1. SheepNEt + iSAGE networking to improve efficiency in sheep and goat systems
Georgios Arsenos
iSAGE coordinator
Professor, Laboratory of Animal Husbandry,
Veterinary Faculty, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
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2. iSAGE consortium 16 research partners 18 industry partners
Diverse EU sheep and goat farms and industries
Focus on practical solutions for productivity, sustainability and societal values of the sheep and goat sector
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3. iSAGE consortium
Finland
Greece
Spain
Italy
Turkey
France UK

4. Small ruminants in Europe
(Eurostat, 2015)
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5. iSAGE aims to make sheep and goat sectors
Sustainable
Competitive
Resilient
iSAGE KoM 5-6 April 2016

6. iSAGE is focusing: Farm Farmer Policy makers Processors Consumers
Animal
Processors
Policy makers
Consumers
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7. iSAGE structure WP1 What makes farms sustainable? WP2
What do people want?
WP3
What is the impact of climate change?
WP6
Multi-actor internal and external communication
WP4
How to improve farms?
WP5
How to improve the sheep and goats ?

8. Expected impacts of iSAGE
Innovations to make farms better
Efficient and profitable farms
Better life for farmers
Healthier animals
Increased marketability of sheep and goat products
iSAGE KoM 5-6 April 2016

9. SheepNet + iSAGE + You
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10. SheepNet + iSAGE + You Learn from each other
Make sheep and goat sectors in Europe competitive through innovation and communication
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11. SheepNet + iSAGE + You The value of research lies in the using of it
Having research results is on thing, implementing them at farm level is another
The value of research lies in the using of it
Today we start a common effort to accelerate the transfer of knowledge and research results into practical applications
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12. SheepNet + iSAGE + You Thank you
Together we can enhance knowledge exchange, learning and innovation in the sheep and goat sector
Thank you
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