Dutch high-tech greenhouses catch attention of investors from outside sector
Advances in protected cropping technology, particularly in semi-closed greenhouses and control systems based on artificial intelligence, enable nurseries to be built and crops produced...
Wildflower growers open days in 2017
Design By Nature - Irish Wildflower Seed House presents:
Two Wildflower Growers Open Days in 2017
Master class: Farm and Crop Walk, Demo and Talk by Sandro...
EIP horticulture project doubles sales of organic produce
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Senator Pippa Hackett has published the final report for the Maximising Organic...
Minister Hackett plans extensive public and stakeholder consultation on a new National Forest Strategy
The Minister of State in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, with responsibility for forestry, Senator Pippa Hackett, today announced a range...
Minister Creed launches publication and exhibition on EIP/locally led Environmental schemes in Ireland
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed T.D., today launched an exhibition and a publication highlighting the wide variety of projects being...
Survey finds that UK flying insects have declined by nearly 60% in less than...
A citizen-science survey, led by Kent Wildlife Trust and Buglife, has found that the abundance of flying insects in the UK has plummeted by...
Minister Hackett publishes large-scale public survey results on forestry in Ireland
Senator Pippa Hackett, today announced the results of the “Attitudes to Afforestation in Ireland” survey.
This survey was commissioned by the Minister’s Department as...
Blooming Bees: The All-Ireland Pollinator Plan video
One-third of our bee species are threatened with extinction from Ireland. We know it’s because we have drastically reduced the areas where they can...
Minister Creed announces new research grant awards An investment of €20 million in...
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, TD, today announced awards of almost €20 million in funding across 38 research projects...
Focus on bees: send us your pictures!
Following the success of last week’s European Bee Week and, in particular, the exciting news that a broad coalition of stakeholders is coming together to...
