Project Details
| Geographical location (NUTS3) | Ireland (not limited to one region) |
| Main Funding Source | Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 for Operational Groups (in the sense of Art 56 of Reg.1305/2013) |
| Project Duration | 2018 – 2022 |
| Total Budget | €1,000,000 |
This EIP-AGRI project aims to enable the adoption of conservation agriculture practices on Irish tillage farms by providing farmers with the knowledge skills and capacity to achieve effective grass weed control and prioritise farmer to farmer knowledge and innovation exchange.
- You can find a full description of this project’s rationale, aims, objectives and activities on page 16 of the NRN’s ‘EIP-AGRI: Ireland’s Operational Groups’ Booklet. Please see: https://bit.ly/2Ptv0vA
- The EIP-AGRI Service Point Operational Group abstract for this project can be found here: https://ec.europa.eu/eip/agriculture/en/find-connect/projects/enable-conservation-tillage-ect-wider-adoption
- The “Enable Conservation Tillage (ECT) Project has been featured in the EIP-AGRI Service Point’s recent ‘Climate-smart agriculture – Solutions for resilient farming and forestry’ publication (p.7). Please see: https://ec.europa.eu/eip/agriculture/sites/default/files/eip-agri_brochure_climate-smart_agriculture_2021_en_web_final.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0ovbg-2OfwX_fS7ywg0GO3r7OkfoALYW22l1UCvJsi4qP6ZEo1A0W7cbg#page=7
ECT Project – Contact Details
ECT Project Manager: Michael Hennessy
ECT Project Email: michael.hennessy@teagasc.ie
ECT Project Website: https://www.teagasc.ie/crops/crops/grass-weeds/enable-conservation-tillage-ect/
