project - EIP-AGRI Operational Group
Building Resilience into Scotland's Lamb Supply Chains
Building Resilience into Scotland's Lamb Supply Chains
Objectives
To develop production protocols to produce the type and quality of lamb carcass required by the market and to develop and test pricing models to help balance seasonal supply with market demand. Problems addressed will be reducing the percentage of out of specification carcasses (largely over-fat) supplied to abattoirs, reducing the huge seasonal peak in supply and exploring and testing pricing mechanisms to better balance supply with demand.
Objectives
To develop production protocols to produce the type and quality of lamb carcass required by the market and to develop and test pricing models to help balance seasonal supply with market demand. Problems addressed will be reducing the percentage of out of specification carcasses (largely over-fat) supplied to abattoirs, reducing the huge seasonal peak in supply and exploring and testing pricing mechanisms to better balance supply with demand.
Activities
Recording lamb management and production processes on farm and relating these to the resultant carcass. Identify production management practices to produce the carcass required by the market and refine these over three years to produce production protocols for the production of the ideal carcass at different times of the year (Early : May - August, Main : September - December and Late : January - April). At the same time pricing mechanisms will be researched, modelled and tested to influence farmers to produce the quality of carcass and in the pattern required by the market.
Activities
Recording lamb management and production processes on farm and relating these to the resultant carcass. Identify production management practices to produce the carcass required by the market and refine these over three years to produce production protocols for the production of the ideal carcass at different times of the year (Early : May - August, Main : September - December and Late : January - April). At the same time pricing mechanisms will be researched, modelled and tested to influence farmers to produce the quality of carcass and in the pattern required by the market.
Context
The current lamb supply chain is disorganised, inefficient and adversarial with an estimated £10 per lamb lost through waste and inefficiency. With 2.5 million lambs from Scottish producers slaughtered each year, reducing waste and improving efficiency could be worth up to £25m annually to the Scottish sheep industry.
Project details
- Main funding source
- Rural development 2014-2020 for Operational Groups
- Rural Development Programme
- 2014UK06RDRP003 United Kingdom - Rural Development Programme (Regional) - Scotland
Location
- Main geographical location
- Scottish Borders
€ 225144
Total budget
Total contributions from EAFRD, national co-financing, additional national financing and other financing.
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Contacts
Project coordinator
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Jonathan Williams
Project coordinator
Project partners
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Bill Mackinnon
Project partner
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Kev Bevan
Project partner