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In Colombia, the livestock sector (mainly the production of bovine meat) is an important industry that generates more than 900 thousand jobs, which represents around 7% of the national active population, and 1.3% of the gross domestic product (GDP). of the country (DANE, 2018), which plays an important role in the economic development of the country. Colombia has a vast wetland environment rich in biodiversity and enjoys constant and sufficient solar energy throughout the year, creating favorable agroecological conditions for a sustainable pastoral industry.
Currently, the countrys beef production oscillates between 750,000 and 850,000 tons per year, which is adequate to satisfy domestic consumption, and exports, mainly to Russia, remain at an average of 10,000 to 16,000 tons per year. year (DANE, 2018), however the demand for meat products in the countries with the Pacific coast is high and, as an economic strategy, the Colombian government has launched "meat cluster projects" in coastal areas of the Caribbean near good ports to increase meat exports. In particular, "Grass-fed", which is raised only on pasture, commands a high price. So they are focused on raising pastures. However, most of the information related to production is handled on paper, and the information infrastructure in the meat cluster area is deficient. Therefore, it is necessary to establish a digital beef infrastructure that connects the place of production with the slaughterhouse and provides traceability (e.g. biological and health information of cattle and information during fattening, necessary for export. )
Colombia has a vast area of ??pasture species of forage grasses for the production of bovine meat, which cover 1/3 of the country (30 million hectares), but the number of cattle raised per grazing hectare is extremely low, 0.6 animals/hectare and the production cycle, before the cattle are shipped for meat, reaches 40 months of age. This is due to the fact that a large part of the cattle farmers in Colombia lack technologies that make them more efficient. Additionally, most of these ranchers are small producers with less than 10 head of cattle, many of whom lack sufficient knowledge and skills to raise cattle efficiently, since their productivity is inefficient due to overgrazing, insufficient feeding during the dry time of the year. For this reason,
Higher Goal
The beef value chain is established under grazing conditions in the target area.
Objective of the project
A technological foundation is established to strengthen the forage-fed beef value chain using a digital platform (PD). |
