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Inspirational ideas: Everything you need to know about sheep on one digital platform

An Operational Group in Bulgaria is developing a national web-based platform to pool resources and knowledge and create a place for different stakeholders from the sheep breeding sector to exchange experiences. Simeon Karakolev from the project “The ‘All for the sheep’ platform features everything you would need to know about sheep breeding and processing of sheep products. This ranges from individual testimonies from farmers on overcoming challenges, to scientific research on sheep breeds to funding opportunities and legislation information.” This activity ties into AKIS (Agricultural knowledge and information systems), ensuring knowledge is evenly spread amongst sheep breeders as well as students, researchers, consumers and investors across Bulgaria.

The project identified two major problems in the sheep breeding sector in Bulgaria. There is a lack of information available to farmers, who are very busy working on everyday problems. The second is related to long supply chains, which increase intermediary costs and reduce farm income. This can be rather demotivating for farmers who are seeking to increase their standard of living. The project partners believed that user-friendly digital technologies can be an effective way to spread information to those who need it or are seeking it. The aim of the ‘All for the sheep’ platform therefore is to increase access to knowledge and resources in order to improve the productivity and competitiveness of farms, and provide solutions to common problems combining a scientific and practical approach.

The project is coordinated by the National Sheep and Goat Breeding Association (NOKA), and brings in other specialists from the sector. An IT company is developing the web platform and training the project team on how to publish data in the system. The team is collecting and organising information in an accessible and logical way so that it can easily be found by users.

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Organización: Eip Agri Agriculture & Innovation
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Año: 2022
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País(es): Bulgaria
Cobertura geográfica: Unión Europea
Tipo: Proyecto
Idioma utilizado para los contenidos: English
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