GO GESVAC4.0: Development and implementation of new digital tools to improve the sustainability of beef cattle farms

Type Grupo operativo
Status In progress
Execution 2024 -2027
Scope Supraautonómico
Autonomous community Castilla y León; País Vasco
Main source of financing PEPAC 2023-2027
Project website GO GESVAC4.0

Abstract

The objective is to develop and implement new digital tools to improve the economic, environmental and social sustainability of beef cattle farms. The expected results consist of updating the GESVAC platform database, developing a mobile application for farmers, developing software for registering independent farmers, defining new sources of information on stallions and cows, developing alerts for unproductive animals based on determining thresholds for each parameter of nurse cows and integrating them into the platform and determining the quality of the meat in vivo, determining the optimal time of slaughter in pure breeds, determining the quality of the meat in vivo and determining the optimal time of slaughter in crossbreds, calculating the individual carbon footprint in pure breeds and crossbreds and a comparative study of the emissions emitted by each of the breeds under study.

Description

Improving the profitability of farms through a system of profitability indicators, comparative evaluation of farms and exploration of new ways of comparing animals according to their profitability and environmental sustainability. Obtaining results for the preparation of reports at the request of farmers, cooperatives, associations, etc. Development of a mobile application for data consultation, development of software for registering farmers. Development of new functionalities related to the suckler cow on the GESVAC platform. Optimization of the software for performing in vivo ultrasounds. Calculation of enteric emissions from animals and analysis of the correlation with the microbiome of the animals.

Description of activities

Updating the GESVAC platform database: Compilation and storage of information on livestock farms and slaughterhouses.
New developments and defining new sources of information for integration into the GESVAC platform: development of a mobile application, development of software for registering livestock farmers, development of alerts for unproductive animals, new sources of information.
Optimizing and calibrating ultrasound software to assess the quality of calves' meat in vivo: optimization of ultrasound software, on-site assessment of pure and crossbred breeds.
Develop a system to calculate the environmental footprint of each animal on purebred and crossbred livestock farms.

Objectives

Develop and implement new digital tools to improve the economic, environmental and social sustainability of beef cattle farms. The aim is to facilitate access to information by farmers, develop new functionalities in the GESVAC platform, optimise the technique for determining the quality of beef in vivo and improve the environmental sustainability of farms through a more accurate and reliable calculation of individual animal emissions.

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