EuroSheep: co-construction approaches to understand main needs of sheep farmers and define innovative solutions to improve the sector’s profitability

In EuroSheep, co-construction approaches are used to exchange knowledge and experience among sheep farmers, veterinarians, advisors and researchers. The aim is to engage stakeholders in a network that facilitates a better understanding of the sector needs and best practices. The main objectives are to improve sheep health, nutrition, and profitability. Stakeholders of the 8 country’s involved use both National and Transnational workshops to connect. In each country, farmers’ needs were identified, and relevant solutions cross-exchanged by the other countries. Currently, 45 of the 96 technical solutions created have stakeholder feedback on the benefits, and overall acceptance, these solutions were followed by a sustainability analysis. To increase farmer uptake, 26 factsheets, 53 ’tips and tricks’ and videos were produced.