Bioeconomical products derived from small ruminants through the revaluation of olive oil by-products.
Description
Use of olive pulp as feed for small ruminants.
Sector
A1.6Support activities to agriculture and post-harvest crop activities
Needs/ Problem statement
Need to increase the profitability of livestock farms and create an alternative for the olive oil industry by achieving a more efficient use of energy applied to the management of by-products and the reduction of nitrous oxide and methane emissions from biomass burning.
Objective
Evaluate the technical feasibility of introducing olive pulp into the diet of small ruminants.
Bioeconomy fields
Crop residues and perennial plantsnull
Designer crops for optimised biomass contentnull
Algae biomassnull
Waste or recycled materialx
Microbial assisted processingnull
Biorefineries x
Feedstock
Wastes
Outcomes and final product
Feed
Mobility
Mobile
Value chains
1
2
3
3 - High potential - Significant arisings of feedstocks available currently.
C Sink
1
2
3
1 - Low potential - low potential for carbon sequestration
Intended user
Olive-mill manufacturers
Complexity of the process
1
2
3
3 -complex application
Final user
Farmerx
Foresternull
Researchernull
Advisornull
NGOnull
Training organizationnull
Processor or retailernull
Consumernull
Public Authority + LAGnull
Othernull
Economic sustainability
1
2
3
2 - Medium potential - Expected to bring 2 or 1 economic benefits.
Social sustainability
1
2
3
1 - Low potential - doesn\'t bring any social benefits.
Environmental sustainability
1
2
3
2 - Medium potential - Expected to bring 2 or 1 environmental benefits.