Project coordination
Contact
Gillian Butler
Newcastle University
Nafferton Farm
Stocksfield
Northumberland
NE43 7XD, UK
UK
Tel. +44 1661 830222
Fax +44 161 831006
E-mail
www.ncl.ac.uk/afrd 
Contact
Dr. Veronika Maurer
Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL
Ackerstrasse
5070 Frick
Switzerland
Tel. +41 62 865 72 72
Fax +41 62 865 72 73E-mail
www.fibl.org
LowInputBreeds: Key facts & figures
Development of integrated livestock breeding and management strategies to improve animal health, product quality and performance in European organic and ‘low input’ milk, meat and egg production - LowInputBreeds
- 5-year EU Collaborative Project, funded under the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration Activities
- Contract No. 222623
- 94 person-years of research
- Over 60 scientists
- 21 leading research and industrial organisations
- 15 countries
- 4 livestock species: cattle (dairy and beef), sheep (dairy and meat), pigs, poultry
- Running from 2009-2014
- Project coordination: Newcastle University and Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL
- www.lowinputbreeds.org
The project
LowInputBreeds is the acronym of the project 'Development of integrated livestock breeding and management strategies to improve animal health, product quality and performance in European organic and ‘low input’ milk, meat and egg production'. It is funded under the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration Activities . It is a Collaborative Project .
The LowInputBreeds project is coordinated by Newcastle University UNEW. The Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL acts as academic coordinator.
The work is carried out in five subprojects.