Developing Agricultural Technologies and Equipment Marketable in China to Increase Dairy Production Efficiency

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David Galligan

School Affiliation: Veterinary Medicine
Country or Region Engaged: China
Fund: Global Engagement Fund
Year Awarded: 2012-13
Expertise: Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Environmental Science, Forestry
Global food production must double by the year 2050 in order to meet a growing affluent population of 9 billion. With limited land and water resources, developing technologies that promote the efficiency of production is critically important. In this project, the Center for Animal Health and Productivity at Penn worked with China, particularly Northwest Agricultural and Forestry University, in the development of software that can be used in the field on Chinese dairy herd to improve dairy production efficiency.