FEEDNETICS 4.0

PROJECTS

Acronym
FEEDNETICS 4.0
Title
A smart-software to support aquafeed formulation and optimize sustainable fish feeding
Code
E!12516; ALG-01-0247-FEDER-040813; NORTE-01-0247-FEDER-040813
Program
EUROSTARS-2 / P2020 I&D Industrial à Escala Europeia
Main Objective
Enhance research, technological development and innovation
Intervention Region
Norte and Algarve
Beneficiary Entities
SPAROS Lda., Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
Leader Institution
Sparos
Approval Date
April 2019
Time period
January 2019 – March 2021
Total Eligible Costs
264.564,75 EUR
EU Funding
ERDF – 182.665,01 EUR

FEEDNETICS 4.0 aims to improve the previous versions of FEEDNETICS, a software for predicting the growth, biochemical composition, and waste outputs of European seabass, Atlantic salmon, Gilthead seabream, Rainbow trout, and Nile tilapia fed different diet compositions and quantities at several temperatures. This improved user-friendly decision-support tool will comprise: (i) a fish farmer version, designed to help planning and managing fish feeding by optimizing the composition and proportion of feed ingredients and water temperature; and (ii) a feed formulator version, designed to help develop new feed formulations based on fish growth and body composition, feed cost, and waste outputs.

Partners

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This project receives funding from the Eurostars-2 joint programme with co-funding from the European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, under grant agreement E!12516, and from CRESC Algarve 2020, Norte 2020, Portugal 2020 and the European Union through ERDF, under references ALG-01-0247-FEDER-040813 and NORTE-01-0247-FEDER-040813. The Portuguese National Authorities or the European Union cannot be held liable for any use made of this publication.