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Country: Turkey
Dairy or/and meat sheep: Dairy and Meat
Source of information: Togen, Industry, Bibliography
Level of solution: Knowledge/Practical
Aim: To use recording tools in a whole farm management for improved productivity
Description:
- A paper with detailed recording topics will be provided where farmers can record all the activities of their flock from birth.
- Advanced recording tools will be shown with demonstrative videos and on farm level
- Advantages of recording data will be offered with theatric presentation
Expected benefits: Sustainable production
Prerequisites and/or limits (knowledge, training, capabilities, cost, management, facilities, equipment, etc.)
- Time consuming for farmers
- Advanced recording tools are expensive and difficult to learn
- Needs a holistic production approach
Tips & Tricks:
Expected impacts:
Benefit | |||||||
Benefit expected | Increase productivity less workload better labor organisation better feed management |
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System | |||||||
Is the solution suitable for various production systems | Y | dairy &meat | |||||
If no – for which system | |||||||
Cost | |||||||
What are the asset costs | 1000-10000 | ||||||
What are the maintenance costs | 50-100 | ||||||
Any limits to its applicability | |||||||
Work Load | |||||||
Farmers | Service provider/tech.-vet-others | ||||||
How much time is required to prepare and implement the solution | >=1week | >=1week | |||||
How many people is needed to implement the solution? | 2 person | ||||||
Timing | |||||||
How long it takes to get results? | >=1week | ||||||
How long it takes to see an effect on sheep productivity? | next production period | ||||||
Equipment/Facility | |||||||
Farmers | Service provider/technicians-vet-others | ||||||
What kind of equipment/tool are necessary? | IT/mechanisation | ||||||
Skill/Knowledge-Training (farmer) | |||||||
Does the solution need any specific skill/knowledge or training? | yes | ||||||
How much time will be required for training | 1 week | ||||||
Wider Environment | |||||||
Is there any particular regulation link to the solution? | no | ||||||
Does the solution need any particular structure or organisation? | yes, it needs IT knowledge |