Poultry and Pig Low-input and Organic production systems' Welfare
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Coming events
List of the upcoming events with PPILOW project partners attendance. Event Date Location Partners World Poultry Congress 2022 Session “One Welfare in low input outdoor and organic poultry production systems” 7-11 August 2022 Paris, France INRAE, LUKE, EV-ILVO, UU, JUNIA, UNIPG, AU, Thuenen, ITAVI, HAU, AIAB, SLOWFOOD, VSF, IDELE, CRA-W, BioForum, USAMV EAAP Annual […]
New people in the PPILOW project: Chloé Fivet, Sarah Lombard, Brieuc Desaint
Chloé Fivet (CRA-W, Junior researcher) Chloé has a bachelor’s degree in economics (UNamur), completed by a master in agricultural sciences and a master in environmental sciences and management (UCL). As a facilitator for the Walloon NPG, she will organize pig stakeholders’ meetings, together with Virginie Decruyenaere, and favor the discussions around the practices considered within […]
Chickens with different personalities use the range differently
– by Vitor Hugo Bessa Ferreira and Vanessa Guesdon (JUNIA) In the third PPILOW newsletter, we mentioned our on-going experiments (a collaboration between JUNIA and INRAE) on the inter-individual behavioural differences of free-range broiler chickens and how these differences were linked to range use. Our previous results showed that, despite being raised in the same […]
First wave of PPILOW EIP Practice Abstracts
– by Léa Tourner (ACTA) Deliverable D8.3 “First wave of EIP Practice abstracts” has been submitted to the European Commission in February 2022. This deliverable is the compilation of best practice abstracts that highlight farm and research led innovations which demonstrate ways to improve the welfare of poultry and pigs reared in organic and low-input […]
Transfer of innovation from Denmark to France and Italy: improving outdoors sows housing
– by Martina Re (AIAB) Within the PPILOW project, the Work package 2 has the aim to facilitate the change process of the National Practitioners Groups (NPGs) involved and to help the transfer of innovations from experimental Work packages to NPGs. In particular Task 2.3 is dedicated to the scaling up of innovations for improving […]
PPILOW project: many advances with practitioners despite the sanitary issues
– by Anne Collin (INRAE) In the challenging context of avian influenza that has hit farmers and their animals of outdoor poultry production systems very hard for this dark past year, and after COVID-19 issues and uncertainties due to war at the door of the EU, let’s hope that the poultry and pig low input […]
PPILOW’ s People: Chloé Fivet!
Hi! I am Chloé and I have a bachelor’s degree in economics (UNamur), completed by a master in agricultural sciences and a master in environmental sciences and management (UCL). As a facilitator for the Walloon NPG, I will organize pig stakeholders’ meetings, together with Virginie Decruyenaere, and favor the discussions around the practices considered within […]
SAVE THE DATE: Conference “Shaping the future of Livestock farming through research” – 13 June 2022
As part of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the French ministry of Agriculture and Food is organising the conference “Shaping the future of Livestock farming through research” which will be held on 13th June 2022 (9am -6pm) online and at the Maison de la RATP in Paris. The event can […]
PPILOW’s People: Sarah Lombard!
Hi! I joined ITAB in November 2021, just after my graduation as Ingénieur Agronome, equivalent to a Master of Science Degree in agronomy. I am specialized in animal production with a particular interest in animal welfare. In ITAB, I am working on organic pigs, poultry and rabbits production. My main topics are alimentation and animal […]
Open Public Consultation: Sustainable EU food system framework – new initiative
The European Commission launched the Open Public Consultation (OPC) on the Sustainable EU food system framework initiative. The Farm to Fork Strategy announced an initiative for a horizontal framework law establishing new foundations for future food policies by introducing sustainability objectives and principles based on an integrated food system approach. In preparation of this initiative, […]