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The Wheat Initiative (WI) stands out as one of the most coordinated projects, conceived to address the challenge of future food security

An agri-tech start-up has received €1.3 million to accelerate its use of microbes to produce healthier plants, and reduce fertiliser use

Based at NovaUCD, CropBiome will use the fresh funding to create new roles and launch its products by mid-2025.

14 of the 29 new members being welcomed by the Royal Irish Academy this year are from STEM. We take a quick look at what they do.

Here are some of the many research-based high-potential Irish tech start-ups that were funded by Enterprise Ireland in 2021.

All-island food security and sustainability initiative launched 2022-03-22

Not (im)possible plant protein 2022-02-23

SHARING OPTIONS: Research in UCD and Teagasc is determining if old heritage varieties of oats show resistance to some of the diseases that cause yield loss for farmers today. Hot on the heels of the establishment of the Oats Ireland Forum last week, the crop is now set to benefit from a €2.7m research investment. The project, announced this week, will involve research in Ireland and Wales as part of a collaboration between University College Dublin, Tea...

UK and Irish scientists are researching new ways to develop oat varieties that are both climate-resistant and have a higher nutritional value.

Researchers in Ireland and Wales have been awarded €2.7m to explore the development of oat varieties that are climate-resistant and have high nutritional value and superior health benefits. The ‘Healthy Oats’ project – €2.18m of which has been granted from the European Regional Development Fund as part of the Ireland-Wales Cooperation Programme – will also help farmers and industry prepare for the changes pending under the EU Green deal, including reduced use of fertilisers and pest...