Artificial Intelligence for Artificial Insemination (AI4AI) technology standardising semen quality assurance across the supply chain, raising conception rates and reducing green-house emissions.
Artificial Intelligence for Artificial Insemination (AI4AI) technology standardising semen quality assurance across the supply chain, raising conception rates and reducing green-house emissions.
批准号:
106078
负责人:
金额:
$73.33万
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依托单位国家:
英国
项目类别:
Investment Accelerator
财政年份:
2021
资助国家:
英国
项目状态:
已结题
起止时间:
2021 至 --
中文摘要
Dyneval为市场带来了一项精密技术,可以在牲畜繁殖过程的任何阶段监控精液质量,从公牛、公猪或公羊的生产到牛、母猪或母羊的人工授精。通过对牺牲吸管的测量,农民将使用我们的人工智能技术来优化受孕率,并消除在加工过程中不理想或因加工过程中损坏而损坏的精液,这是在农场分发或储存期间不安全的冷链。通过该项目的试验性开发将使我们能够转换我们的第一代产品(TRL6),以创建一种坚固、轻便、符合人体工程学的工具,专为农场使用而定制。长期、可靠、具有预测能力的数据将改善人工授精的决策。数据将被存储在云中,用于检索、数据挖掘和与其他农业数据系统的集成。对于牛来说,今天的受孕率比40年前低了20%,这导致了次优的产犊间隔,整个欧洲的农民每年花费20亿欧元(相当于每个农场25K英镑)。据估计,奶牛约占英国大气甲烷排放总量的20%,占英国氨排放总量的25%。根据P.C.Garnsworth(动物饲料科学与技术,112,211-223,2004),如果受孕率从目前的~38%提高到可实现和最佳的~65%(差异27%),牛群总排放量可以减少20%。畜牧业贡献了全球碳排放总量的15%。我们的技术部署在全球,有可能帮助农民将全球碳排放降低到12%,这将是帮助粮食生产系统在2040年实现净零的重要一步,同时为不断增长的全球人口提供足够的蛋白质。通过从用于人工授精的批次中消除劣质精液,农民将更高效地生产粮食,提高他们在农场的盈利能力和弹性,并能够实现合作买家和超市设定的可持续发展目标,以帮助食品生产商实现净零排放目标。
英文摘要
Dyneval brings to the market a precision technology for monitoring semen quality at any stage of the livestock reproduction process from production by the bull, boar or ram through to artificial insemination in the cow, sow or ewe. Through measurements on a sacrificial straw, farmers will use our artificial intelligence technology to optimise conception rates and eliminate semen that is suboptimal or has been damaged through damage during processing, an insecure cold chain during distribution or storage on farm. Experimental development through this project will enable us to convert our 1st Generation Product (TRL6) to create a robust, lightweight, ergonomic tool, tailored for use on the farm. Long-term, reliable data with predictive capability will improve decision making for artificial insemination. Data will be stored on the cloud for retrieval, data mining and integration with other farming data systems.For cattle, today's conception rates are 20% lower than they were 40 years ago resulting in a suboptimal calving interval that costs farmers €2bn each year across Europe (equivalent to £25k per farm). Dairy cows are estimated to contribute about 20% of total UK atmospheric methane emissions and 25% of total UK ammonia emissions. According to P.C. Garnsworthy (Animal Feed Science and Technology, 112, 211-223, 2004) total herd emissions can be reduced by 20% if conception rates are improved from current levels ~38% to achievable and optimal ~65% (a difference of 27%). Livestock farming contributes 15% of the total global carbon emissions. Deployed globally, our technology has the potential to help farmers reduce global carbon emissions down to 12% and this would be a significant step to helping food production systems reach net zero by 2040 whilst providing sufficient protein for a growing global population.Through eliminating poor quality semen from their batches for artificial insemination, farmers will produce food more efficiently, improve their profitability and resilience on farm and will be able to meet the sustainability goals set by cooperative buyers and supermarkets to help food producers meet their goals for net zero emissions.
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