Embedding sustainable pig production in agricultural policies: Policy Brief. Project deliverable D5.3

The European Green Deal aims for a sustainable agriculture in the EU, and strives for Europe to become the world’s first climate neutral continent. Sustainability includes several dimensions: the people, planet, profit and -arguably- the animal, in the case of livestock production. To be able to improve it, it is necessary to be able to measure it through qualitative and quantitative indicators. Only by knowing what the current situation is and how it is influenced by change, can the effects of policy measures and new farm practices be evaluated. The SusPigSys project developed a common framework for the as-sessment of sustainability of individual pig farms. The IT-driven approach allows for a comprehensive analysis of the farm and offers: • a systematic description of its sustainability status, • a benchmark for comparison with other farmers, • advice on how to improve sustainable pig production. This is important for the individual pig farmer, for the pig production chain as well as for the EU as a whole

SusPigSys (Sustainable pig production systems): Overview of sustainability assessment tools potentially suitable for assessing pig farms

This spreadsheet file contains information about different tools (systems) for assessing sutainability on farms. We compiled it as part of the ERA-Net SusAn project SusPigSys (“Sustainable pig production systems”, 2017 - 2020) to get an overview of the different approaches