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TechCare representatives will attend numerous events where the latest project developments, progress and results will be presented to the audience.

Networking activities

  • 2023
    • SRUC attended the Sm@RT national workshop that was held on May 22, 2023 in Balfron, Scotland.
    • SRUC attended the EuroSheep final seminar – May 3, 2023.
    • SRUC Webinar with EU thematic networks and other ruminant livestock projects, presentation of the TechCare project activities, was held on March 7, 2023.
    • SRUC attended the EuroSheep national workshop that was held on March 1, 2023 in Bolton Village Hall, Alnwick, England, UK.
    • A visit to the farm and trials, following a training session dedicated “Formation Photosol” group was held on February 1, 2023, in Saint-Priest Ligoure, France.
    • A visit of the national Réso’Them digital agriculture and agro-equipment animator was held on January 30, 2023, in Saint-Affrique France.
  • 2022
    • IDELE attended the 10èmes Journée Techniques Ovines in Gramat, France, on October 12, 2022.
    • IDELE presentation of the TechCare project – Comité Technique du programme Sm@art Elevage was held on September 9, 2022.
    • A visit by colleagues from Trakia University (Bulgaria), part of the Greenanimo project was held on July 12, 2022, at SRUC Hill & Mountain Research Centre, Scotland.

Technical visits

  • 2023
    • A visit to the CIIRPO/Le Mourier farm and trials by farmers/breeders was held on September 15, 2023, in Saint-Priest Ligoure, France.
    • A visit to the CIIRPO/Le Mourier farm and trials by stakeholders from “GVA Saint Germain les belles” was held on July 26, 2023, in Saint-Priest Ligoure, France.
    • A visit to the CIIRPO/Le Mourier farm and trials by employees from “Longinpex” company (Laboratory/veterinary drugs) was held on July 7, 2023, in Saint-Priest Ligoure, France.
    • A visit to the farm and trials as part of a day for technicians “Rencontre Technicien” was held on July 6, 2023, in Saint-Priest Ligoure, France.
    • A visit to the farm and trials for village residents “Visite habitants du village” was held on June 10, 2023, in Saint-Priest Ligoure, France.
    • IDELE – farm visit and TechCare presentation for a group of technicians following technical meeting (RAGT group) – Saint-Affrique – 7 July 2023.
    • IDELE – farm visit and TechCare presentation for a group of technicians following training on sheep udder assessment – Saint-Affrique – 2 June 2023.
    • A visit to the farm and trials for an ANEFA group (National Association for Employment and Training in Agriculture) was held on May 26, 2023, in Saint-Priest Ligoure, France.
    • A visit to the Dartmoor farmer and advisor visit to the SRUC research farm was held on May 23, 2023, at SRUC Hill & Mountain Research Centre, Scotland.
    • Glasgow University Retired Staff Association and the Royal Society of Biology visit was held on May 17, 2023, at SRUC Hill & Mountain Research Centre, Scotland.
    • IDELE participated multiple times in a pilot farm visit held in Saint-Priest Ligoure, France, between April and May 2023.
    • A visit to the farm and trials for “FDSEA 87” group of technicians, students and breeders was held on April 4, 2023, in Saint-Priest Ligoure, France.
    • A visit to the Research farm by members of the House of Lords and senior SRUC staff was held on March 31, 2023, at SRUC Hill & Mountain Research Centre, Scotland.
    • A visit by Prof. Jóhannes Sveinbjörnsson from the Agricultural University of Iceland was held on March 27, 2023 at SRUC Hill & Mountain Research Centre, Scotland.
    • IDELE – participation of BTS APV students in individual measurements (welfare indicators) of ewes in the trial batch – Saint-Affrique – 24 March 2023.
    • IDELE – participation of BTS APV students in individual measurements (welfare indicators) of ewes in the trial batch – Saint-Affrique – 10 March 2023.
    • IDELE Obsalim training for technicians was held on March 9, 2023, in Saint-Affrique France.
    • Technical day on farm for GIE and CIIRPO technicians training was held on March 8, in Saint-Affrique France.
    • IDELE – Visit from the regional councillor, Clément Carles – Saint-Affrique – 2 March 2023
    • Northern Irish farmers visit was held on February 15, 2023 at SRUC Hill & Mountain Research Centre, Scotland.
    • Technical meeting for dairy sheep group CNBL was held on January 27, 2023, in Saint-Affrique France.
  • 2022
    • A technical Committee of La Cazotte Farm and Public Agricultural Education Establishment was held on December 15, 2022, in Saint-Affrique, France.
    • A farm visit and presentation of the TechCare project was held on November 9, 2022, in Millau and Saint-Affrique, France.
    • IDELE visit to the pilot farm and presentation of the trial during the training of sheep advisers was held on November 8, 2022, in Saint-Priest Ligoure, France.
    • Association Planet A (France) delegate visit to the SRUC research farm was held on October 22, 2022, at SRUC Hill & Mountain Research Centre, Scotland.
    • SRUC – Elanco/RAMA visit to MRI, was held in Penicuik, UK, on October 5, 2022.
    • Northern Irish farmers visit to SRUC research farm was held on September 28, 2022, at SRUC Hill & Mountain Research Centre, Scotland.
    • A visit to the pilot farm and presentation of the trial for breeders from CAVEB group was held on September 27, 2022, in Saint-Priest Ligoure, France.
    • A visit of the pilot farm and presentation of the trial for OVICAP group was held on September 22, 2022, in Saint-Priest Ligoure, France.
    • NZ visitors (AgResearch, Lincoln University) to the SRUC research farm visit was held on September 16, 2022, at SRUC Hill & Mountain Research Centre, Scotland.
    • IDELE attended the ehxibition “Les rencontres du CIIRPO pour les apprenants : Quoi de neuf pour mes brebis?” held in Saint-Priest Ligoure, France, on September 2022.
    • IDELE participated multiple times in a pilot farm visit held in Saint-Priest Ligoure, France, between March and July 2022.
    • HIE conference visit to the SRUC research farm was held on April 29, 2022, at SRUC Hill & Mountain Research Centre, Scotland.
    • IDELE participated multiple times in a pilot farm visit held in Saint-Affrique France, between May and July 2022.
    • Chinese Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Affairs visit to SRUC Hill & Mountain Research Centre, Scotland on August 5, 2022.

