The four breeding companies involved are also contributing one and a half million euros. This money will fund seven PhD candidates and three postdocs at Wageningen UR and other Dutch universities. The research programme focuses on genomics: systematically screening genetic information from cows, pigs and chickens. The researchers and companies want to use this information to improve animal welfare, reduce the environmental footprint of livestock animals and reduce the use of antibiotics in livestock farming. Breed4Food is an initiative of Wageningen UR and the breeding companies CRV, Cobb Europe, Hendrix Genetics and Topigs Norsvin.
Money for research on breeding
Research funding organization STW is giving one and a half million euros for animal breeding research in Breed4Food.
