Livestock Market Remote Operations & Engagement Platform - Keeping The Meat Supply Food Chain Moving

畜牧市场远程操作

• 批准号: 60468
• 金额: $ 6.04万
• 依托单位: DURADIAMOND SOFTWARE LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=60468
• 关键词: Livestock; Market; Remote; Operations; Engagement

Duradiamond Software (DDS) project centres around addressing the challenges faced by Livestock Markets, a key stakeholder in the food chain, of facilitating the sale of animals under the current crisis. Livestock sales are transacted through these markets using a "face to face" trading model. This involves vendors and purchasers attending a central location (market) and bidding on animals as they come into a sale ring. Under the current crisis, there is a reluctance for vendors/purchasers to attend the physical Livestock Market locations, even with social distancing measures in place, due to concerns about contracting the Covid-19 virus. Our project focuses on developing a solution which will allow livestock auction markets to facilitate remote sales of animals, reducing the requirement for vendors, purchasers and auction market staff to operate in a face to face environment which places them at possible risk of contracting the Covid-19 virus.Further to the above, the solution created through the project will facilitate communication between stakeholders in the livestock industry, helping to break down the social isolation that results from the current restrictions.The platform will in the short term support the operation of a key component of the food chain by facilitating improved remote working and wellbeing by reducing the isolation associated with social distancing during Covid-19 restrictions, however, it will also address longer term challenges within the sector and thus have a greater significance beyond the existing crisis. These include reducing the general isolation associated with farming, a largely lone working profession and also reducing carbon emissions associated with livestock sales, thus contributing to the UK's net zero emissions by 2040 objective.

Duradiamond软件（DDS）项目的中心是解决牲畜市场面临的挑战，牲畜市场是食物链中的一个关键利益相关者，在当前危机下促进动物的销售。牲畜销售通过这些市场进行，采用“面对面”的交易模式。这涉及到供应商和购买者参加一个中心位置（市场）和投标的动物，因为他们进入一个销售环。在当前的危机下，由于担心感染新冠病毒，即使实施了社交距离措施，供应商/采购商也不愿前往牲畜市场的实体地点。我们的项目专注于开发一种解决方案，使牲畜拍卖市场能够方便远程销售动物，减少供应商、采购商和拍卖市场工作人员在面对面环境中操作的要求，从而降低他们可能感染新冠病毒的风险。此外，通过该项目创建的解决方案将促进畜牧业利益相关者之间的沟通，帮助打破当前限制导致的社会隔离。该平台将在短期内通过促进改善远程工作和福祉来支持食物链关键组成部分的运作，通过减少与Covid-19限制期间社交距离相关的隔离，但是，它还将解决该部门内的长期挑战，因此在现有危机之外具有更大的意义。这些措施包括减少与农业相关的普遍孤立，这是一个基本上孤独的工作职业，并减少与牲畜销售相关的碳排放，从而为英国到2040年实现净零排放目标做出贡献。