BovINEBeef Innovation Network Europe
BovINEThe Research Centre on Animal Production (CRPA), with a turnover of about 5 million € and 50 persons of staff, is a research and consulting organization focused on the improvement of the livestock sector and the related agro-industry by means of research, studies, dissemination and knowledge and technology transfer actions.
Since 1974 CRPA has the objective of developing technical, economic and social progress in the supply chains of livestock products and promoting the spread of the most advanced forms of environmentally friendly and sustainable agriculture. Shareholders of CRPA are the local public authorities, the National Farmers’ Unions, producer organizations and single food and technology industries involved in the processing of meat and milk. CRPA has the following research units:
CRPA can rely on a wide and established network of livestock farms, which are part of the production chains and well connected to the food industry.
CRPA leads the Work Package 3 on Socio-Economic Resilience, which has as its main objective the improvement of the economic sustainability of beef cattle farmers in Europe. To this purpose CRPA leads the Working Group on Socio-Economic Resilience, which has at first the task to collect organisational and technological innovations that meet the two challenges that are selected for each year of activity. The Working Group is composed of partners of the project BovINE and a few external advisors. Secondly, the validation of the best practices belongs to the tasks of this working group.
CRPA is together with Unicarve involved in the regional network formation in Italy and contributes to the guidelines and to the tools that are developed for the collection of the innovations, of the grassroots needs and of the transfer of knowledge. As a partner CRPA contributes also to WP6, dedicated to the collection and validation in the field of environmental sustainability.
Kees de Roets, PhD in Agricultural Economics, is heading the department of Agricultural Economics and Engineering of the Research Centre for Animal Production (CRPA) in Reggio Emilia, Italy since 1985. He works on the technical and economic analyses of supply chains of animal-based products (dairy, beef, pork and poultry meat) and on the economic assessment of animal welfare-related to housing systems, animal transport and the environmental sustainability of livestock farms. Moreover, he is involved in studies concerning the economic feasibility of rural development strategies. Since 1995 he participated in 25 EU funded RTD projects, tenders and studies.
Claudio Montanari (M.Sc. in Economics) has technical skills in the analysis of costs and profitability of livestock production, in particular pigs and beef cattle, gaining experience in the direct detection of accounting and technical data at farms. He participated in several projects of research aimed at assessing the impact of the application of European regulations on animal welfare and environmental protection. He collaborates with the activities of the pig and beef market observatory, coordinated by ISMEA under the mandate of the Ministry of Agricultural Policies. His activity is documented by publications in research documents and magazines addressed to operators of the livestock and agricultural sector.
Giuseppe Moscatelli (M.Sc. in Environmental Science in Parma, Italy) is a researcher in the Environment Department of CRPA since 2001. He has acquired technical and scientific skills in the agro-livestock sector on measurements of gaseous compounds (ammonia and GHG) and odours. He knows the topic of emission reduction techniques applicable to livestock and manure treatment, and methods to monitor and evaluate their efficiencies. He works on projects at European and Italian level for the correct management and treatment of manure and digestate in the perspective of nutrient recovery and reuse. He constantly attends international scientific conferences such as Ramiran and ManuResource.
Magda C.Schiff, a professional journalist since 1992, has worked from 1983 onwards in the field of agricultural information. Her specialization has matured working for 17 years at L’Informatore Agrario, the largest Italian agricultural weekly. Since 2000 she has worked as a consultant with CRPA, since the beginning of the dissemination of the results of the activities of regional, national and European projects. Currently, she is head of the CRPA’s dissemination department. As a freelance journalist, she collaborates with Vinitaly – International wine and spirit exhibition at the Press Office of Veronafiere and with the national press agency Agra Press.
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The BovINE Project
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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 rural
renaissance programme | Project No: 862590 under call H2020-RUR-2019-15