SmartFarm

The increasing globalization of markets worldwide, both in terms of raw materials and products of animal origin (meat, eggs, milk), demands from companies a permanent improvement of their competitiveness, while society demands the consideration and integration of other factors in the production system such as: more efficient and sustainable production, reduction of environmental impact, improvement of food safety and quality, and improvement of animal welfare.

The Catalan livestock sector has identified different objectives that would contribute decisively to increasing its competitiveness and sustainability. One of these objectives is to improve the technology of livestock farms through the techniques known as "smart farming". These techniques include, among other actions, the collection, processing and analysis of data on livestock farms. With the help of TFT (Transversal Enabling Technologies), the SMARTFARM project aims to achieve:

1. A precise control of the feeding of the animals with the aim of reducing the total cost of production
2. An efficient control of environmental pollutants that allows you to know and reduce their impact on the environment
3. An increase in the homogeneity of the animals in each batch, with the aim of reducing economic losses
4. An early identification of animal diseases, which allows to increase the productive performance and welfare of the livestock
5. An integrated management of the data that is generated in a farm to improve decision-making

The SMARTFARM project implies a simultaneous improvement of four key aspects for the livestock sector:

• The improvement of food efficiency and therefore a reduction of costs
• The significant reduction of the environmental impact of current production systems
• Increased food safety and animal welfare
• Improving the profitability of farms through the integration of available information