Open Days

Audiovisual events

Trade fairs

  • 2023
    • IDELE participated to the “TechOvin” trade fair (Bellac, France) on September 7, 2023. A presentation is available here.
    • SRUC attended the NSA NorthSheep on June 7, 2023, in Northumberland, UK. A picture from the event is available here.
    • BREEDR organized an industry workshop at the trade fair NSA Sheep South West, held in Honiton, UK, on May 10, 2023.
  • 2022
    • SRUC attended the Scotsheep NSA event on June 1, 2022, in Finlarg Farm, Tealing, Scotland.
    • NIBIO had a stand and gave a talk at the Agricultural Faire: Technology for our future agriculture sector in Lesja, Norway (26th March 2022).

2021

    • MRI and SRUC presented the TechCare project during a farm event for 2 other projects (a national one: SmartSheep and an EU thematic network: Sm@RT) in Scotland (28th September 2021).
    • IDELE participated to the “TechOvin” trade fair (Bellac, France) to distribute a TechCare flyer presentation and animate a “connected village” with demonstrations of some tools used in TechCare pilots (example of WoW). Oral presentations: 1) “Comment mesurer automatiquement la note d’état corporel” (8th September 2021); 2) “L’élevage de précision ovin, mais pour quoi faire?” (9th September 2021). A project poster was also presented.

