INNOVATION AND PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH IN SHEEP AND FARMING

Meknes 21-22 of October 2019

TRAINIG COURSE Innovation to enhance the sustainability of sheep and goat productionn systems

The main goal of

the cooperative is to increase the profitability of

farms and improve farmers quality of life, providing the best products in terms of quality

and safety for the final consumer.

General View

Vertical integration of

the value chain

Alliances with key partners

Estrategic plan

R+D+i

Continuous

improvement

Innovation projects: areas and methodology

Our needs

Research Centers:

Tools & methodology

Public Administration:

Finacial suport,

Legal bases.

PROJECT= COMMON

GOAL

Innovation projects: Why and with Whom?

Marketing: NEW CUTS,PRODUCTS

&RECIPIES

NO ANTIBIOTICS & NEW FEED FOR

LAMBS

NEW GENETICS VARIANTS/ MALES/

EARLIEST GESTATIONAL AGE

SHEEP FEED CROPS

COLOSTRUM MILK SHEEP

PRODUCTION & CHEESE

Interreg poctefa:

PIRINNOVI: 2016-2019

H 2020 Isage: 2016-2020

Current research projects

…. Rasa Aragonesa is a local meat sheep breed raised in extensive systems in Aragón

Phenotypic Prolificicy = 1,37 lamb/birth (17th catálogo selección Upra)

Heritability = 0,034 (Jurado et al.,2008)

Rasa Aragonesa Breed

Profit function - Profitability factors

Prolificacy improving is a Good way to increase the Gross Margin

Increase of 1% in: Gross Margin

Change for sheep

Gross Margin

change for UTA

Nº births for sheeo and year= X2 + 3,0% + 3,0%

Prolificacy = X3 + 3,4% + 3,4%

% Lambs mortality= X4 - 0,6% - 0,8%

Average prize of the sold lamb= X5 + 3,6% + 4,3%

€ for feeding for sheep and year= X6 - 2,6% - 2,7%

Total laboral cos = X7 - 1,2%

Methodology BLUP AI to conect herds to connect herds and spread the genetic imporvement Herds with data: 348 Conected herds in 2017: 150 Nº ewes: 519.733 Nº births: 2.270.934

ALLIANCES INIA: Genetic values. Annuar rams catalogue. Regional Government:

• Regional Animal Breeding Centre – Rams selection nucleus. AI doses.

• CITA – Ram production by MOET.

Starts In 1994 with the

aim of increasing prolificacy

UPRA1994 - Prolificacy Breeding Programe in Rasa Argonesa Breed

1,69Sin

tratamiento

No ROA ROA

ROA

1,34 1,71

X XR +0,36 lambs/birth

XR XR STERILITY

Y XR MALE R®

Effects of ROA Allele

AI

RAMS

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50.000

100.000

150.000

200.000

250.000

161 256

15.208

206.907

ROA TOTAL ANIMALS ANIMALS

Nº Animals

Nº flocks

Disseminate the allele across interested farms

ISAGE FARM ANALYSIS

60%

83%

100%

82%

40%

83%

100%

76%

0%

67%

100%

67%

0%

20% 20% 12%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

120%

0%-8%presence ofROA alelle

10%-20%presence ofROA alelle

21%-61%presence ofROA alelle

AVERAGE

Has the prolificay of your flock increased by the presence of the ROA gene?

Has the number of sold lambs increased since you have ROA sheep?

Has the profitability of your farm increased since you have ROA sheep?

Has improved your quality of life since you have ROA sheep?

Perception of the effect of the ROA allele across farms with different proportions of ROA sheep

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Perception of the effect of the ROA allele across farms with different proportions of ROA sheep

60%

100% 100% 94%

57%

40%

83%

55%

25%

0% 0%

11%

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

0-9% ROAsheep

10-20%ROA

sheep

21-61%ROA

sheep

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I´m happy to have ROA sheep

I´m going to increase the number of ROA sheep

There is more mammary disease since I have ROA sheep

1-THE IDENTIFICATION OF ANIMALS CARRYING THE ALLELE

2-STRICT CONTROL OF PROGENY

3-RECORDING OF PRODUCTION DATA

4-WELL-ESTABLISHED HERD BOOK

5-GENETIC ANALYSIS OF ALL MALES

A G O O D G E N E T I C M A N A G E M E N T I S C R I T I C A L B E C AU S E H O M OZ YG O S I T Y R E S U LT S I N S T E R I L I T Y.

K E Y FA C TO RS A R E :

Prolificacy genes increase farm profitability without increasing flock size or intensifying production

INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY

The ROA alelle has been successfully spread across the Rasa Aragonesa sheep population, increasing to those farmers willing and technically prepared to increase prolificacy.

Joining the best of each one

Drivers and constrains for a successful implementation of the innovation

The successful implementation of innovations needs of the

active participation of

every actors joined in one

only goal

INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY

Thanks for your

attention !!