SustAinimal - A knowledge center with a focus on the production animals' future role

Last changed: 02 July 2024
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SustAinimal is a center promoting increased knowledge in the production animals' role for competitive, sustainable and resilient agriculture and food production in Sweden.

The world shares major challenges, such as, climate change, biodiversity conservation, circular systems and sustainable growth. Food production and consumption need to change fundamentally worldwide and also in Sweden.

The transition requires the research to take a holistic approach, weigh the pros and cons, create models that help us see all connections and effects, and study and evaluates these models. This is what SustAinimal is currently working on.

SustAinimal currently has 17 partners with a broad representation from universities, research institutes, industry organisations and companies. Together we ask urgent and difficult questions. We share knowledge and build new knowledge. And we are working intensively to find solutions to complex problems. The research itself is carried out by PhD students and young researchers in SustAinimal Academy projects.

 

Learn more at SustAinimal´s website

 

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Facts:

SustAinimal is funded by Formas and their partners. The centre is led by SLU together with the research institute RISE and coordinated by Vreta Kluster. Other partners are SVA, Uppsala University, Linköping University, Dalarna University, Lantmännen, LRF, Hushållningssällskapet, Norrmejerier, KLS Ugglarps, Agroväst, Växa Sverige, Gård & Djurhälsan, Föreningen Svenskt Naturbeteskött and Svenska Vallföreningen.
 
Time period of the centre: 2020–2024 with possible extension 2024–2028

Financial support: Formas is investing 48 MSEK. Other funders/project partners contribute at least 8 MSEK.

Centre Host: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU

Director of SustAinimal: Sigrid Agenäs, SLU

Assistant Director: Per Peetz Nielsen, RISE

Coordinator: Helene Oscarsson, Vreta Kluster

 

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