Researchers from the BISITE Research Group are participating in the development of a platform that will help position extensive cattle farming on the market, in addition to ensuring the economic sustainability of these farms.

The SOSTVAN project advocates for the sustainable production of suckler cows, ensuring the animals’ welfare. From the implementation of blockchain technology, farmers and consumers will have control over their traceability in addition to analyzing and enhancing environmental values.

Consumers will have the possibility of viewing information such as the origin of the product, its production process and different indicators. Likewise, farmers can use the tool to control the produce and achieve greater competitiveness within the sector.

The BISITE Group, together with other groups and entities of the University of Salamanca (the CIALE, the IME and the Department of Business Administration and Economics), the University of León, Ibercom, the University of Extremadura, DEHESA Grande, De Heus, Imasde, UGAVAN, the Agrarian Technological Institute of Castilla y León, MSD Animal Health and the Association Ganaderos 19 de abril participate in the project that will increase transparency and food safety in livestock farming in the region.

Here is a video in which we explain how the platform works and the benefits it offers to users.

Posted by Juan M. Corchado

Juan Manuel Corchado (15 May 1971, Salamanca, Spain) is Professor at the University of Salamanca. He has been Vice-Rector for Research from 2013 to 2017 and Director of the Science Park of the University of Salamanca. Elected as Dean of the Faculty of Science twice, he holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Salamanca and a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the University of the West of Scotland. He leads the renowned BISITE (Bioinformatics, Intelligent Systems and Educational Technology) Research Group, created in 2000. Director of the IoT Digital Innovation Hub and President of the AIR Institute, J. M. Corchado is also Visiting Professor at the Osaka Institute of Technology since January 2015, Visiting Professor at the Universiti Malaysia Kelantan and Member of the Advisory Group on Online Terrorist Propaganda of the European Counter Terrorism Centre (EUROPOL). J. M. Corchado has been president of the IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society, and academic coordinator of the University Institute for Research in Art and Animation Technology at the University of Salamanca, as well as researcher at the Universities of Paisley (UK), Vigo (Spain) and the Plymouth Marine Laboratory (UK). He currently combines all his activity with the direction of Master programmes in Security, Digital Animation, Mobile Telephony, Information Systems Management, Internet of Things, Social Media, 3D Design and Printing, Blockchain, Z System, Industry 4.0, Agile Project Management, and Smart Cities & Intelligent Buildings, at the University of Salamanca and his work as editor-in-chief of the journals ADCAIJ (Advances in Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence Journal), OJCST (Oriental Journal of Computer Science and Technology) or Electronics MDPI (Computer Science & Engineering section). J. M. Corchado mainly works on projects related to Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain, IoT, Fog Computing, Edge Computing, Smart Cities, Smart Grids and Sentiment Analysis. He has recently been included in the board of trustees of the AstraZeneca Foundation, along with other health professionals and researchers recognised for bringing scientific knowledge closer to society.

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