HORIZON-CL4-2025-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01 grassland management in European livestock farming systems

We canl operationalize Dr. Albert Vincent’s pioneering bio-electrochemical theories (1906–1988) on soil-plant-animal metabolic linkages by deploying next-generation pH-redox sensors across grassland-livestock systems. Building on the well experienced methodology developed over 30 years by Veterinary Pierre Emmanuel Radigue, the project will design low-cost hyperspectral analyzers to measure grassland farming systems by measuring living balance given by redox potential (Eh) and proton activity (pH) but also key parameters (egnutrients, strach..) in solid matrices (Grass, feed, dung..) and biological fluids (milk, urine). Miniaturized spectrometers coupled with machine learning algorithms will correlate spectral fingerprints (200–1700 nm) with solid, grass and animal metabolic stress indicators. This system will validate Vincent’s 40-year hypothesis that sustainable productivity requires maintaining Eh-pH equilibria, from grass to animal welfare for improved productivity directly informing EU organic farming policies.