Published date: 25 August 2017
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Contract summary
Industry
Research and experimental development services - 73100000
Research services - 73110000
Location of contract
Any region
Value of contract
£99,981
Procurement reference
tender_141910/608824
Published date
25 August 2017
Closing date
1 February 2017
Contract start date
1 March 2017
Contract end date
28 March 2020
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Other:
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
The productivity of milk and meat production from European cattle has increased considerably in recent decades. However, the sustainability of this intensification is questioned due to environmental and animal welfare trade-offs and growing reliance on edible food and imported soy as feed. The proposed project aims to evaluate the productivity, resource-use efficiency and consumers' acceptability of a transition to high forage and pasture diets for European cattle. The project will focus on dairy, integrated dairy/beef and specialized beef production systems, addressing the call's three research areas: · Productivity (including milk yield and growth rate), product quality (including nutritional and sensory quality) animal health and welfare (including production diseases), and economic performance · Resource use efficiency (including use of non-edible food as feed, nitrogen and phosphorous use efficiency and enteric methane emission) and environmental impacts, both assessed experimentally, by modelling and life cycle analysis · Consumers' appreciation The main hypotheses are that transition to high forage and non-food diets will enhance product quality, animal health and welfare, resource-use efficiency and consumer acceptability, by matching appropriate diets, breeds and production systems and by rearing all dairy bred calves. The project involves modelling, experimental and participatory R&D activities and covers contribution from SMEs (farmers, advisory service) and pools expertize from seven academic centres of excellence in six European countries. The work will be organised in 4 work packages; two focusing on beef and milk production, feeding into one on overall assessment of economic, resource-use efficiency and societal acceptance and the fourth is dedicated to disseminating our findings.
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Award information
Awarded date
1 March 2017
Contract start date
1 March 2017
Contract end date
28 March 2020
Total value of contract
£99,981.15
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Address
King's Gate, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1 7RU, UNITED KINGDOM
Reference
None
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
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