LowCLIC

Developing low climate impact chicken

PROJECT INFO:

DURATION: 
2024-2028
 
FUNDING:
The Mission Partnership 
 

PARTNERS:
SEGES Innovation, Aviagen Ltd, DSM Nutritional Products, Saksager I/S, Hornsyld Købmandsgård, Vrejlev Biogas ApS, Vrejlev Energi ApS, Frijsenborg Poultry A/S, Københavns Universitet, Aarhus Universitet.

CHALLENGE

Chicken production has a significant climate footprint, driven primarily by feed and manure management.

TECHNOLOGY

New feed strategies, alternative protein ingredients and optimized manure treatment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

POTENTIAL

Up to 40% lower carbon footprint per chicken without compromising animal welfare.

Goal

LowCLIC, aims to facilitate the development of a climate neutral welfare chicken, by reducing carbon footprint throughout the production chain of slower growing and conventional broilers without compromising animal welfare.

The overall objectives are to reduce carbon footprint from feed and manure, accounting for 95% of total greenhouse gas emissions from the chicken production chain.
 

Plan

Carbon footprint from feed will be reduced by lowering the use of soya and reducing kg feed per chicken by:

  • Developing new nutritional norms for slower growing broilers
  • Testing new feed ingredients such as enzymes, insect-, and grass protein
  • Implementing a new health surveillance system.
     

Carbon footprint from poultry manure will be reduced by:

  • Developing a manual for optimized gas production via co-digestion of manure from chickens reared on different types of feed and litter
  • Improving separation, drying and NH3 capturing of biogas digestate and fluid to optimize the pyrolysis process.
     

Expected results

  • LowCLIC is expected to cut off 40% of the total carbon footprint per chicken
  • Improvements on the feed side is expected to cut off 2,7 kg CO2e per chicken (incl. LUC). 
  • Improvements on the manure side is expected to cut off 0,9 kg CO2e per chicken.

Finally, LowCLIC will strengthen the links between feed, management, and manure utilization throughout the chicken value chain.

PARTNERS:
Reach out to learn more about your funding opportunities:

Looking for funding opportunities for your innovation project?

The project is part of the Mission Partnership, and the funding is provided by Innovation Fund Denmark.

We continuously open new calls and programmes that support innovation within food and bioresources.

Mette Kallestrup Spring

Mette Kallestrup Spring

Program Manager (mission partnership)

Explore our other innovation collaborations