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The agricultural European Innovation Partnership (EIP-AGRI) has issued a call for experts for two new Focus Groups.
Do you have practical experience or specific knowledge in the following areas?
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Soil Association are looking for new Field Lab ideas to test new farming approaches, share best practice and solve problems.
Field Labs bring agricultural research directly to the field and the shed, bringing farmers and growers together with a researcher and a dedicated facilitator to focus on your own research questions. Field Labs in Scotland are free to attend and open to all farmers and growers, not just organic ones.
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Three short videos from the Future of Crofting conference held in December 2015 are now available to watch online.
The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) conference was held in Inverness and looked at progress made on crofting reform in the seven years since the Committee of Inquiry on Crofting.
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The new Forth Valley and Lomond LEADER programme launched on Friday 29 January, with £2.78 million of funding to be invested in rural communities across the region.
The event took place at the Callander Youth Project, which was voted Scotland’s top youth project in 2015. Peter Sunderland, Local Action Group Chair, highlighted examples of good practice, including one which inspired a participant to become an international expert on project continuity.
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