Greece Training and Workshop

INNOVATIONS TO IMPROVE SUSTAINABILITY IN THE SHEEP AND GOAT SECTOR

An iSAGE training course and an iSAGE workshop

Held at the Mediterranean Palace Hotel in Thessaloniki, 13th-15th January 2020

Training

Programme available here (PDF document)

Presentations

Georgios Arsenos – Welcome to the ISAGE project:Greek regional meeting

Lisa Arguile – Sustainability The PG Tool and the iSAGE Toolbox

Valentina Tsartsianidou – Modern approaches to animal genetic improvement: novel phenotypes and genetic/genomic analysis

Raffaele Zanoli – Assessing consumer needs and developing new products

Stefano Orsini – Case study research design and methods

Martha Dellar – Modelling the impacts of climate change on European sheep and goat production systems

Alexandros Theodoridis – Innovations to support the viability of Sheep & Goat sector in Europe

Sofia Termatzidou – E ffect of an alternative rearing method on milk production lamb weight gain

Mata Trivizaki – Task 4.2: Training and implementation of farm management application The AWIN case study

Ebru Emsen – Disruptive Innovation in sheep breeding for ensuring complete traceability of lambs 

Stefano Orsini – Case study: Next Generation Ambassador Programme, UK

Workshop

Programme available here (PDF document)

Presentations

Georgios Arsenos – Aims of the iSAGE project and workshop

Athanasios Gelasakis – Health and welfare challenges for the sustainablility of dairy small ruminant farms

Raffaele Zanoli – Consumer trends and needs iSAGE results & recommendations

Thomas Bartzanas – Precision livestock technologies for reducing the environmental footprint in livestock systems in view of climate change

Martha Dellar – Impacts of climate change on sheep & goat production systems and adaptation options

Deimitrios Melas – New CAP: impact on the sheep and goat sector

Inmaculada Batalla – Modelling farms: possible scenarios and systems responses to future changes

Lisa Arguile – Sustainability The iSAGE Toolbox

Sotiria Vouraki – The iSAGE decision support system (DSS)

Valentina Tsartsianidou – Possible future breeding strategies to enhance animal resilience