Today, I announced a fund of €17.5 million available for open call for European Innovation Partnership projects under the general theme of Environmental Sustainability.
We want to see innovative proposals to address some of the main environmental challenges currently being faced on Irish farms. Soil health, short supply chains and regenerative agriculture are among the areas in which we are encouraging proposals, and my hope is that the successful projects will deliver learnings and approaches that can be rolled out at scale in future agri-environmental schemes.
Under this current call - the sixth under the CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027 - interested parties are invited to submit proposals for projects to address a range of topics under the broad heading of Environmental Sustainability, to include the following:
Innovative approaches in farming to address (but not limited to):
Climate mitigation and climate adaptation at farm level.
Farming in Coastal areas.
Farming within the organic and horticulture sectors.
Food sustainability, security and the role of short supply chains.
Regenerative agriculture.
Protecting and restoring our soils and their sustainable use.
Sustainable farming systems for intensive agriculture at local and landscape levels.
Innovative approaches within the bio / circular economy at a locally-led level.
The EIP model to date has shown how the bottom-up approach to innovation on Irish farms can and does work. At this decisive moment in time for policy development in environmental sustainability to support truly resilient farming systems, I am very excited to see the ideas that emerge from this latest call.
ENDS
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