Farm Viability
Enhancing farm viability and competitiveness in all agricultural sectors.
About Farm Viability
Farm Viability and Competitiveness
The National Rural Network (NRN) will highlight the challenges and present good practice models that can support farms and Irish agriculture to remain viable and competitive.
Areas of focus are driven by the NRN’s ongoing networking and priorities of the RDP including:
- Farm succession and inheritance
- Women in agriculture
- Rural business
- Organic farming.
Rural Services - Expand Your Horizons
As part of ‘Expand Your Horizons 2017 – Reaching Out to Rural Ireland’ Teagasc and the NRN brought together over 20
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An innovative series of evening seminars took place from January to March 2017 to promote the value of rural Ireland and
- Find out their options for farm diversification
- Consider a new farm business or off-farm enterprise
- Explore options for retraining for a new job
- Learn about applying for funding opportunities under the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020
- Find out about how to access LEADER funding.
Check out videos from contributors to Expand Your Horizons.
Latest News
Have Your Say on Long Term Vision for Rural Areas
The European Commission is developing a long-term vision for rural areas. They are conducting a public consultation to gather the views of Europeans on a range of issues including the needs of rural areas today, what makes rural areas attractive, opportunities for the...
LEADER funded Ballykilcavan Farm and Brewery to Feature on RTE’s Ear to the Ground
Ballykilcavan Farm and Brewery in Stradbally in Co. Laois have announced that they are due to appear on the upcoming episode of RTE’s Ear to the Ground on Thursday the 19th of November at 8.30pm. Ballykilcavan Farm is a 13th generation tillage farm which was...
Minister McConalogue Announces 2020 Advance Payments of €138 million Under GLAS Will Commence this Week
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D., today announced that the 2020 advance payments under the Green Low-Carbon Agri Environment Scheme (GLAS) will commence this week which is two weeks ahead of schedule. €138 million will arrive...
Blog Posts
New Entrant to the Agri-food Sector – The Gourmet Gardener
In this National Rural Network guest blog, Horticulturalist Tara Kate Linnane, who was runner up in this year’s RTÉ Super Garden Competition, outlines her educational and professional background in the agri-food sector to date. She also provides us with an insight...
Assessing Access to Land Across the European Union
In this guest blog, Dr Shane Conway, Researcher in the Discipline of Geography’s Rural Studies Unit at NUI Galway provides us with an insight into the importance of land mobility (i.e. transfer of land from one farmer to another, or from one generation to the...
How do we Transition to Smart Farming in Ireland?
In this guest blog, Dr Peter Mooney and Dr Liadh Kelly, Lecturers in the Department of Computer Science at Maynooth University, provide us with a comprehensive insight into the huge potential of Smart Farming Technologies to improve the...
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Case Studies
An Overview of Producer Organisations
What are Producer Organisations (POs)? Producer Organisations or POs can simply be defined as legally constituted groups of producers or farmers (EU Commission, 2017). More specifically, they can also be understood as rural businesses which are producer owned and...
CO-FARM: Enhancing COoperation Amongst FARMing Entrepreneurs
The CO-FARM training app provides a training program aiming to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to work in a cooperative environment. The online training programme is designed to be flexible, which can be accessed at any time. It is also free to participate...
National Rural Network Social Farming Case Study
Social Farming is relatively new in an Irish context and is unique in that it speaks to the growing multi-functionality of Irish farming, whilst also overlapping with current health and social care policy. It does this by providing supports and opportunities for...
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