Happy Animals, Happy Farmers. Dr. Martin C.Th. Scholten & Dr. Hans Spoolder

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1 Happy Animals, Happy Farmers Dr. Martin C.Th. Scholten & Dr. Hans Spoolder

2 What I will tell you WHY MODERN PRECISION FARMING FOSTERS CAREFUL LIVESTOCK Livestock Farming with Care Blaming, Framing, Naming or Aiming? New: Smart Animal Welfare Credibility of Good Welfare Care

3 My Background Wageningen University & Research Ranked World #1 in AgroFood Sciences Ranked World #2 in Animal Sciences

4 My Concept: Livestock Farming with Care M.C.Th. Scholten, I.J.M. de Boer, B. Gremmen, C. Lokhorst; Livestock Farming with Care: towards sustainable production of animal-source food NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, Volume 66, November 2013, Pages 3 5

5 Sustainable Nutrition Security Healthy Food Sustainable Production

6 No Sustainability without Animals Maximum production of human edible proteins per hectare of land without depletion of productivity and biodiversity Potential Impact of Resource Efficiency

7 But only Sustainability with Happy Animals Robust Animals Efficient Animals Productive Animals

8 How to make Animals Happy? Secure Good Care Respect Animal Integrity Give Room for Adapting Provide a Good Start Precise and Sharp Observations Early Diagnostics Customized Interventions

9 Animal Welfare: Input or Output Control? Directives Performance Regulations Standards Requirements On Paper In Practice Benchmarks Surveillance Iceberg Indicators

10 Blaming, Framing, Naming or Aiming? EUROPEAN COMMISSION Brussels, COM(2012) 6 final COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE on the European Union Strategy for the Protection and Welfare of Animals (Text with EEA relevance) {SEC(2012) 55 final} {SEC(2012) 56 final} Blaming: Campaigning to Shame Framing: Regulating within Legislation Naming: Labelling to Select Aiming: 24/7 Observing & Recording

11 Dealing with Politics One Issue Policies Public Demands Environment vs. Welfare Well-feeling vs. Welfare Welfare Regulations vs. Welfare Innovations Efficiency vs. Welfare

12 Welfare Issues related to Cattle Grazing? Dehorning? Calf with Cow? Longevity?

13 Amazing Grazing? Economics Health Welfare Nutrition Breed Soil & Gras Grazing Management Breed Soil Breed Feed

14 Welfare Issues related to Pigs Bio Industry? Detailing and castration? Grub & Chew? Piglets mortality

15 Tails: Enriched Barn & Social Breeds 1 intact 2 hear loss 3 bite marks 4 wounds Barren N S N Enriched S

16 Good Animal Care: Preventive Strategies

17 In a World full of Disruptive Technologies

18 Animal Based Measures Four principles and 12 criteria Absence of prolonged hunger Hunger Thermal comfort Comfort around resting Absence Absence Thirst of of prolonged prolonged thirst thirst Good feeding Good housing Ease of movement Expressing social behaviour Expressing other behaviour Appropriate behaviour Good human-animal relationship Good health No disease No No painful management procedures Positive emotional state No injuries 18

19 From Consumer to Farmer

20 Precision Livestock Farming is Supportive

21 Farmer s Connection and Adoption for PLF Smart Farming for Europe Demonstrate the proven benefits Use reliable instruments Training is needed Demonstration farms as lighthouses PLF does not replace Farmer Remember you don t grow 1000 pigs, but 1000 times 1 pig Dedicate the PLF work to a technical person, and let animal oriented stockmen focus on the barn

22 A concerted Journey of Improvement Science

23 Innovation Centres

24 Show Case Farms

25 On Farm Technologies

26 Post Harvest Technologies Video image at slaughter Foot pad lesions Photos: Butterworth and De Jong

27 Post Harvest Technologies Video image at slaughter Skin Sores Foot pad lesions Photos: Butterworth and De Jong

28 Disruptive Business Models PLF as Service: Service Provider buys from Technology Provider PLF data as a Product for: Suppliers (Feed, Breed, Veterinary Sectors), Buyers (Abattoirs, Retailers), Scientists ABM s are the bit coin of animal welfare

29 Technology in Food Production?

30 Open Innovation needs Adaptive Regulation INNOVATION REGULATION

31 Credibility of Animal Welfare Care Happy Farmers Happy Consumers Food Integrity One Health Climate Smart

32 Return of Investments in Animal Welfare? Ask: Robert Hoste

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