Objective
Animal production has become increasingly industrialised over the last five decades. Recent crises such as BSE, swine fever, foot and mouth disease and avian influenza, and the activities of consumer and animal welfare organisations have raised public awareness that animal production is more than just an industry and that many other issues have to be considered. In this project, we focus on the fact that farm animal welfare has become an issue of increasing public significance and concern. Recent surveys indicated that European citizens show a strong commitment to animal welfare and many consumers express a willingness to pay a premium price for a product emanating from a welfare-friendly production system (Eurobarometer, 2007). But their expressed willingness often fails to result in purchase. Consumers’ apparent reluctance to actually buy these products in the shop may at least partly reflect a lack of transparency in the market for animal products, (consumers are unable to recognise animal friendly products), as well as the limited assortment of such products. Clearly, it is extremely important for the industry, both from a corporate social responsibility and a market point of view, to re-build and maintain consumer trust related to how food-producing animals are housed and handled across Europe. This requirement demands the development of credible, reliable and transparent welfare assessment systems as well as product information and certification schemes to support communication to the consumer about the ways in which the animal food products are produced. The present project addresses the above needs by developing a Stakeholder Platform (European Animal Welfare Platform; EAWP) that will facilitate the exchange of knowledge, experience and expertise in order to effectively support the implementation of scientifically based welfare assessment and information systems, improvement strategies, market initiatives, research and development and policy formulation in the area of farm animal welfare. The partners in this project represent animal welfare organisations, major companies in the animal production sector and leading research institutions. This venture will benefit the public, the industry and the animals, and thereby significantly strengthen the sustainability of European agriculture.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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- medical and health sciences health sciences infectious diseases RNA viruses influenza
- agricultural sciences agriculture, forestry, and fisheries agriculture
- agricultural sciences animal and dairy science domestic animals animal husbandry
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Call for proposal
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FP7-KBBE-2007-1
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750 07 Uppsala
Sweden
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1506 MA Zaandam
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OX2 8QJ OXFORD
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1000 BRUXELLES
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W2 2DS LONDON
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47020 San Vittore Di Cesena
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1609 COPENHAGEN
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41014 CASTELVETRO DI MODENA
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HP23 4JX TRING
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5835 BERGEN
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25191 LLEIDA
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28100 NOVARA
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40033 Casalecchio Di Reno
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6708 PB Wageningen
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10124 STOCKHOLM
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40472 Düsseldorf
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49429 VISBEK RECHTERFELD
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2431 Laakdal - Veerle
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FK7 9JQ STIRLING
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DN31 3SW GRIMSBY
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