EAAP is glad to invite you to the 1st Central-Eastern European EAAP Regional Meeting! The meeting will be held on 26th - 28th April 2023 at the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra (Slovak Republic). The EAAP regional meeting aims to highlight key animal science discoveries and novel approaches, related...
Dublin declaration of Scientists
Few weeks ago in Dublin, Teagasc hosted a very interesting workshop on “the Societal Role of Meat Production”. During the meeting a formal declaration was launched. This declaration, “the Dublin declaration of scientists on the societal role of livestock” has been submitted to all animal scientists who will freely decide...
Webinar series ADSA – EAAP for Ukraine
EAAP and ADSA (American Dairy Science Association) jointly organize three webinars to support Ukrainian animal science and livestock industry. The webinar series is about dairy cows’ nutrition with, altogether, six outstanding scientists from North American and European Universities, hosting two speakers for each webinar with English lectures translated in Ukrainian. The...
Election of Presidents of Study Commissions
After the meetings in Porto, the EAAP General Assembly elected five Presidents of Study Commissions. Three of them were renewed and began their second and last threeyears term. They are Michael Lee (United Kingdom) for the Livestock Farming System SC, Luciano Pinotti (Italy) for the Nutrition SC and Sam Millet...
15th EAAP Webinar: “Control of GHG emissions in Ruminants farming”
Following the great success of the last webinar on the topic, EAAP is glad to invite you to the next webinar titled: “Control of GHG emissions in Ruminants farming”. The webinar will be held on November 8th, 2022, at 15pm. It is organized by EAAP in collaboration the World Association...
Swarming honeybees have a density-dependent effect on atmospheric electricity
On October 24th 2022, iScience has published a new study: "Observed electric charge of insect swarms and their contribution to atmospheric electricity", carried out by a group of scientists from the School of Biological Sciences of the University of Bristol and the Department of Meteorology of the University of Reading,...
The Secretary General of AAPA visited EAAP!
On September 29th Silvia Cifala, Secretary General of AAPA (Asociación Argentina de Producción Animal) visited EAAP Secretariat in Rome. EAAP staff was very pleased to welcome her! This was an opportunity to strengthen the cooperation between our organizations".
EAAP 2022 – Best Oral Presentations and Best Posters awards
During the last EAAP Annual Meeting (Porto, Portugal, 5th – 9th September 2022), each EAAP Study Commission evaluated posters and presentations given by researchers who attended the congress. EAAP is now pleased to announce the list of winners for “Best Oral Presentations and Best Posters” awards. You will find all...
Would you eat a cricket burger or a locust sandwich? – Radio Interview
Carlos Álvarez-García from Teagasc, has been interviewed this summer by the Irish radio, Tipp FM, to discuss the three insect species currently authorised in the EU as ‘novel food’ (‘House cricket’, ‘yellow mealworm’ and ‘migratory locus’). Carlos talked about the perception of insects for food by the EU consumer and...
Quebec City professor hopes to promote edible insect farming
A Laval University professor is working to position edible insect farming as a full-fledged animal production that can even help manage organic waste, rather than seeing bugs as enemies of the agri-food system. This week, the university announced the launch of the Leadership Chair in Edible Insect Production and Primary...