The main aim of the project is to enhance the sustainability of goat farms and their industry by improving the attractiveness of the farming professions, consolidating employment and creating a lasting network of the main European goat regions. The networking of these players at European level is intended to meet this general objective, i.e. : - to develop measures to enhance the socio-economic attractiveness of livestock farming, - to acquire tools for adapting livestock farming practices towards greater sustainability, - to understand and respond to societal expectations and purchasing behaviour, The specific objectives that meet the general objective of the Newcap project are : - to bring together breeders and players in the industry to strengthen professional breeders' organisations at European level by creating a sustainable goat network. - to capitalise on diagnoses, bibliographical resources and technical practices in order to share tools and methodologies that will increase the skills of our target audience, - to collectively design studies, training, support and communications in Europe for the benefit of all,
The needs identified by the partners are 1/ social (employment), 2/ societal and environmental, 3/ technical, economic and cultural and 4/ governance. These needs are : 1 -sharing on the issue of generational renewal for goat farmers, cheesemakers and farm employees. There is a strong need everywhere for training and recruitment solutions. 2 - to share a dual diagnosis of the effects of climate change on goat farms and society's expectations. There is also a need to identify the first initiatives in livestock farming practices that have been put in place to achieve greater sustainability and an agro-ecological transition. 3 - An initial analysis of the diversity of technologies used in goat dairy products, processing tools and marketing channels. In each region there are short circuits, long channels, AB, PDO or agritourism, etc. The aim is to find ways of improving the quality of the products. The aim is to achieve greater socio-economic added value. 4 - of cooperation and networking between farmers and their partners in research, development and training on a European scale to pool resources and actions.