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Minister Smith Confirms Approval of Revised Rural Development Programme

The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Brendan Smith TD, confirmed that Ireland’s revised Rural Development Programme (RDP) has been approved by the EU Rural Development Management Committee meeting in Brussels on Wednesday the 20th of January.

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Conference on Sustainable Building

March 9, 2010
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A conference entitled ‘Retrofitting and New Build in the New Environment’ will be held on the 23 rd of April in Thurles as part of the Sustainable Energy in Rural Village Environments  (SERVE) project. The project demonstrates sustainable energy use in rural communities.

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Commission steps up biomass use

March 8, 2010

Those interested in the new Bioenergy Scheme might also be interested in the launch of a major research initiative by European Commission about the sustainable use of biomass has been announced.

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Northern Ireland hosts first UK Network

March 4, 2010
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Programme delivery and policy makers from across the UK will gather in Belfast later this month at the first UK National Rural Network (UK NRN) Conference to address rural development in practice and to share learning in delivering the current round of Rural Development Programmes.

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Area under organic farming increased by 7.4% between 2007 and 2008 in the EU-27

March 2, 2010

A recent Eurostat report shows that Organic farming in the EU27 covered 7.8 million hectares in 2008, up by 7% compared with 2007. Over a longer time period, the data available for the EU25 show an increase of 21% in the total organic area between 2005 and 2008.

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An Asset-Based Approach to Community Development?

March 1, 2010

According to a new paper from the Carnegie Trust, asset-based community development approaches help us to begin to open up possibilities for how we begin to make real changes locally, that can benefit people, planet and place for the long-term. In other words, they can help us to build communities that are just, sustainable and [...]

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New Sow Housing Scheme to be launched as part of revised Rural Development Programme

March 1, 2010

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Mr Brendan Smith TD, will shortly announce details of the new Sow Housing Scheme, to be implemented as part of the revised Rural Development Programme, which will provide €13 million to producers to assist in conversion to loose housing for sows.

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Irish National Rural Network nominated for Irish Blog Award

February 22, 2010
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We got news over the weekend that we have been nominated in the Best Specialist Blog category (sponsored by IQ Content) of the 2010 Irish Blog Awards.

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From the field to the furnace

February 16, 2010
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The large attendance by farmers at a Teagasc information day, held in Carlow on the 16th of February, on bioenergy crops shows that there are high levels of interest in the potential of this sector. With the cashflow pressures being felt by many in Agriculture, the recent launch of the new Bio-energy Scheme and the planting season [...]

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European LEADER Expo II

February 12, 2010

The Organizing Committee of the Hungarian LEADER Alliance, ELARD and the Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will be hosting in Budapest between the 4th and 7th of March the II. European LEADER Expo.

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LEADER transnational cooperation project: Rural Youth

February 12, 2010
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A Finnish Local Action Group are seeking a project cooperation partner for a project entitled “Active and Creative Rural Youth”.

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