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Sustainable livestock farming in the Amazon of Peru and Ecuador

Start Date: 01/10/2023
End Date: 01/09/2027

Description

Applied research project to sustainably intensify dual-purpose cattle farming in the Amazon of Peru and Ecuador through feed supplementation with local agro-industrial residues. It characterizes production systems, evaluates the effect of supplementation on animal productivity and methane emissions, and analyzes the life cycle of the systems, with training, technology transfer and a virtual innovation platform.

Action scope

Multicountry

Evaluated

No

Stage

Implementation- Ongoing

Temporalidad

Medium-term

Number of Years

4 - Year -s

Related elements

Budget in USD

Budget in USD
$200,000.00
Counterpart Budget
$400,000.00
Total Budget
$600,000.00
Annual Average Budget
$150,000.00

Institutions

Institutions Institutions rols
GRA: Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases Execution and operation
UNALM: La Molina National Agrarian University (Peru) Execution and operation
INIAP: National Institute for Agricultural Research of Ecuador Execution and operation
AgResearch Interinstitutional cooperation

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