Project leader: RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT – ICEADR
· Director: Dr. Eng. DRAGOMIR Vili (e-mail office@iceadr.ro)
· Project director: Dr. Eng. CHETROIU Rodica (e-mail: rodica.chetroiu@iceadr.ro)
Partner 1: CENTER FOR STUDIES AND RESEARCH ON AGROFORESTRY BIODIVERSITY “ACAD. DAVID DAVIDESCU” – CSCBAS
· Director: CS I Dr. JOIȚA-PĂCUREANU Maria (e–mail: cscbas@ince.ro)
· Project manager: Dr. Eng. MOGA Ioana Corina (e-mail: corinamoga@yahoo.com)
Partner 2: CRISTIAN MOUNTAIN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE – SIBIU
· Director: Dr. ing. RUSU Mariana (e–mail: icdmcristian@gmail.com)
· Project Manager: Ec. COSTIN Emilia Carmen (e–mail: icdmcristian@gmail.com)
Project start year: 2023
Project completion year: 2026
Total project amount: 1,300,000 lei
General objective 22: Economy, organization, management and marketing in agriculture
Specific objective 22.1: Economic substantiation of technologies and production costs, gross margin and profitability of agricultural plant and animal products, at farm level
Project summary: Given the current European strategic trends in the field of environmental and climate policies, there is a need to provide farmers with development models to reduce the economic challenges created by the implementation of actions in this direction. The project will provide farmers with a series of technical and economic solutions applicable to livestock farms, focused on sustainable agricultural management practices, investments in new technologies on farms and the creation of new value chains. The market impact of the implementation of technical-economic models at the farm level will be given by the increase in productivity on the flow of farm activities, the increase in the degree of profitability, materialized by increasing profitability. In order to reduce the vulnerability of livestock farm incomes, technical-economic models will be developed based on the best practices of sustainable agricultural management, depending on climatic conditions, soil type, geographical area, etc., investments in new technologies for adaptation to current environmental and climate conditions, the digitalization of production activities and processes, in order to reduce costs and increase productivity on the flow of activities, the creation of new value chains for valorized productions and the optimization of commercial opportunities, which will generate added value and increase the resilience of farms to the economic challenges generated by current environmental and climate conditions.
The project objectives are achieved through the following STAGES:
Stage 1: Study on the adaptation of the livestock sector to the effects of climate change;
Stage 2: Technical and economic models for sustainable agricultural management of forage crops in dairy and beef cattle farms for fattening, under climate change conditions;
Stage 3: Technical and economic models for sustainable agricultural management of forage crops and grasslands in sheep and goat farms for fattening, under climate change conditions;
Stage 4: Technical and economic models for reducing the economic impact generated by climate change, through investments in new technologies in dairy and beef cattle farms for fattening.
Stage 5: Technical and economic models to reduce the economic impact generated by climate change, through investments in new technologies in sheep and goat farms
Stage 6: Technical and economic models to reduce the vulnerability of farmers’ incomes from dairy cow, young bulls for fattening, sheep and goat farms, through the creation of added value and new value chains
Main expected results:
- Development of technical and economic guides for sustainable agricultural management of fodder crops in dairy cow, young bulls for fattening, sheep, goat farms;
- Development of technical and economic guides to reduce the economic impact generated by current environmental and climate conditions, through investments in new technologies in dairy cow, young bulls for fattening, sheep, goat farms;
- Development of technical and economic guides to reduce the vulnerability of farmers’ incomes from dairy farms, young cattle for fattening, sheep, goats, by creating added value and new value chains;
- Technical and economic models.
How to apply/use the results:
Web page for distributing project results to those interested in academia, scientific research and agri-business.
Knowledge transfer to farmers, by providing consultancy for the implementation of the chosen models;
The technical and economic models developed will be made available to farmers raising dairy cows, young cattle for fattening, sheep and goats so that, depending on the size of the farm, the pedo-climatic area, the resources available and other technical and economic and environmental factors, they can choose the most suitable alternative. The technical and economic models will be able to form the basis for farmers to draw up projects to increase the resilience of farms to current environmental and climate conditions;
Creation and publication of books on the description of technical and economic models for livestock farms of different profiles, sizes and areas of animal husbandry;
Development of brochures on the topic of the project;
Participation with scientific communications at national and international conferences;
Publication of scientific articles in ISI and BDI indexed journals;
