ARI Biennial Review for 2018-2019

During Teaming Phase 2 proposal submission and evaluation, AGRICYGEN ranked high (number 19 th out of 46 proposals submitted), yet it did not receive EC funding. However, its implementation has been approved to commence in 2021 through 100% government funding, via a Council of Ministers Decision, published on the 27 th of November 2019 (Decision Number 88.605). (G. Hadjipavlou, D. Fasoula, M. Omirou, I.M. Ioannides) The AGRICYGEN project received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 763700 Table 4. Performance of dairy cattle at the ARI, Athalassa Experimental Farm 38 ANIMAL PRODUCTION