An EU Framework 7 Co-ordination and Support Action Project looking at
Precision Livestock Farming
“ACCEPTABLE & PRACTICAL PRECISION LIVESTOCK FARMING” : JOHANNESBURG TO HOST BrightAnimal WORKSHOP
Programme Announcement
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010, Protea Fire & Ice Hotel
1st e-Africa Conference, September 9th - 10th
Johannesburg in South Africa is the setting for the next technical workshop from the BrightAnimal project on precision livestock farming. This free workshop will take place on September 8th and will include sessions on traceability and PLF, practical PLF and the presentation of Good Practice Guides.
 The BrightAnimal workshop will be a major element of the 1st e-Africa Conference on agriculture, food, environment and life sciences in Africa (September 9th – 10th) and will give delegates an opportunity to comment of the project’s work to date and to influence its recommendations which will be presented at a final conference in Europe in 2011.
BrightAnimal will have three international keynote speakers contributing to the e-Africa Conference : Brian Sterling, CEO, OnTrace Agri-Food Traceability, Canada; Alaa Fahmy, Director, E-TRACE Egypt; and Roland Aumuller, expert on livestock and feed, GLOBAL G.A.P., Germany
The Johannesburg workshop follows similar, highly successful events held earlier this year in Estonia and Denmark (see below)
CLICK here for the Johannesburg workshop programme and FREE registration
www.eafricaconference.org
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WORKSHOPS IN ESTONIA AND DENMARK MARK HALF-WAY POINT FOR THE BrightAnimal PROJECT
Highly productive workshops in Estonia and Denmark marked the half-way stage of the BrightAnimal project which aims to develop a framework for practical and acceptable precision livestock farming.
Attended by delegates from across Europe and Scandinavia, Australia, the USA, South Africa and China the workshops provided an excellent opportunity for leading practitioners to exchange views on how PLF could best be implemented taking into account the many technological, environmental, animal welfare, ethical and economic issues involved.
These will be reflected in the second year of the project and will be valuable in helping to frame its recommendations which will be presented at a final conference during the first half of 2011.
CLICK here to view the presentations from the workshops held at the Estonian University of Life Sciences : Monitoring Animal Health, Environment, Welfare & Behaviour and Identification, Sensory Data Collection & Integrated Systems Development for Precision Livestock Farming.
CLICK here to view the presentations held in Copenhagen on : The Need to Achieve a Balanced Economic & Ethical View on PLF.
“Innovative Precision Dairy Systems : a case study of farmer learning and technology co-development.”
CLICK here to read this paper
THREE SPECIAL BrightAnimal REPORTS
Pig Production in South Australia
Traceable TILAPIA in Malaysia
Milk production in Malaysia
CLICK on the titles to read more
VIDEO : Innovation for Success in a Globalised World
Australian pig farmer Greg Ludvigsen explains how by changing methods producers can reduce the cost of pig production by $A30 per animal and combat the world-wide crisis facing the industry. Click Here to view his presentation.
The BrightAnimal mission statement: "To produce a framework for European and non-European small and medium enterprises on acceptable and practical precision livestock farming and to create an international, interdisciplinary network for further development and dissemination.” CLICK here to read more.
DELEGATES FROM FIVE CONTINENTS LAUNCH BRIGHT ANIMAL PROJECT WITH SUCCESSFUL UK CONFERENCE
The BrightAnimal project enjoyed a highly successful start with a kick-off meeting that attracted nearly 50 delegates from five continents to Halifax, UK. CLICK here to read the full report.
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