INTERREG IIIC East zone

Subproject „Improvement of planning in animal production“

Agricultural Dataprocessing Centre Participant Institute of Genetics and Animal Breeding Participant AgroKonzulta Žamberk Participant AgroKonzulta consulting Participant IdeaHELP Lead Participant

Lead organization and partners involved in sub-project IdeaHELP, PBC, Klostermanova St.1258, Žamberk, Czech Republic Polish Academy of Sciences Institute of Genetics and Animal Breeding PAS, St. Postepu 1, Jastrzebiec, Wolka Kosowska, Poland Agricultural Dataprocessing Centre Ltd, Urheilutie 6, PL 25, Vantaa, Finland AgroKonzulta Žamberk Ltd., Klostermanova St.1258, Žamberk, Czech Republic AgroKonzulta-consulting Ltd., Klostermanova St.1258, Žamberk, Czech Republic

Lead Participant IdeaHELP has large experiences with further education. Part of these educational activities is focused on agriculture field; organization cooperates with Agrarian chamber and with other agriculture subjects. Organization uses the cooperation with participants AgroKonzulta Zamberk and AgroKonzulta-consulting to realize the education activities for agriculture sector. Also other participants have long-term experiences with agriculture sector. Institute of Genetics and Animal Breeding is involved in research and consulting in field of genetics and animal breeding. Agricultural Dataprocessing Centre has experiences with agriculture services and is involved in implementation of progressive agriculture information technologies. Partners details:

Sub-project results The international partnerships were set and we started the experiences sharing with specialists from other European regions The new supporting tool for farmers was created on the base of sharing experiences, that will support an improvement of competitiveness on the fast developed EU market Series of workshops in Pardubice region was carried out in June 2007 and during these meetings the selected final users as farmers and employees of agriculture companies was introduced into each of outputs of sub-project and they learned to effective using of these prepared agriculture advisory tools. Similar workshop took place also in Plonsk in Mazowiecky region (Poland). Farmers can obtain a possibility to use these tools to improve animal and plant production through new quality information for decision making. After workshops the farmers received all complete agriculture tools

Meetings, workshops, etc… A lot of meetings between sub-project participants was carried out to exchange experiences and to coordinate the activities implemented in frame of sub-project The meetings and workshops for farmers were realized for farmers, agriculture advisors and agriculture workers, on which the participants were introduced into goals of INTERREGIIIC and of e-Farmer project and into sub-project implementation as well as into effective usage of advisory tools to improve feedstuffs production planning

Workshops for sub-project participants Zamberk, Czech Rep. 7. – 8. Febuary 2007 Zamberk, Czech Rep. 3. – 4. May 2007 Vantaa, Finland 17. – 18. April 2007 Jastrzebiec, Poland 29. May 2007 Warsaw, Poland 27. – 28. March 2007

Workshops for farmers Pisecna, Czech Rep. 25. May 2007 Usti nad Orlici, Czech Rep. 18. – 22. June 2007 Svitavy, Czech Rep. 18. – 22. June 2007 Chrudim, Czech Rep. 25. – 29. June 2007 Plonsk, Poland 30. – 31. May 2007

Promotion of sub-project and of INTERREG IIIC Publicity was carried out through following media and on following event: presentation during 8 th European Conference "Information Systems in Agriculture and Forestry„ interviews for Czech Radio – Pardubice newspaper Orlický deník magazines Obilnářské listy magazines Przeglad Hodowlany bulletins of Regional Information Centre in Pardubice Region newsletters „Interreg eFarmer“ agriculture web-presentation agriculture web-presentation agriculture web-presentation information booklets

Agriculture advisory tools "Database of feedstuffs and nutrient requirements" "Planning and balance of feeds production"

"Database of feedstuffs and nutrient requirements" This database contains nutrients analyses of feedstuffs and nutrients requirements of animals The nutrients analyses are prepared on the base of average values in monitored period The database is prepared on base of feedstuffs analyses collected since 1997 from selected laboratories An user can add into database his data and analyses results The feedstuffs analyses and animals nutrients requirements in this database are used through advisory tool "Planning and balance of feeds production" and they can be used for feedstuffs production planning and optimizing

"Database of feedstuffs and nutrient requirements"

"Planning and balance of feeds production" The advisory tool can offer information for effective planning and decision making on field of feedstuffs production, that is based on information about feedstuffs stock level, planned production of feeds, planned number of kept animals and planned feed rations The tool inform about possibilities to keep planned number of animals in selected period with feedstuffs, which are produced on the farm or if is necessary to buy other feeds. On the second hand the farmer can get information about overproduction of feeds and in this case he can increase number of kept animals or offer the overproduction to buy. In relation with realized optimization of feeds production is carried out also the balance of meat and milk production

"Planning and balance of feeds production"

Financial report of subproject

Results and Outputs declared in Application Form Final state of Results and Outputs

Future of sub-project Results and Outputs »Support for agriculture advisory tools using will be available three years after sub-project termination to the users, which obtained these tools in frame of this sub-project

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