Relevant activities and perspectives

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Current and Future Breed Sosiety Initiatives

Marketing and Branding

On farm sale of products (%farms/product/comment)	27
	Store lambs
Off farm sale (%farms/product/comment)	5
Auctions (%farms/product/comment)
Private contracts (%farms/product/comment)	68
	Lambs
Internet sales (%farms/product/comment)
Farmers markets (%farms/product/comment)
Special schemes for marketing of breed products (yes/no/comment)
Awareness of advisor services marketing (yes/no/comment)
	Grants for deseasonned animals
Awareness of grant aid to help marketing (yes/no/comment)
Special schemes for marketing of region products (yes/no/comment)
	The breed association does it.

Breed Improvement

Genetic improvement (yes/no/comment)
Artificial Insemination (yes/no/comment)
Semen store (yes/no/comment)
Other_material stored (yes/no/comment)
Flock Health Plans (%farms/comment)	100
farms that have health plans in consultation with vet (%farms/comment)	100
farms that fully implement these plans (%farms/comment)	100
	The representatives are not the breed association
Are flock health plans considered a cross compliance requirement (yes/no/comment)
Actively promotion of Flock Health Plans (yes/no/comment)
Most important advice given in Flock Health Plans (comment)	Prevention actions in treating the sheeps

Most 5 important threats to the breed	Global economy of the industry. Production inadequate with the demands from the industry. Serious disease like Blue Tongue. Cross compliance. Big predators such as wolf.
Most important characteristics of the breed	Maintenance of activities in rural areas. Valorization of poor area. Landscape management. Farms profitability.
Aditional_Comments

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Action Heritage Sheep AGRI GEN RES 040 receives financial support from the European Commission, Genetic Resources in Agriculture, under European Commission Council Regulation (EC) No 870/2004 AGRI GEN RES 2006 HERITAGE SHEEP