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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Department of Animal and Food Science

AGRONUTRICC

Implementation of an agricultural and livestock (pig) production system linked to nutritional strategies with sorghum and rye varieties adapted to climate change (AGRONUTRICC)

Implementation of innovative pilot projects by Operational Groups of the European Association for Innovation (AEI) in the field of agricultural productivity and sustainability.

The aim of the AGRONUTRICC project is to work on the implementation of a more sustainable pig production system, linked to nutritional strategies based on feed reformulated with improved varieties of cereals (sorghum and rye) better adapted to being cultivated in changing conditions climate and that allow documenting and generating knowledge about the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in current intensive pig production systems.

The AGRONUTRICC project is set up with an implementation plan of four activities:

  • ACTIVITY 1. SELECTION OF HYBRID RYE AND WHITE SORGHUM SEEDS, PRODUCTION AND SCALE-UP IN THE FIELD, UPDATE OF THE FORMULATION MATRIX, FORMULATION OF DIETS AND SUSTAINABLE FEEDING PROGRAM FOR FATTENING PIGS.
  • ACTIVITY 2. STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF THE USE OF NEW VARIETIES OF CEREALS (HYBRID RYE AND/OR WHITE SORGHUM) IN DIETS FOR FATTENING PIGS ON HEALTH AND PRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCY.
  • ACTIVITY 3. CARCEL PERFORMANCE, MEAT QUALITY AND SLAUGHTER EFFICIENCY ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF NEW VARIETIES OF CEREALS (HYBRID RYE AND/OR WHITE SORGHUM) IN DIETS FOR FATTENING PIGS.
  • ACTIVITY 4. CALCULATION OF THE CARBON FOOTPRINT ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRODUCTION AND USE OF NEW VARIETIES OF CEREALS (HYBRID RYE AND/OR WHITE SORGHUM) IN DIETS FOR FAT PIGS (FROM THE FIELD TO THE SLAUGHTER).
  • ACTIVITY 5. TRANSFER OF RESULTS AND DIFFUSION ACTIONS.

All the activities set out in AGRONUTRICC are linked to each other with the aim that the information generated from the interaction between the field, the feed factory and the retro farm feeds decision-making, allows the corresponding life cycle calculations to be made and helps to draw conclusions and recommendations for the beneficiary companies and for the sector from real field conditions supervised and executed with rigor and scientific method.

PARTICIPANTS:

  • GRANGES TERRAGRISA, S.L. (Leader and coordinator).
  • ESPORC, S.A. (Beneficiary
  • SANTIAGO CAUDEVILLA JUSTRIBÓ (Beneficiary).
  • SERVEI DE NUTRICIÓ I BENESTAR ANIMAL -SNiBA- de la UAB (Research Center).

 

Project financed through Operation 16.01.01 Cooperation for innovation of the Rural Development Program of Catalonia 2014-2020.