R&D Projects
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Precision livestock farming for Sardinian cattle supply chains: from capital to knowledge intensive.
Lead partner: Società per la Bonifica dei Terreni Ferraresi e per Imprese Agricole S.p.A. – Società Agricola, operational headquarters in Marrubiu (OR) – Application no. 14250005635, Measure 16.1 PSR Sardinia, Focus Area 3°, Project duration: 05/12/2023 – 04/12/2025, Approved funding: €497,396.00, Scientific and technical coordinator: Prof. Pier Paolo Roggero – University of Sassari
The project addresses the following objectives in a comprehensive and integrated manner:
a) Implementation of precision farming to improve the production and utilisation of on-farm forage during reproduction and fattening phases, through the development of a DSS capable of conducting site-specific assessments of forage mixtures and optimising the quality and quantity of yields by identifying the ideal mowing time.
b) Implementation of precision feeding to reduce calf production costs both during the reproduction phase and the fattening stage.
c) Implementation of precision livestock farming to increase productivity in the cow-calf supply chain and improve animal welfare.
d) Development of a cloud-based platform for inputting farm data, expert data analysis and user-friendly feedback through simple indicators provided to farmers to support the improvement of productive performance.
e) Implementation of supply chain traceability and tracking.
f) Assessment of improvements across the entire supply chain in terms of carbon impact (with the goal of a carbon-free supply chain) and nitrogen impact (with the goal of a circular nitrogen economy supply chain).
PON “E-crops” Technologies for Sustainable Digital Agriculture in conventional and organic farming in collaboration with UNITUS, CNR-IREA (Naples), CNR-IBIMET (Sassari), CNR-ISPAAM (Sassari), CNR-ISSIA (Bari), CNR-IBBR (Naples);
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PON “WATER4AGRIFOOD” – Improving mediterranean agri-food production under water-scarce conditions in collaboration with CREA, CNR and the University of Catania (UNICT):
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The project is led by Bonifiche Ferraresi, with IBF participating indirectly.
Piano di Sviluppo Rurale (PSR) 2014–2020 of the Tuscany Region – submeasure 16.2 “GOTINIA – precision agriculture for cereal-farming SMEs”, application no. 13600, reference 87655
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The project is led by Bonifiche Ferraresi, with IBF participating indirectly.
- PSR 2014–2020 – Regione Emilia-Romagna, Operazione 16.1.01 – bando 2019 – FOCUS AREA 4B “Circular farming”
Application no. 5150328 – Development of an innovative system for the sustainable management and certification of production inputs. Follow the project impresaverde.emiliaromagna.it/goi
The project is led by BF Agricola. IBF is a beneficiary.
- PSR 2014–2020 – Regione Emilia-Romagna, Operazione 16.1.01 – bando 2020 – FOCUS AREA 3A “Sottali”
Application no. 5140384 – Sustainability of the meat supply chain through the optimisation of animal feeding and farm management using precision farming and precision livestock techniques. Follow the project sottali.ibfservizi.it
The project is led by BF Agricola. IBF is a beneficiary.
- PSR 2014–2020 – Regione Emilia-Romagna, Operazione 16.1.01 – bando 2020 – FOCUS AREA 3A “FEED PR” application no. 5202443 – The cereal and protein crop supply chain in the Emilia-Romagna Region for feeding dairy cows for Parmigiano Reggiano PDO production.
Learn more on the project page: https://www.crpa.it/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=23140
Total project budget: €299,880.00 – Approved regional contribution: €222,547.50. IBF Servizi is a beneficiary of the project for an amount of €56,270.00. The regional contribution granted to IBF Servizi is €39,389.01.
Amount of contribution
- CIRCULAR FARMING € 94.019,00
- sOTTALI € 73.125,50
- feed DOP € 39.389,01
- Bando ASI Multimiss/Multifreeq DCuoT-or9-o17 – “Clexidra” – study of new methods and techniques based on the use of multi-mission/multi-frequency data in collaboration with e-GEOS, Sapienza University of Rome, University of Rome Tor Vergata, and UniTusciaThe project is led by BF Agricola. IBF is a beneficiary.
Amount of contribution
- CIRCULAR FARMING € 94.019,00
- sOTTALI € 73.125,50
- feed DOP € 39.389,01
- POR AIS € 2.898.972,99
- POR – Regional Agreements for Business Establishment and Development – “Agritech Innovation Services” Aimed at the development of DSS for the optimisation of agricultural processes and the monitoring of results achieved in terms of economic and environmental sustainability.
Financial support granted under POR AIS € 2.898.972,99
