On December 10, 2022, discussion workshops related to the use of modern ICT technologies (ICT – information and communication technology) in animal production were held. The event was organized by the LivestockSense project team from the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences (UPWr). A total of 29 participants (pictured above) took part in the discussions, representing various sectors related to animal production, i.e., developers/suppliers of ICT technologies, farmers, representatives of NGOs, and scientists.

The LivestockSense partners spent Passover and Easter in Jerusalem, Israel, where MIGAL Galilee Research Institute hosted the last consortium meeting of the project with an exciting and eventful itinerary. LivestockSense has offered a most intriguing journey of cross-national quantitative and qualitative studies and focus groups on how to understand the barriers for adopting intelligent technology…

On January 19th, 2023, the Institute of Agricultural Economics (AKI), Hungary, invited stakeholders of the pig and poultry sector involved in precision livestock farming (PLF) to a focus group discussion, which exceeded all expectations with a successful and productive event.  The event was attended by 21 participants from business (farmers, PLF developers and distributors), academia and…

In the coming weeks, LivestockSense is to host focus group discussions in Hungary, Estonia, Poland, Sweden, Israel, and Denmark. The aim of the focus group discussion is to identify key characteristics of farmers' attitudes toward digital technologies. All participants are carefully selected for their specific expertise and cover the entire value chain from primary production…