a) Focus on mixed crop-livestock farming systems. These systems can occur within single farms or can be achieved by connecting separate crop and livestock farms.
- Livestock farming includes the major terrestrial species (e.g. beef and dairy cattle, sheep, goats, pigs & poultry), but may include other (e.g. rabbits or honey bees)
- Crops are primarily meant to be arable crops here, but cropping systems may include grassland swards, horticulture, biomass crops and agroforestry
b) Address the monitoring and/or mitigation of GHGs from agriculture or agroforestry.
c) Contain an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) dimension, for example the use of sensors, communication technologies, data analytics, modelling, robotics, precision farming or decision support systems.
d) Take a systems approach. The circular economy approach to mixed crop-livestock production will include synergy and complementarity with sectors such as environmental protection. In the case in which it is appropriate, this may mean addressing other issues that arise from the individual project’s approach to mixed crop-livestock systems, i. e. in addition to (a), (b) and (c). These could include, for example, soil quality; biodiversity; adaptation to climate change; increased protein autonomy; business models and consumer-oriented approaches; or the limitations or trade-offs that may occur within mixed systems.
La fecha límite para la presentación de propuestas de proyectos es el 26 de mayo de 2021.
Importante: Es necesario comprobar que se cumplen los criterios nacionales establecidos por la Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI) para poder participar en la convocatoria.