Press release at the final conference (Deliverable 1.12 OK-Net EcoFeed Project)

This deliverable is part of the Horizon 2020 project - OK-Net EcoFeed, Work Package 1 – Project management and promotion, led by IFOAM EU. The overall aim of OK-Net EcoFeed (Organic Knowledge Network on Monogastric Animal Feed) is to help farmers, breeders and the organic feed processing industry in achieving the goal of 100% use of organic and regional feed for monogastrics, in particular pigs, broilers, laying hens and parents of broilers and laying hens. This present deliverable D1.12 “Press release of the final conference”, reports on the final conference (MS1.2) which took place on the 25th & 26th of January 2021 (M37), online. Organized by IFOAM Organics Europe and supported by the OK-Net EcoFeed Steering Committee, the conference “Improving sustainability and welfare in organic poultry and pig production” was a joint event with three other projects: The Horizon 2020 project PPILOW, and the projects FreeBirds and POWER funded by ERA-Net CORE Organic. About 200 attendees took part in the discussion. Furthermore, farmers’ experiences were presented, and the next steps in the development of the Organic Farm Knowledge Platform were discussed. The conference also hosted the panel discussion: “Policy and society perspectives on organic pig and poultry production”. The press release “Solutions for sustainable feeding and animal welfare in organic farming – Research projects contribute” was shared with the EIP-AGRI services and published on the OK-Net EcoFeed and IFOAM newsletter. The press release aimed to increase visibility of the project in the EIP-AGRI network as well as the European Commission. It provided information of the OK-Net EcoFeed outcomes, and the statements from the projects’ coordinators involved in the conference. The full press release can be found in chapter II.1

News stories 3rd project year (Deliverable 3.5 OK-Net EcoFeed Project)

The Deliverable D3.5 “News stories 3rd project year” is part of the Horizon 2020 project - OK-Net EcoFeed, Work Package 3 – Coordination of innovation and thematic groups, lead by the Organic Research Centre (ORC). The Deliverable D3.5 reports about key dissemination activities that aim to maximise the uptake of the OK-Net EcoFeed project outcomes at regional and national levels. The overall aim of OK-Net EcoFeed (Organic Knowledge Network on Monogastric Animal Feed) is to help farmers, breeders and the organic feed processing industry in achieving the goal of 100% use of organic and regional feed for monogastrics, in particular pigs, broilers, laying hens and parents of broilers and laying hens. Within this context, the aim of WP3 is to establish and maintain an environment of exchange/cocreation of knowledge among farmers, business actors, researchers and advisers as a common ground to identify needs, assess new tools and innovations and facilitate exchange. As part of WP3, IFOAM Organics Europe has provided 2 “new stories” per project year, based on the inputs of WP leaders. The Innovation Groups in the project have translated the stories and disseminated them through the most appropriate channels. The present Deliverable D3.5 “News stories 3rd project year” reports of the dissemination activities carried out over the course of the third project year and it is developed by IFOAM Organics Europe

News stories 2nd project year (Deliverable 3.4 OK-Net EcoFeed Project)

This deliverable D3.4 is part of the Horizon 2020 project - OK-Net EcoFeed, Work Package 3 – Coordination of innovation and thematic groups, led by the Organic Research Centre (ORC). The overall aim of OK-Net EcoFeed (Organic Knowledge Network on Monogastric Animal Feed) is to help farmers, breeders and the organic feed processing industry in achieving the goal of 100% use of organic and regional feed for monogastrics, in particular pigs, broilers, laying hens and parents of broilers and laying hens. Within this context, the aim of Work Package 3 is to establish and maintain an environment of exchange/cocreation of knowledge among farmers, business actors, researchers and advisers as a common ground to identify needs, assess new tools and innovations and facilitate exchange. As part of WP3, IFOAM EU is providing 2 “new stories” per project year, based on the inputs of WP leaders. The Innovation Groups in the project will translate the stories and disseminate them through the most appropriate channels

Overview of adapted and translated tools (Deliverable 4.1 OK-Net EcoFeed Project)

This deliverable is part of the Horizon 2020 project OK-Net EcoFeed. The overall aim of OK-Net EcoFeed is to help farmers, breeders and the organic feed processing industry in achieving the goal of 100% use of organic and regional feed for monogastrics, in particular pigs, broilers, laying hens and parents of broilers and laying hens. The aim of “Work package 4 (WP4)- Evaluation of existing tools and development of new tools” is to collect and prepare end-user materials and develop new tools adapted to the needs of farmers, feed processors and breeders and helping to solve the challenge of organic and regional feed for monogastrics. The specific objectives of WP4 are to collect, evaluate and describe existing tools and end-user material, translate and adapt most promising tools, create fact sheets and videos and develop ration-planning tools for pigs, broilers and laying hens. Following up Task 4.1: “Collection, evaluation and description of tools and end-user material”, task 4.2: “Translation and adaption of existing end-user material” aims to further make available the collected knowledge in the languages of the relevant European countries. Based on the inputs from Task 4.1 (collection of existing tools from projects partners), each Innovation Group (IG) chose the most interesting tools to be adapted/translated. This deliverable, D.4.1 “Overview of adapted and translated tools”, is an overview of all the tools which were adapted/translated by the IGs. A total of 11 tools have been translated/adapted by the end of November 2020 (5 tools are ongoing). The tool descriptions for all adapted tools as well as the adapted tools themselves will be uploaded on the Organic Farm knowledge platform

Descriptions of innovation groups (Deliverable 3.1 OK-Net EcoFeed Project)