School events

  • 2023
    • A visit to the CIIRPO/Le Mourier farm and trials by learners and teachers from “Lycée agricole de Venours” high school was held on October 4, 2023, in Saint-Priest Ligoure, France.
    • IDELE presentation of data collected at the Cazotte farm as part of TechCare to a group of teachers from the Cazotte agricultural high school was held on September 19, 2023, in Saint-Affrique France.
    • A visit to the CIIRPO/Le Mourier farm and trials by teachers, students, and farmers… after the “Tech-Ovin” show was held on September 8, 2023, in Saint-Priest Ligoure, France.
    • A visit to the CIIRPO/Le Mourier farm and trials by students, and technicians… before the “Tech-Ovin” show was held on September 5, 2023, in Saint-Priest Ligoure, France.
    • IDELE training for students (BTS°: how to do TechCare animal welfare assessments) was held on May 26, 2023, in Saint-Affrique France.
    • A visit to the farm and trials, following a training session dedicated to the “prairie”(pastures) theme was held on May 11, 2023, in Saint-Priest Ligoure, France.
    • A visit to the farm and trials for the “CS Ovin” group of students and adult learners was held on April 18, 2023, in Saint-Priest Ligoure, France.
    • IDELE welcoming new zootechnics teachers in ENSFEA training was held on April 6, 2023, in Saint-Affrique France.
    • A visit to the farm and trials for the “CS Ovin” group of students and adult learners was held on April 4, 2023, in Saint-Priest Ligoure, France.
    • IDELE training for students (Première Pro Elevage): preparation of animals for the TechCare trial was held on March 29, 2023 in Saint-Affrique France.
    • Ohio University students visit on March 16, 2023 at SRUC Hill & Mountain Research Centre, Scotland.
    • Harper Adams University student visit was held on February 22, 2023 at SRUC Hill & Mountain Research Centre, Scotland.
    • IDELE – presentation to two first year classes (high school) of the behavioral study carried out on Techcare dairy ewes – Saint-Affrique – 21 February 2023.
    • Students’ visit to the La Cazotte pilot farm was held on January 5, 2023, in Saint-Affrique France.
    • ABINSULA organized and participated in several school workshops titled Workshop LaNuov@Scuola  held between January and March 2023, in the cities of Sassari and Nuoro, Italy. Presentation by Francesco Martini (Abinsula).
    • A visit to the CIIRPO/Le Mourier farm and trials by learners and teachers from “CFPPA Les vaseix” (CFPPA:Vocational training and agricultural promotion center) was held on February 7, 2023, Saint-Priest Ligoure, France.
    • IDELE – welcoming a student group for the “Ovinpiades” competition, visit and training – Saint-Affrique – 6 January 2023.
  • 2022
    • SRUC 4th Year students (applied animal science) visit SRUC Hill & Mountain Research Centre, Scotland on October 31, 2022.
    • IDELE -presentation of the project and the trials during the educational meeting with all the teachers of the agricultural school of La Cazotte, held on October 26, 2022, in Saint-Affrique, France.
    • A visit by SRUC students to research farm was held on June 7, 2022, at SRUC Hill & Mountain Research Centre, Scotland.
    • IDELE – visit to the farm and presentation of the TechCare dairy ewes trial to 2 classes of final year students (high School) – Saint-Affrique – 20 May 2022.
  • 2021

Other activities

  • 2023
    • IDELE presentation of the TechCare program and trials on monitoring watering of adult ewes was held at the General Assembly of GDS / FODSA Aveyron on April 6, 2023, in Millau, France.
  • 2022
    • Lisa Fieldman (IDELE) presented her internship work: “International mobility report: Synthesis of two dairy sheep pilots set up as part of TechCare project” (France and Italy) on October 4, 2022.
  • 2021
    • AGDATAHUB produced a flyer to disseminate the project and Agdatahub’s contribution: English version and French version (9th December 2021).
    • NIBIO organised an online workshop with stakeholders to inform them about the project activity Presentation: “Nye prosjekt TechCare og Sm@RT Teknologi, småfe og dyrevelferd” (15th March 2021).
    • IDELE presented TechCare project to groups working on PLF and animal welfare: 1. Occitanum (February 2021); 2. PFL Dairy Sheep Technical Group CBNL (22nd January 2021); 3. PLF Meet sheep Technical Group CIIRPO (17th December 2020); 4. Steering Cmmitteee Moubien – animal welfare (28th September 2020).
    • IDELE produced a flyer available on its website (10th January 2021).

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 862050

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