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Global Challenges & European Industrial Competitiveness
Boosting women led innovation in farming and rural communities

Boosting women led innovation in farming...

by Brigid Burke

Cluster 6 Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

The Horizon Europe-funded GRASS CEILING (Gender Equality in Rural and Agricultural Innovation Systems) project has highlighted the significant but often invisible role played by women in the success of European farm enterprises and their potential to make an even greater contribution both to farms and rural economies if the right support frameworks are in place.

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FLIARA: Challenging gender stereotypes around farm and rural innovation

FLIARA: Challenging gender stereotypes a...

by Brigid Burke

Cluster 6 Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

The Horizon Europe-funded FLIARA project has shone a spotlight on the often hidden and undervalued contribution made by women innovators to agriculture and rural communities across Ireland and Europe. The project explores the challenges faced by women innovators in this sphere and has produced policy recommendations on how best to tap into this vast underutilised resource.

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Rural BioReFarmeries: Supporting sustainable agriculture and bioeconomy development and building resilient rural areas

Rural BioReFarmeries: Supporting sustain...

by Brigid Burke

Cluster 6 Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

The Rural BioReFarmeries project, funded by Horizon Europe, aims to boost Ireland’s rural economy and bioeconomy by extracting more value from grassland. It transforms grass into bio-based products like protein, flavourings, antimicrobial additives, packaging, and fertilises, while still supplying livestock feed. Residues from production can be used to generate renewable energy, delivering both economic and environmental benefits.

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VIGILANT: Developing the tools to defeat disinformation

VIGILANT: Developing the tools to defeat...

by Brigid Burke

Cluster 3 Civil Security for Society

An Irish-led Horizon Europe-funded project is putting new tools in the hands of European law enforcement agencies to help them in their battle against disinformation campaigns linked to criminal activity. The €4 million VIGILANT project will create a platform containing over 30 different tools which help to detect, analyse and tackle disinformation in multiple formats, from multiple channels, and in multiple languages.

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