NUTRIBERRI

NUTRIBERRI

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

    • 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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