Rational Livestock Nutrition in Rural Areas Erasmus Project

Project Title

Rational Livestock Nutrition in Rural Areas

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2014

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Agriculture, forestry and fisheries; Rural development and urbanisation

Project Summary

LiveNutrition project was realised under Erasmus+ programme – Strategic Partnerships for Vocational Education and Training KA202 in years 2014-2016. Assumption of this project was statement that many livestock farmers and other people involved and pretend to be involved in animal production still do not have sufficient knowledge and skills in livestock production with special attentio0jn to rational livestock nutrition and methods of mitigation of this production impact on natural environment. Proper nutrition is essential for profitability of livestock production but educational level of farmers in area of animal nutrition is not sufficient for rational livestock feeding.
The main aim of LiveNutrition project was to develop a truly innovative curriculum supported with e-learning course on livestock nutrition and handbook addressed to all involved in animal production. The project assumptions contributed to the European Policy of Rural Development Programme for 2014-2020 paying special attention to fostering knowledge transfer in agriculture and rural areas, improving competitiveness and viability of animal breeders as well as reduce poverty and immigration, to sustainable development and to bring life to rural regions in Europe.
Seven organizations were collaborating within LIVENUTRITION project: two from Poland: Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences and ARID Lacjum; two from Turkey: Balikesir Universitesi and Canakkale Onsekiz Mart Universitesi one from Romania – National Research Development Institute for Animal Biology and Nutrition; one from Italy – Confederazione italiana agricoltori dell’Umbria and one from Hungary – Tudás Alapítvány. The consortium was geographically and sectorial well-balanced and consisted of experienced partners representing different profiles research and training institutions, universities, farmer association and two NGOs – experts on innovation, knowledge and best practice dissemination what made the project high potential to deliver powerful and high quality products and made a huge trans-European impact through the networking activities of the partners.
Activities that were conducted during project running were divided into seven Work Packages: 1st PROJECT MANAGEMENT – concerned mainly activities connected with documentation administering and dissemination; 2nd TRANSNATIONAL PROJECT MEETINGS – five transnational meetings were organized in all partners countries; 3rd NEEDS ANALYSES – accomplished for analyse and define the needs of project users in the partner countries, results of surveys made fine adjustments of the work plan – choose the subject and direction of the project activities; 4th TRAINING CONTENTS DEVELOPMENT – development of training materials (six languages) and implementation of materials with e-learning platform; 5th PROJECT WEBSITE AND E-LEARNING ENVIRONMENT DESIGN included all necessary activities to design and make e-learning the training system and the project website more functionally and friendly for user; 6th PROJECT’S OUTPUTS DISSEMINATION included activities concerned with development and localization of courses, promotion of a course textbook and other project outputs – organization of Multiplier Event that were organized on international national level in Poland and on national level in Turkey, Hungary, Italy and Romania. 7th PREPARATION, PUBLICATION AND DISSEMINATION of LIVENUTRITION handbook which were published in each participated country.
Main outputs of implemented project are innovative curriculum in area of livestock nutrition consisted of e-learning platform and handbook “RATIONAL LIVESTOCK NUTRITION IN RURAL AREAS” that were prepared in 6 languages: English, Polish, Italian, Hungarian, Turkish and Romanian. This project and its main products had very positive feedback from projects targets groups. Impacts of the project focused on knowledge, innovations, know-how and good practices transfer in agriculture with special attention to animal nutrition. The innovated curricula, training courses affected the target groups’ awareness of animal nutrition and welfare significance in animal production and the necessity of lifelong learning and continuously up-skilling to enhance viability of livestock production and make it environmental friendly, especially in small and medium sized farms. The higher profitability of such farms may reduce youth migration to big cities. Expected the long-term impact of the LiveNutrition project is enhancement of the viability of livestock breeders, transfer of innovation to the agriculture, especially animal production, improvement of life quality, employment ratio and development in rural areas. Directly through enhancing farm viability the expected rationale of this project is reduction of poverty and economic development in rural areas. The LIVENUTRITION project also created a great opportunity to form within the project a lifelong partnership between PL, HU, RO, IT and TR.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 247304,98 Eur

Project Coordinator

UNIWERSYTET PRZYRODNICZY WE WROCLAWIU & Country: PL

Project Partners

• Tudás Alapítvány
• CONFEDERAZIONE ITALIANA AGRICOLTORI REGIONALE UMBRIA
• Stowarzyszenie ARID
• INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE PENTRU BIOLOGIE SI NUTRITIE ANIMALA
• CANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITESI
• Balıkesir University