Search Results for 'Food and Agriculture Organization'
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Tullamore conference to discuss rural jobs
Rural entrepreneurs and rural development activists from all counties will be in attendance at the National Rural Development Conference in the Tullamore Court Hotel, Tullamore on Wednesday February 2. The conference was due to take place on December 2 but had to be called off due to the weather.
Innovation fund worth €40,000 for rural entrepreneurs
Enterprising rural entrepreneurs and farmers from Mayo have been urged to submit their inspiring business ideas for the 2010/11 JFC Innovation Awards, with a prize fund worth €40,000.
EU cannot drag its feet regarding food security warns Aylward
Speaking today in the European Parliament Agriculture Committee Liam Aylward MEP strongly defended the need for the EU to support European agriculture and European farmers in order to ensure food security.
Teagasc agri-environment conference
The environmental challenges and opportunities facing Irish farming will be the focus of the Teagasc Agri-environment Conference, which will take place on Tuesday September 7 in the Ballykisteen Hotel, Tipperary and afterwards at the Solohead Research Farm.
New farm food programme
A new innovative Carlow Farm Food Programme has just been announced.
First woman president of agri-food professsional body
Elaine Farrell has been elected the first woman president in the 66-year history of the Agricultural Science Association (ASA). She takes over from Athenry-based Teagasc man Gerry Scully whose term of office ended at the association's national conference in Galway in mid-September.
Warrenstown agri college to close
There is many a farmer in both Carlow and Kilkenny who would have fond memories of learning his trade as a youth at Warrenstown Agricultural College in Co Meath.
Castlebar Teagasc office to close at the end of the month
The Teagasc office in Castlebar, which serves as the headquarters of the advisory service in Mayo, is to close with the redeployment of nine staff members.
Agri-consultant Fergal Boyle - helping farmers through difficult times
The continual erosion of farm incomes over the past 18 months has led to severe difficulties for farmers. According to the Central Statistics Office (CSO), farm incomes will have fallen by 30 per cent at the end of 2009, this is on top of a 10 per cent drop in 2008. Clearly, the farming industry is in crisis as this figure signifies the biggest drop since Ireland joined the EEC in 1973.
