Implementation of more sustainable, efficient, and environmentally friendly livestock practices in real-world production conditions: use of components antimethanogenic
- Project start: 02/01/2024
- End of the project: 12/31/2025
- Principal researcher: Aser García
- Financing: Basque Government, European Fund Agricultural Rural Development (EAFRD)
- Programme: Aid for innovation, through COOPERATION, in the agri-food and wood value chains of the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country 2024
- Call: 2024-2025
- Reference: 00014-COO2024-65
- Acronym: NUTRIBERRI
- Total consortium budget: €213,012.55
- NEIKER budget: €43,833.59
- Partners: KAIKU S. COOP, NEIKER, PENTABIOL S.L. ARMOKI KOOPERATIBA SOZIETATE TXIKIA, AREANTZA ETXEBERRI ELKARTEA
General Objective
To develop advances in the field of nutrition and carbon footprint and their subsequent dissemination; through the implementation of the use of anti-methanogenic components in dairy cattle feed and subsequent evaluation of their impact on both methane emissions and carbon footprint.
Specific Objectives
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- Implement the use of antimethanogenic components in the feed of dairy cattle on two farms with different forage systems representative of the Basque Country.
- Demonstrate the effect of incorporating one or two components in lactating cows fed two different diets on enteric methane emissions, cow productivity, associated costs, and carbon footprint.
- Conduct a detailed analysis of milk production data, nutrient composition, and enteric emissions, ensuring the reliability of the results to evaluate the effectiveness of the additives.
- Estimate the additional gas emissions (NH₃ and NO₂) resulting from the use of different diets and transfer the protocol to Kaiku for future implementation.
- Reach a consensus on the methodology to be followed to calculate the carbon footprint associated with the nutritional strategies.
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