Soy free chicken and pig production
General introductionTo reduce soy use in animal feed, DEMOSOJAVRIJ raises the question to what extent and which alternative European protein sources can be used as raw materials for pig and poultr...
General introductionTo reduce soy use in animal feed, DEMOSOJAVRIJ raises the question to what extent and which alternative European protein sources can be used as raw materials for pig and poultr...
https://www.flandersfood.com/nl/projecten/locosoy
Starting up the local cultivation and processing of sustainable organic soy for food presents a major challenge for Flanders.
Is it possible to introduce soybean production in Flanders in an economical and sustainable way?
Soy is a crucial protein crop used in both food and animal feed, but is still hardly grown locally due to unsuitable varieties and cultivation techniques.
With ImPuls, we want to accelerate the Flemish protein transition through local, sustainable soy cultivation. Moreover, the project contributes to a future-oriented, agro-ecological agriculture in Fla...
...medium and high yielding organic dairy farms more autonomous and become stepwise independent(er) of soy, without increasing (ideally even decreasing) methane emissions, and with the condition that ...
To what extent can certain locally-found favorable soil bacteria improve the yield and quality of soybean plants, when they enter the soil during seeding?
The aim of this Grand Challenge project is to engage at least 1000 citizens and their gardens to help acquire native rhizobia from Flemish soils that are able to efficiently nodulate soybean.
... a locally grown mixed crop, the laying or broiler chickens perform as well as if they had been fed soy in their rations. That is one of the results of OPTIPLUIM. The research question of the proje...
...or crop monitoring and high throughput phenotyping under field conditions. Studied crops are wheat, soybean, quinoa, rice and maize. We identify resilient genotypes and molecular markers linked wit...
...cal proteins from underutilized residual streams. The current origin of the proteins in question is soy, grains or potatoes. In other words, they are often either imported and/or less ecologically ...
...troductionExtracted protein from alfalfa and grass-clover offers potential to partially replace soy in pig and chicken rations. This is evident from the results of the LUZEX project. The projec...
...l focus on methionine and vitamin B2.Research approachIn the study, ILVO replaced 5% of the soybean meal with insect meal, supplemented with potato protein, in a test feed for laying hens. ...
To what extent are field beans a valuable and viable protein provider and soy substitute in dairy cattle rations?
...amily, including green and dry/field bean (Phaseolus vulgaris, Vicia faba) and pea (Pisum sativum), soybean (Glycine max), lentil (Lens culinaris) and chickpea (Cicer arietinum). In particular,...
...for the food supply. One downside of dairy farming is the heavy reliance on external inputs such as soy and mineral fertilizers. The Dairymix project aims to provide a platform to evaluate the effe...
...agriculture) are used, the more alternative sources of protein become available that avoid imported soy, and the more sustainable the purchased feed can become. The Circfeed research project works ...
...e, including Flanders, faces a looming protein shortage due to dependence on imported crops such as soy, leading to unsustainable practices. The Flemish Protein Strategy aims for a ratio of 40-60% ...
...conventionally fed pigs. The new pig diet composed of by-products does not contain either grains or soy. The study responded to the growing interest in circular agri-food systems and reducing food-...
...eir frequency.Research approachThe research will be conducted in three crops, namely maize, soybean, and tomato, all of which have major economic importance. We will tap into natural geneti...
General introductionEUCLEG is an EU Horizon2020 project, in which breeding strategies for soybean, pea, faba bean, red clover and alfalfa are developed in collaboration with 37 research institutes...
...tem services. BELIS involves a total of 34 partners. ILVO is particularly active for red clover and soybean.Research approachWe develop tools and methodologies for cost-effective breeding p...