Objectives
To prepare and provide practical support to egg producers to encourage them convert from cage systems to non-cage systems. a. This applies to both the rearing of laying hens and the keeping of laying hens in the production period.
To ensure a wide dissemination of the information collected in the best practices through the development of communication materials. Best practices should provide the birds with the best possible welfare given commercial situations.
To organise dissemination events targeting Member States with a high percentage of cage systems to increase the application of non-cage housing system in the target Member States.
Objectives
To prepare and provide practical support to egg producers to encourage them convert from cage systems to non-cage systems. This applies to both the rearing of laying hens and the keeping of laying hens in the production period.
To ensure a wide dissemination of the information collected in the best practices through the development of communication materials. Best practices should provide the birds with the best possible welfare given commercial situations.
To organise dissemination events targeting Member States with a high percentage of cage systems to increase the application of non-cage housing system in the target Member States.
Activities
To support egg production in non-cage systems and to improve animal welfare, a consortium consisting of 7 partners will develop Best Practices for non-cage Egg Production Systems as a European Commission, DG SANTE pilot project. These Best Practices will provide practical support to egg producers to encourage them convert from cage systems to non-cage systems. This pilot project has started in May 2021 and will finish by the end of May 2023.
Project details
- Main funding source
- Other EU research and development funds
- Project acronym
- Best Practice Hens
- Agricultural sectors
- Other livestock and animal products
Project keyword
Contacts
Prof. T. Bas Rodenburg
Project coordinator
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Utrecht University
Project coordinator
Project partners
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Aarhus University
Project partner
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ECOVALIA
Project partner
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Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology
Project partner
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ILVO
Project partner
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NEIKER
Project partner
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Wageningen
Project partner