EIT Food Call COVID-19: Smart-ET Proposal Funded

21 July 2020 Piacenza

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The Smart-ET project, presented by the Piacenza branch of Università Cattolica as Coordinator, is among the winners of the COVID-19 Rapid Response Call for Innovation projects" promoted by EIT Food - European Institute of Innovation and Technology. The project’s lead researcher is Prof. Antonio Gallo of the Department of Animal Sciences, Nutrition and Food - DiANA.

The project will use COVID-19 data from farms and existing models to predict changes in dairy production and feed costs, with the aim of helping to reorganise production and supply quickly and efficiently during pandemic events or similar market shocks.

Università Cattolica’s partners in this project are the Italian Breeders' Association (Italy), the University of Reading (UK) and Agricolus (Italy).