1.2 - INTERREG IIIB Alpine Space Programme

Aim
ALPINET GHEEP
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Alpine network for sheep and goat promotion for a sustainable territory development
The project aims to promote and improve the sheep and goat sector and to create a permanent network
among breeders, governmental and research institutions in the Alpine space.
Sheep and goat breeding and related activities fell into decline
in the Alpine area over the last 50 years for more attractive
and effective agricultural production systems. Alpine shepherd’s
Associations, regional administrators and research
institutions, after numerous meetings, developed the project
idea of Alpinet Gheep. The project involves 16 partners under
the coordination of the Provincia Autonoma di Trento. The aim
of the project is the organisation of common, transnational
and coordinated activities of research and development for
the promotion and the preservation of the sheep and goat sector.
Further aims are the social involvement of this activity field
and its participation in the sustainable spatial development of
the Alpine area, the introduction of technological innovation
and the rebirth of traditional product processing. The final objective
is the creation of a permanent network among breeders,
governmental and research institutions in the Alpine area
to allow the further growth of the sheep and goat sector. The
expected long-term impact of the project are: the improvement
of the social-economic conditions of the Alpine pastoral
systems, an increase of competitiveness of the Alpine sheep
and goat products, the maintenance of cultural landscape and
environment, the preservation of cultural heritage and natural
resources.
Activities
The project aims to develop integrated transnational strategies
and instruments for the promotion of the sector through
the following main activities: data collection on spreading and
asset of Alpine breeding activities; characterisation of traditional
products; inventory and evaluation of areas suitable for
grazing; evaluation of genetic heritage and distance among
breeds and implementation of a trans-national breeds monitoring
system; evaluation of the economic and ecological impact
of grazing; editing best practices manuals and guidelines
for the definition of Alpine pastoral farming system, enhancing
environment and social impact of grazing, promotion of the
traditional sheep and goat products; training activities for e-
commerce implementation and tourism and handcrafts integration;
promotion of sheep and goat local products, organisation
of the participation of breeders to international exhibitions
and meetings with local authorities; constitution of an Alpine
Federation among sheep and goat breeders associations.
Outcomes and results
Gathering data on sheep and goat Alpine breeding
Implementation of a transnational monitoring system of the
sheep/goat farming
Inventory of pasture areas and best management practices
definition
Editing 3 manuals on best practices related to wool, traditional
products, grazing
Improvement of marketing performances through e-commerce
and the characterisation of local products as milk,
meat and wool
Breeders social inclusion and their involvement in tourism
and handicraft activities
Promotion of an sheep/goat farmers federation in the Alpine
areas for the implementation of transnational strategies connected
with the sheep/goat farming for the social and economic
development in the Alps
Participation in international exhibitions and conferences
Enhancing the collaboration between farmers associations,
research institutes and governmental institutions
Promotion of interactions with tourism, handicrafts and territorial
policies
Setting up of a web site dedicated to the project and for the
activity of the foreseen Alpine federation of sheep and goat
breeders
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Lead partner
Project partner
Lead partner
Provincia Autonoma
di Trento
Other partners
APOC
IASMA
VSK
Provincia di Pordenone
Univ. di Udine
APABG
APABL
Bay. LFL
Bay. BHG
WLW
HBLFA
OEBSZ
Univ. v Ljubljani
ZDRDS
GEH
Project website
www.alpinetgheep.org
Contact person
Federico Bigaran
Tel +39 0461495911
Fax +39 0461495763
federico.bigaran@provincia.tn.it
Duration
01.2005 – 12.2007
Total budget in EUR
2.154.535
ERDF in EUR
1.114.172
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