project - EIP-AGRI Operational Group
ECOBENESTAR – Strategies for improving production efficiency, animal welfare and product quality in organic pig production
ECOBIENESTAR - Estrategias para la mejora de la eficiencia productiva, el bienestar animal y la calidad del producto en producción porcina ecológica
Objectives
The general objective established in this operational group is to obtain strategies to improve welfare, production efficiency and the quality of the end product in organic pig production, addressing two production phases: farrow-to-wean and fattening. In general terms, the challenge facing the sector is to provide knowledge to increase organic pig production in Catalonia, in line with more global challenges such as the European Green Deal.
Objectives
El objetivo general que se establece en este grupo operativo es el de obtener estrategias de mejora del bienestar, la eficiencia productiva y la calidad del producto final en producción porcina ecológica, abordando dos fases productivas como son la maternidad y el engorde. El reto sectorial que se quiere abordar a nivel general es el de aportar conocimiento para que la producción ecológica de porcino en Cataluña pueda aumentar, en línea con retos a nivel más global como El Pacto Verde Europeo.
Activities
ACTIVITY 1. Implementing strategies to reduce neonatal mortality in organic production.
ACTIVITY 2. Implementing strategies to improve production efficiency and product quality in the fattening phase.
ACTIVITY 3. Analysis of results and dissemination.
Activities
ACTIVIDAD 1. Implementar estrategias para la disminución de la mortalidad neonatal en producción ecológica.
ACTIVIDAD 2. Implementar estrategias para la mejora de la eficiencia productiva y la mejora de la calidad del producto en la fase de engorde.
ACTIVIDAD 3. Análisis de resultados y diseminación.
Context
The land used for organic production in 2020 in Spain grew by 3.5% overall compared to the previous year, with 2,437,891 hectares used for this type of production, of which 257,000 are in Catalonia.
Organic production is in line with the European production agenda, as in the European Green Deal, which aims to make Europe a climate-neutral continent by 2050. Increasing the volume of organic crop and livestock production is one of the strategies recognised in the European Green Deal to achieve the goal of increasing sustainability in food production systems.
This operational group aims to address two main strategies to improve welfare and production efficiency in organic pig production: reducing neonatal mortality in the farrow-to-wean phase, increasing comfort and managing space more efficiently in the fattening phase. Both of these challenges fall in the Welfare Quality® conceptual framework areas of good housing and appropriate behaviour.
Project details
- Main funding source
- Rural development 2014-2020 for Operational Groups
- Rural Development Programme
- 2014ES06RDRP009 Spain - Rural Development Programme (Regional) - Cataluña
Location
- Main geographical location
- Girona
- Other geographical location
- Lleida, Tarragona
€ 122112
Total budget
Total contributions from EAFRD, national co-financing, additional national financing and other financing.
Contacts
Project coordinator
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Francesc Borrisser
Project coordinator