Vision of those involved in the conservation of local breeds of pigs and chickens

Flyer GEroNIMO.

The European project GEroNIMO (www.geronimo-h2020.eu) aims to provide breeders with new knowledge and new tools to promote innovative selection methods. One of the project's work packages is dedicated to biodiversity management, it is led by Ifip-Institut du Porc (France) and associates 11 partners. To this end, an extensive survey was carried out among the European stakeholders involved in the conservation of local breeds (LB) of pigs and chickens: breeders, technicians, managers and processors. The aim was to get them to describe the farms and genetic diversity management programmes in order to identify levers for improvement. The aim was also to collect their motivations, their perceptions of the future of LB, their opinions on selection and their expectations from the public authorities. The survey was conducted mainly online and was available in 7 languages, including English.