Innovation for Sustainable Sheep and Goat Production in Europe

Project Information

iSAGE

Grant agreement ID: 679302

DOI

10.3030/679302

Project closed

EC signature date 9 February 2016

Start date 1 March 2016

End date 29 February 2020

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy

Total cost

€ 6 996 922,00

EU contribution

€ 6 996 922,00

Coordinated by

ARISTOTELIO PANEPISTIMIO THESSALONIKIS
Greece

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (25)

Journal articles

At least 9 Journal articles submitted or final draft completed for the project.

Farm typologies

Report on new farm typologies for sheep and goat systems within the EU

Future challenges

Summary of future challenges and update to the review of farm management innovations found from WP1 and WP2

Climate effects pasture

Report on development and test of meta-models on pasture productivity & quality

Case studies

Report on participatory case study research on farmers

Best practice

Recommended best practice for the future for case study typologies

Climate effects animal

Report on development of meta-models on the effect of climate parameters on animal productivity and welfare

Policies

Policy briefing on new trajectories towards innovative sheep and goat production systems

White paper

"White paper on the ""Future of the Small Ruminant Industry"""

Training courses

Report on face to face and web-based training courses

Review FP7 & literature

Report on review of information on FP7 projects and literature

Retailers

Report on results of retailer survey

Breeding recommendations

Recommendations and guidelines on the management of sheep and goat genetic resources and research outcomes for uptake by industry stakeholders and end-users

Conferences

Report on International Scientific Conferences

Qualitative consumer

Report on qualitative consumer research

Final conference

Report on International Final Conference

Indicators & tools

Report on identification of indicators and tools for assessing the sustainability of sheep and goat farms

Sustainability traits

List of phenotypically and genetically characterised traits indicative of animal resilience, adaptability sustainability to future climatic, environmental and socio-economic circumstances

Workshops

Report on National and Regional Workshops

Farm innovations

Review of farm management innovations that can be tested on farm

Supply chain

Report of survey on best practices in the supply-chain

Quantitative consumer

Report on quantitative consumer research

Local breeds

Establishment of desirable local breed profiles suitable for meeting future sustainability, climatic and socio-economic challenges in the respective geographic areas

Farm performance

Report on assessment of economic, environmental and social performance of a number of case study sheep and goat farms and businesses within the EU

Breeding strategies

Optimal breeding strategies that will enhance animal resilience, adaptability and welfare while maximising the sustainability and profitability of the small ruminant industries across Europe

Other (2)

Holistic farm model

New holistic model that can be used to redesign terrestrial livestock systems

Decision support tools

Decision support tools to help farmers make informed decisions about how to reduce environmental impacts, improve animal welfare and increase profitability. These recommendations will be refined from the model from deliverable 1

Open Research Data Pilot (1)

Observation network

Farm level observatory and knowledge exchange network

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (3)

Brochure & poster

Project brochure and Poster

Sustainability assessment toolbox

Tool box of recommendations regarding indicators (especially for social and animal welfare) and tools suitable for practical decision-making

Website

Website created and on line

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (20)

A Decision Support System for EconomicallySustainable Sheep and Goat Farming

Author(s): Sotiria Vouraki, Ioannis Skourtis, Konstantinos Psichos, Wendy Jones, Carol Davis, Marion Johnson, Leticia Riaguas Rupérez, Alexandros Theodoridis and Georgios Arsenos
Published in: Animals, Issue 12/10, 2020, Page(s) 2421, ISSN 2076-2615
Publisher: MDPI Open access publishing
DOI: 10.3390/ani10122421

A multi-stakeholder participatory study identifies the priorities for the sustainability of the small ruminants farming sector in Europe

Author(s): A. Belanche, D. Martín-Collado, G. Rose, D.R. Yáñez-Ruiz
Published in: Animal, Issue 15/2, 2020, Page(s) 100131, ISSN 1751-7311
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.animal.2020.100131

Novel Resilient and Sustainable Farm Profiles in Small Ruminant Production Systems Using Mathematical Programming Model

Author(s): Theodoridis Alexandros (School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece), Ragkos Athanasios, Vouraki Sotiria (School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece), Arsenos Georgios (School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece), Kominakis Antonis, Coppin Stephanie, Thenard Vincent, Byrne Tim J.
Published in: Sustainability, 2023, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/su151511499

Identifying selection strategies based on the practices and preferences of small ruminant farmers to improve the sustainability of their breeding systems

Author(s): V. Thénard a, J. Quénon a 1, G. Arsenos b, G. Bailo c, T.R. Baptista d, T. Byrne e, I. De Barbieri d, G. Bruni c, F. Freire f, A. Theodoridis g, S. Vouraki b
Published in: ANIMAL, Issue montlhy, 2024, Page(s) Available online 29 May 2024, 101208, ISSN 1751-7311
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.animal.2024.101208

European Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for Red Meat Labelling Attributes

Author(s): Emilia Cubero Dudinskaya, Simona Naspetti, Georgios Arsenos, Emmanuelle Caramelle-Holtz, Terhi Latvala, Daniel Martin-Collado, Stefano Orsini, Emel Ozturk, Raffaele Zanoli
Published in: Animals, Issue 11/2, 2021, Page(s) 556, ISSN 2076-2615
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ani11020556

A genome-wide association study reveals novel SNP markers associated with resilience traits in two Mediterranean dairy sheep breeds

Author(s): Argyriadou Angeliki, Michailidou Sofia, Vouraki Sotiria (School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece), Tsartsianidou Valentina, Triantafyllidis Alexandros, Gelasakis Athanasios, Banos Georgios (School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece), Arsenos Georgios (School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
Published in: Frontiers in Genetics, 2024, ISSN 1664-8021
Publisher: Frontiers Media
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2023.1294573

Motivations and Barriers for Sheep and Goat Meat Consumption in Europe: A Means–End Chain Study

Author(s): Serena Mandolesi, Simona Naspetti, Georgios Arsenos, Emmanuelle Caramelle-Holtz, Terhi Latvala, Daniel Martin-Collado, Stefano Orsini, Emel Ozturk, Raffaele Zanoli
Published in: Animals, Issue 10/6, 2020, Page(s) 1105, ISSN 2076-2615
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ani10061105

Consumer attitudes, motivations and barriers towards sheep and goat dairy products

Author(s): Mandolesi Serena, Naspetti Simona, Arsenos Georgios (School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece), Caramelle-Holtz Emmanuelle, Latvala Terhi, Martin-Collado Daniel, Orsini Stefano, Ozturk Emel, Zanoli Raffaele
Published in: International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science, 2024, ISSN 1878-4518
Publisher: Elsevier Inc.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgfs.2024.100917

Understanding the seasonality of performance resilience to climate volatility in Mediterranean dairy sheep

Author(s): Valentina Tsartsianidou, Vanessa Varvara Kapsona, Enrique Sánchez-Molano, Zoitsa Basdagianni, Maria Jesús Carabaño, Dimitrios Chatziplis, Georgios Arsenos, Alexandros Triantafyllidis, Georgios Banos
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 11/1, 2021, Page(s) 1889, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-81461-8

Optimizing management of dairy goat farms through individual animal data interpretation: A case study of smart farming in Spain

Author(s): Alejandro Belanche, A. Ignacio Martín-García, Javier Fernández-Álvarez, Javier Pleguezuelos, Ángel R. Mantecón, David R. Yáñez-Ruiz
Published in: Agricultural Systems, Issue 173, 2019, Page(s) 27-38, ISSN 0308-521X
Publisher: Applied Science Publishers
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2019.02.002

Efficiency Analysis as a Tool for Revealing Best Practices and Innovations: The Case of the Sheep Meat Sector in Europe

Author(s): Alexandros Theodoridis, Sotiria Vouraki, Emmanuel Morin, Leticia Riaguas Rupérez, Carol Davis, Georgios Arsenos
Published in: Animals, Issue 11/11, 2021, Page(s) 3242, ISSN 2076-2615
Publisher: MDPI Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/ani11113242

Measuring the Economic Performance of Small Ruminant Farms Using Balanced Scorecard and Importance-Performance Analysis: A European Case Study

Author(s): Danilo Gambelli, Francesco Solfanelli, Stefano Orsini, Raffaele Zanoli
Published in: Sustainability, Issue 13/6, 2021, Page(s) 3321, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/su13063321

A meta-analysis on the effects of climate change on the yield and quality of European pastures

Author(s): M. Dellar, C.F.E. Topp, G. Banos, E. Wall
Published in: Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Issue 265, 2018, Page(s) 413-420, ISSN 0167-8809
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2018.06.029

Empirical and dynamic approaches for modelling the yield and N content of European grasslands

Author(s): Martha Dellar, Cairistiona Topp, Guillermo Pardo, Agustin del Prado, Nuala Fitton, David Holmes, Georgios Banos, Eileen Wall
Published in: Environmental Modelling & Software, Issue 122, 2019, Page(s) 104562, ISSN 1364-8152
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2019.104562

Genetic analysis of novel phenotypes for farm animal resilience to weather variability

Author(s): Enrique Sánchez-Molano, Vanessa V. Kapsona, Joanna J. Ilska, Suzanne Desire, Joanne Conington, Sebastian Mucha, Georgios Banos
Published in: BMC Genetics, Issue 20/1, 2019, ISSN 1471-2156
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s12863-019-0787-z

