Improving Pig System Performance Through a Whole System Approach (PigSys) SCF0209
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Current EU pig production has suboptimal resource utilisation, resulting in unnecessarily high emissions and wastes. This has much to do with outdated building standards, control systems and barn management approaches. At the same time animal welfare is of increasing concern, farmers are struggling to maintain economic competitiveness and the public image of the sector is poor. Whilst there are many approaches for the improvement of individual aspects the system, none provide effective whole system consideration. PigSys will address these issues by the adoption of a multi-disciplinary, system level approach to pig production systems. A system model of mass and energy flows and Decision Su…
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- What the buyer calls it
- Improving Pig System Performance Through a Whole System Approach (PigSys) SCF0209
- How they are buying
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- Type
- services
- Suitable for small firms
- The buyer says yes. What that is worth
- Work starts
- 31 Jul 2017
- Work ends
- 31 Mar 2020
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