 -2021
- Assigned Budget 479.561,9 €
- Scope Supraautonómico
- Autonomous community Asturias, Principado de; Cantabria; Galicia; Madrid, Comunidad de
- Main source of financing PEPAC 2014-2020
- Project website http://siega.complutig.es
Description
A GIS tool will be designed and implemented to support decision-making for extensive livestock management and pasture management, combining pasture monitoring with remote sensing and livestock monitoring with GPS.
Objectives
- Define the tool's functionalities based on the needs of technicians, farmers and managers, and the available technical and scientific possibilities.
- Having information, in almost real time, on the state and evolution of vegetation
- Comparison with previous years and forecast
- Facilitate and improve the work of livestock farmers, knowing at all times the position of the livestock and the condition of the pastures.
- Train technicians in the use of Geographic Information Technologies and in the use of the tool
- To enhance the transfer of knowledge in the area of GIT and inform potential beneficiaries about the project.
Results
- Operational tool that meets the needs of technicians, ranchers and managers
- System specifications and best available techniques
- Better decision-making in forest management and livestock management
- Cost savings in livestock production through greater control over key aspects of their operations
- Have the appropriate training to understand and use the tool
- Involvement of potential beneficiaries and research organizations in the design of the tool
- Knowledge transfer
Contact information
- Coordinator/entity name: Daniel Reinoso (UAH)
- Coordinator/entity email: daniel.reinoso@uah.es
Collaborators
- Instituto Galego da Calidade Alimentaria (INGACAL)-Centro de Investigaciones Agrarias de Mabegondo (CIAM)
- Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario (SERIDA) Asturias
- Centro de Investigación y Formación Agrarias de Cantabria (CIFA)
- Departamento de Geologia
- Geografia y Medio Ambiente
- Universidad de Alcalá
Beneficiaries
- DE HEUS Nutricion Animal SA
- Iberico Comercialización SCL
- Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León (ITACYL)
- Cedesa Digital SL
- Unión de Criadores de Ganado Vacuno Selecto de Raza Charolesa de España
- Federación Española de Criadores de Limusin
- Universidad de Salamanca
- IMASDE Agroalimentaria SL
Outsourced
- Instituto de Desarrollo Comunitario (IDC)
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