EFFAB at EAAP 2026

From September 7^th to 11^th, the 77^th EAAP Annual Meeting will take place in Hamburg, Germany.

EFFAB will be attending, contributing with two sessions:

• Session #28. FABRE TP Challenge session: Economics of genomic improvement, and its contribution to improve animal productivity while reducing environmental impact.
  During this challenge session, FABRE-TP will highlight how modern breeding, genomics, phenotyping and data-driven selection can deliver more productive, resource-efficient and lower-impact livestock systems. Bringing together experts from academia, industry, breeding organisations and policy, the session will explore the economic value of genetic improvement, the incentives needed for wider uptake, and how breeding can be better recognised as a key solution for EU sustainability, food security and climate goals.

  8 September, 14:15

  14:15	Economics of Genomic Improvement: How to Enhance Productivity While Reducing Environmental Impact G. Cartick   with L. Fontanesi
  14:30	What kind of breeding for a sustainable livestock production worldwide? Global priorities, constraints, and pathways forward G. Leroy   with P. Ajayi, A. Uwizeye, N. Rakotovao, P. Boettcher
  15:00	Challenges in breeding for reduced environmental impact and other eco-system services  P. Berg
  15:30	European integration of phenotyping, genomic and data research facilities to foster sustainable animal production and aquaculture E. Labussiere   with R. Baumont
  15:45	Coffee Break
  16:15	Unlocking genetic progress: importance of data-driven selection to enhance productivity, economy and environmental impact L. P. Sørensen
  16:45	Balancing profit, greenhouse gas emissions and resilience in dairy cattle breeding using integrated modelling approaches R. Shi
  17:00	Investments in modern genomics and digital phenotyping to improve the economics of livestock production systems D. Bickhart   with N. Duijvesteijn
  17:30	Discussions & Closing Remarks

• Session #58. From Phenomics to Practice: Phenomics, Interoperability, High dimensional data processing and On-Farm Decisions. The session will present insights and discussion from projects HoliCow, EULIPHE, and Digi4Live Horizon projects. It will focus on how phenomics and high dimensional livestock data can be made interoperable and usable in practice—what regulation enables or limits—and what this means for breeding organisations in terms of data access, new traits, benchmarking, and decision support.
  

  9 September, 14:15

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