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The 1st PPILOW newsletter is now available!
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PPILOW project in the Finnish poultry farmers’ magazine!
PPILOW project has been promoted in the Finnish poultry farmers’ magazine! Click here to read the article in Finnish language!
WP6: Cognitive abilities and behavior of free-range broiler chickens
WP6: Cognitive abilities and behavior of free-range broiler chickens – by Vitor H. B. Ferreira, Arthur Simoni, Hélène Leruste (YNCREA HDF), Karine Germain (INRAE, UE EASM), Elisabeth Duval, Sandrine Grasteau, Elodie Guettier, Ludovic Calandreau (INRAE Val de Loire), Vanessa Guesdon (YNCREA HDF) In free-range systems, some animals explore the outdoor range more than others. Scientific […]
WP5: The best of both worlds – dual-purpose genotypes for organic agriculture
WP5: The best of both worlds – dual-purpose genotypes for organic agriculture – by Lisa Baldinger (Thuenen), Sanna Steenfeldt (AU), Maxime Reverchon (INRAE), Antoine Roinsard (ITAB) While the European regulation for organic agriculture (Regulation 2018/848) encourages the choice of locally adapted breeds, so far most organic poultry farmers rely on the same genotypes as their […]
WP4: The first PPILOW chicks have hatched!
WP4: The first PPILOW chicks have hatched! – By Saskia Kliphuis (UU) The year 2020 had a very exciting start for the PPILOW project. On the 8th of January, we started the incubation of the laying hens for WP4. Using these chickens, we will investigate whether early-life improvements can reduce fearfulness and feather pecking and […]
WP2: The first meetings on the multi – actor groups
WP2: The first meetings on the multi – actor groups – by Martina Re (AIAB) The WP2 has organized the first meeting of the facilitators of PPILOW’s National Practitioners Group (NPG) in Amsterdam (NL) from the 12th to the 13th of November 2019. During this meeting we discussed about how to facilitate our national groups […]
WP1: The diversity of farming systems in Europe
WP1: The diversity of farming systems in Europe – by Jarkko Niemi (LUKE) There is a diversity of low-input outdoor and organic farming systems in Europe. This is evident based on the characteristics of about 90 different organic or outdoor pig and poultry farming systems, animal welfare labels and regulatory frameworks for identified by PPILOW […]
Upcoming events PPILOW Participation
Upcoming events PPILOW Participation: World Poultry Congress (WPC): 16th to 20th August 2020 in Paris, France. Several abstracts will be presented. The 8th International Conference on the Assessment of Animal Welfare at Farm and Group Level (WAFL2020): 17th to 20th August 2020 in Cork, Ireland. Some abstracts will be presented. The European Association of Agricultural Economist Congress (EAAE): […]
New people in PPILOW project: Claire Bonnefous, Arthur Simoni, Vitor Ferreira
Claire Bonnefous (INRAE Research engineer) After completing her agronomic engineering degree, Claire started working for INRAE on the PPILOW project. Dedicated to the identification of barriers and levers to animal welfare, she is taking part in the first task of the project (T1.1) to reference the main behavioural and health issues in outdoor and organic […]
The H2020 PPILOW project (2019-2024) has started!
The Kick-off meeting of the H2020 PPILOW project: ‘Poultry and PIg Low-input and Organic production systems’ Welfare’ was held at the INRA Headquarters in Paris, 4th to 6th of September 2020. Supported by 6 members of its European Multiactor Board, DG AGRI of the European Commission, 81 representatives of the 23 partners from 9 countries […]