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DairyCo gets the go ahead for two major new Research Partnerships
Published 4 October 10
The DairyCo board has given the go ahead for two major new
Research Partnerships and has confirmed the intention to call for
tenders from single research centres or consortiums at the
beginning of December.
The aim of the partnerships will be to establish strong links
between DairyCo, a division of the Agriculture and Horticulture
Development Board (AHDB), and scientific research centres.
One partnership will focus on animal health and welfare and dairy
cow nutrition, the other on grass, forage and soil
management.
With funding of up to £500,000 per annum for each five-year
partnership, the projects will bring an opportunity for high
quality research that will provide dairy farmers with the most
up-to-date information available at a time of decreasing levels of
funding for applied research.
The arrangements will provide the research and information needed
to deliver DairyCo's research and development and knowledge
transfer strategies and meet some of the recommendations made by
the DairyCo Research Advisory Forum, which was created to help
identify future research needs for the dairy industry.
DairyCo board member and chairman of the Research Advisory Forum
Kenny Campbell, has been pleased to see this new way of working
developed: "The Research Advisory Forum has done a great job in
advising the board on what the research needs are. I am
pleased that the board has broadly adopted the recommendations and
is inviting the tenders to carry out much of the recommended
work."
DairyCo board chairman, Tim Bennett, says: "The call for tenders
for this project represents an innovative new approach to research
and development for DairyCo and shows that the organisation is now
fully focused on research and development and knowledge
transfer.
"This is an exciting final chapter in the changes instigated to
the organisation by the DairyCo board over the last two and half
years to ensure that DairyCo focuses its services and the levy in
those areas where a difference can really be
made."
These Research Partnerships will also bring opportunities for
other AHDB sectors to join individual projects as and when
appropriate.
The contracts are scheduled to begin on 1 June 2011.
Ends
Date 4 October 2010