2024 ATF SRIA - Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda
Challenges, ways of progress and suggested priorities for research for
Horizon Europe to enhance innovation and sustainability in the livestock
production sector of Europe’s food supply chains
The 2024 ATF SRIA presents key areas and suggested priorities for R&I and their overall expected impacts: priorities derived from the Vision Paper while considering recent and ongoing research and new instruments promoted by the Commission (missions, partnerships).
Three pathways of progress should be investigated simultaneously:
- Efficiency: improving biological efficiency to preserve resources
- Circularity: promoting exchanges between PU at different scales to minimize waste and regenerate ecosystems
- Diversity: (Bio)diversity is a key component for ecological, social and economic performances of agri-food systems including resilience
Suggested priorities
Four sustainability domains and a cross-cutting issue:
By responsible livestock we mean livestock farming in circular and resilient agriculture ensuring food security while:
- keeping resource use within the planetary boundaries,
- promoting the provision of ecosystem services and biodiversity,
- reducing the negative net environmental impact associated with that production,
- providing high welfare standards for livestock and wellbeing for farmers,
- providing better human health and well-being,
- contributing to a vibrant rural livelihood,
- increasing the ability of the sector to withstand physical or financial shocks.