Alternative Approaches of Summer Milk Sales from Transhumant Sheep and Goat Farms: A Case Study from Northern Greece

Author(s): Athanasios Ragkos, Alexandros Theodoridis, Georgios Arsenos
Published in: Sustainability, Issue 11/20, 2019, Page(s) 5642, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/su11205642

Sustainability Assessment of Goat and Sheep Farms: A Comparison between European Countries

Author(s): Christina Paraskevopoulou, Alexandros Theodoridis, Marion Johnson, Athanasios Ragkos, Lisa Arguile, Laurence Smith, Dimitrios Vlachos, Georgios Arsenos
Published in: Sustainability, Issue 12/8, 2020, Page(s) 3099, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/su12083099

Efficiency Analysis and Identification of Best Practices andInnovations in Dairy Sheep Farming

Author(s): Alexandros Theodoridis, Sotiria Vouraki, Emmanuel Morin, Georgia Koutouzidou and Georgios Arsenos
Published in: Sustainability, 2022, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/su142113949

Using eye-tracking as an aid to design on-screen choice experiments

Author(s): Emilia Cubero Dudinskaya, Simona Naspetti, Raffaele Zanoli
Published in: Journal of Choice Modelling, Issue 36, 2020, Page(s) 100232, ISSN 1755-5345
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocm.2020.100232

Breeding strategies for animal resilience to weather variation in meat sheep

Author(s): Enrique Sánchez-Molano, Vanessa V. Kapsona, Stavroula Oikonomou, Ann McLaren, Nicola Lambe, Joanne Conington, Georgios Banos
Published in: BMC Genetics, Issue 21/1, 2020, Page(s) 10, ISSN 1471-2156
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s12863-020-00924-5

Conference proceedings (5)

Sheep dairy and meat products: from urban consumers’ perspective to industry innovations

Author(s): D. Martin-Collado, C. Díaz Martín, M. Serrano, M.J. Carabaño, M. Ramón and R. Zanoli
Published in: Options Méditerranéennes : Série A. Séminaires Méditerranéens. Proceedings of the 2nd Joint Seminar of the Subnetworks on Nutrition and on Production Systems of the FAO-CIHEAM Network for Research and Development in Sheep and Goats., Issue n. 123, 2019, Page(s) 277-281, ISBN 978-2-85352-590-9
Publisher: Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes

Towards a pan-European typology of sheep and goat farms: A meta-analysis.

Author(s): Theodoridis, A., Ragkos, A., Zaralis, K., Smith, L. and Arsenos, G.
Published in: Options Méditerranéennes: Série A. Séminaires Méditerranéens, Proceedings of the 2nd Joint Seminar of the Subnetworks on Nutrition and on Production Systems of the FAO-CIHEAM Network for Research and Development in Sheep and Goats, Issue n. 123, 2019, Page(s) 65-69, ISBN 978-2-85352-590-9
Publisher: Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes

Caractérisation des environnements deproduction et de nouveaux phénotypes pouraméliorer la sélection et l’adaptation des ovinset caprins dans des environnements variés

Author(s): D. Hazard, H. Larroque, E. González-García, D. Francois, P. Hassoun, F. Bouvier,S. Parisot, V. Clement, A. Piacère, S. Masselin-Silvin, D. Buisson,V. Loywyck, I. Palhiere, F. Tortereauet, G. Lagriffoul
Published in: Options Méditerranéennes : Série A. Séminaires Méditerranéens. Proceedings of the 2nd Joint Seminar of the Subnetworks on Nutrition and on Production Systems of the FAO-CIHEAM Network for Research and Development in Sheep and Goats., Issue n. 123, 2019, Page(s) 351-355, ISBN 978-2-85352-590-9
Publisher: Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes

Assessing efficiency of meat sheep farms in the UK by performance evaluation and benchmarking

Author(s): A. Theodoridis, K. Zaralis, C. Davis, N. Noble, G. Arsenos
Published in: Advances in Animal Biosciences, Animal Science Fit for the Future. Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science 2019, Issue VOLUME 10, ISSUE 1, 2019, Page(s) 229
Publisher: British Society of Animal Science,Cambridge University press

Consumer preferences for sheep and goat products in Greece: Qualitative insights

Author(s): A. Theodoridis, A. Ragkos, G. Arsenos, K. Zaralis, R. Zanoli
Published in: Advances in Animal Biosciences Animal Science Fit for the Future. Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science, Issue VOLUME 10 ISSUE 1, 2019, Page(s) 231
Publisher: British Society of Animal Science, Cambridge University Press