The objective of OK-Net EcoFeed Task 3.2 was to “develop a common framework to collect data about all Innovation Groups (IGs) and their relevant context factors”. The framework covers “essential information about possible causes of unsatisfactory performance of organic monogastrics systems in terms of feeding” and identifies the predominant challenges and solutions which are used when addressing these issues throughout the value chain. Additionally, the collected data includes a survey of methods and tools for knowledge exchange used by the IGs, systems used to overcome language barriers as well as considering gender aspects. The data were collected through Innovation Group meetings in eight European countries and supplementary interviews. The IG meetings were predominantly face-to-face with one on-line survey and were followed by Science Bazaars in each country. Interviews were completed through face-to-face meetings, electronically or by telephone. The meetings were attended by 100 IG members, 72% of whom were farmers and 28% were advisors and feed companies. Of the three Thematic Groups represented in the project, pigs were the focus in six groups, layers in five and broilers in five

Fact sheets (Deliverable 4.4 OK-Net EcoFeed Project)

This deliverable is part of the Horizon 2020 project – OK-Net EcoFeed. The overall aim of OK-Net EcoFeed is to help farmers, breeders and the organic feed processing industry in achieving the goal of 100% use of or-ganic and regional feed for monogastrics, in particular pigs, broilers, laying hens and parents of broilers and laying hens. The aim of “Work package 4 (WP4)- Evaluation of existing tools and development of new tools” is to collect and prepare end-user materials and develop new tools adapted to the needs of farmers, feed processors and breeders and helping to solve the challenge of organic and regional feed for monogastrics. The specific objectives of WP4 are to collect, evaluate and describe existing tools and end-user material, translate and adapt most promising tools, create fact sheets and videos and develop ration-planning tools for pigs, broilers and laying hens. This deliverable presents the work done in task 4.3 “Creation of fact sheets and videos” by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL). The fact sheets provide a wide range of topics from feeding strategies for layers, broilers and pigs, to processing feed, using byproducts as feed, in-creasing digestability of feed and using alternative sources of protein

AMICE: erste internationale Modellrechnung der Maas

peer reviewedIm Rahmen des AMICE-Projektes wurde eine erste zusammenhängende internationale Modellrechnung für den gesamten Flusslauf der Maas inklusive des Nebenflusses Rur durchgeführt. Dazu wurden die in den Anrainerstaaten Frankreich, Belgien, Deutschland und der Niederlande vorgehaltenen numerischen Modelle verwendet. Die Randbedingungen dieser Modelle wurden in einem iterativen Prozess abgeglichen. Die Ergebnisse der zusammenhängenden Simulation tragen zunächst zu einem besseren Systemverständnis bei. Im weiteren Verlauf des Projektes fließen sie in eine Risikobetrachtung ein und werden zur Bewertung von Maßnahmen zur Reduzierung des Hochwasserrisikos vor dem Hintergrund zu erwartender Änderung der Bemessungsgrößen infolge einer erwarteten Klimaänderung herangezogen.AMIC

A multidimensional approach to older patients during COVID-19 pandemic: a position paper of the Special Interest Group on Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment of the European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS)

Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has been a dramatic trigger that has challenged the intrinsic capacity of older adults and of society. Due to the consequences for the older population worldwide, the Special Interest Group on Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) of the European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS) took the initiative of collecting evidence on the usefulness of the CGA-based multidimensional approach to older people during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A narrative review of the most relevant articles published between January 2020 and November 2022 that focused on the multidimensional assessment of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results: Current evidence supports the critical role of the multidimensional approach to identify older adults hospitalized with COVID-19 at higher risk of longer hospitalization, functional decline, and short-term mortality. This approach appears to also be pivotal for the adequate stratification and management of the post-COVID condition as well as for the adoption of preventive measures (e.g., vaccinations, healthy lifestyle) among non-infected individuals. Conclusion: Collecting information on multiple health domains (e.g., functional, cognitive, nutritional, social status, mobility, comorbidities, and polypharmacy) provides a better understanding of the intrinsic capacities and resilience of older adults affected by SARS-CoV-2 infection. The EuGMS SIG on CGA endorses the adoption of the multidimensional approach to guide the clinical management of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic

Comprehensive geriatric assessment in older people : an umbrella review of health outcomes

Background: Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) has been in use for the last three decades. However, some doubts remain regarding its clinical use. Therefore, we aimed to capture the breadth of outcomes reported and assess the strength of evidence of the use of comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) for health outcomes in older Methods: Umbrella review of systematic reviews of the use of CGA in older adults searching in Pubmed, Embase, Scopus, Cochrane library and CINHAL until 05 November 2021. All possible health outcomes were eligible. Two independent reviewers extracted key data. The grading of evidence was carried out using the GRADE for intervention studies, whilst data regarding systematic reviews were reported as narrative findings. Results: Among 1,683 papers, 31 systematic reviews (19 with meta-analysis) were considered, including 279,744 subjects. Overall, 13/53 outcomes were statistically significant (P < 0.05). There was high certainty of evidence that CGA reduces nursing home admission (risk ratio [RR] = 0.86; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.75–0.89), risk of falls (RR = 0.51; 95%CI: 0.29–0.89), and pressure sores (RR = 0.46; 95%CI: 0.24–0.89) in hospital medical setting; decreases the risk of delirium (OR = 0.71; 95%CI: 0.54–0.92) in hip fracture; decreases the risk of physical frailty in community-dwelling older adults (RR = 0.77; 95%CI: 0.64–0.93). Systematic reviews without meta-analysis indicate that CGA improves clinical outcomes in oncology, haematology, and in emergency department. Conclusions: CGA seems to be beneficial in the hospital medical setting for multiple health outcomes, with a high certainty of evidence. The evidence of benefits is less strong for the use of CGA in other settings