HORIZON-CL6-2027-02-FARM2FORK-03: Poultry & honeybee microbiome trials with AI phenotyping (TAGEM, Türkiye)

We seek to join a consortium targeting HORIZON-CL6-2027-02-FARM2FORK-03 (Microbiome for terrestrial livestock sustainability and health within a One Health approach - RIA) as a technical validation, phenotyping, and pilot-site partner.

What TAGEM (Department of Livestock and Poultry Research) Offers:

- High-Throughput Poultry Phenotyping for Microbiome Trials: Non-destructive evaluation of how gut and reproductive-tract microbiome interventions affect laying hen productivity, external egg quality, shell integrity, and defect rates using dual-camera conveyor computer vision, deep learning (YOLOv8, RTMDet), and edge AI (NVIDIA Jetson).

- Terrestrial Livestock Testbeds (Poultry & Honeybees): Controlled experimental trials in TAGEM's pure-line and commercial-scale laying hen flocks, as well as managed honeybee (Apis mellifera) research apiaries across diverse agro-climatic zones of Türkiye (building on M.Sc. expertise in apiculture and PhD research in poultry computer vision).

- One Health & AMR Field Sampling: Standardised longitudinal collection of gut/cloacal, hive, feed, and environmental metadata paired with production and welfare phenotypes under veterinary oversight.

- Multi-Actor Uptake & Policy Link: Direct connection to public veterinary services, breeders' unions, beekeepers' associations, and national livestock policy within the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

Target Role in Consortium:

Task Leader or Technical & Pilot Validation Partner for poultry and/or honeybee microbiome field trials, AI-assisted phenotypic data generation, and multi-actor dissemination in Türkiye.

Partners Sought:

Consortium coordinators, metagenomics/holobiont research groups, animal nutrition & health institutes, and precision livestock technology partners.