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By Gordon Davidson Soil Association Scotland has received funding for a new programme to highlight the benefits of agroforestry in Scotland. Agroforestry in Action has received £30,000 from the Scottish Government’s Knowledge Transfer and Innovation fund to run a series of webinars and develop an online agroforestry hub of ‘how to’ resources. Scottish Forestry and the Woodland Trust are also contributing to the programme. Programme lead Bruce Pearce said: "Agroforestry – by whi...

Expert phone advice reconnected for Covid-19 locked down Laois farmers Reporter: news@leinsterexpress.ie Expert help will be vital in busy months ahead on farms around Ireland Image by David Mark from Pixabay );  ); Farmers in Laois and other counties will be able to tap into expert advice offered by Teagasca during the Covid-19 restrictions. Teagasc confirmed on Friday, January that the telephone helpline to assist with queries in relation to Covid-19 issues is re-opening for all farmers. ...

Teagasc re-introduce COVID-19 telephone helpline for Kilkenny farmers Reporter:  ); Teagasc have confirmed today (Friday, 29 January) that the telephone helpline to assist with queries in relation to COVID-19 issues is re-opening for all farmers. The service provides farmers with advice on the range of issues that they may face as they continue to do their essential work in maintaining the food supply chain. The service was initiated during the initial period of COVID-19 restrictions, and is...

  Swiss startup competition >>venture>> is calling for up-and-coming entrepreneurs to send in their applications for this year. Founded by Dr. Thomas Knecht in 1997, the >>venture>> competition aims to empower young entrepreneurs to develop their viable business ideas into startup companies. The competition is a joint initiative between public research university ETH Zurich, McKinsey & Company, Swiss transportation company Knecht Holding, Swiss Innovation Agency Innosuisse and the Swiss Federa...

Farmers in Fife, Perth and Skye are among those taking part in a new agroforestry project which aims to boost trees on farms in Scotland.

This submission responds to the consultation process run jointly by the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (DHPCLG) and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) inviting views and comments on proposals for the 4th Review of Ireland’s Nitrates Action Programme in 2020. It has been prepared by Teagasc’s Water Quality Working Group in consultation with the Gaseous Emissions Working Group. These working groups have members drawn from both the Knowle...

(Image: CERN) Jorge Guardia-Valenzuela is a bit of an outlier in the world of CERN’s knowledge transfer: this material science engineer started his journey at CERN in direct collaboration with the Knowledge Transfer group, as a technical student working on applications of CERN technologies to industry and conducting his master’s thesis. As part of his work, he tailored a material initially developed for CERN collimators into a thermal management application that could be ...

These updates are republished press releases and communications from members of the Science|Business Network ETH Zurich spin-offs raised close to €400M in capital in 2020 In 2020, 34 spin-​offs were founded at ETH Zurich, with a striking proportion in the areas of AI and sustainability. Financing rounds totalling more than CHF 400 million and HeiQs public listing bear witness to the market success of existing ETH spin-​offs. ETH Zurich can look back on a very successful year for spin-​o...

Vincent Obia writes a moving tribute to celebrate former House of Representatives member for Andoni, Opobo and Nkoro Federal Constituency of Rivers State ; Rivers State Commissioner for Works ; Chairman, Opobo-Nkoro Local Government Area of Rivers State and recently Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dr. Dakuku Peterside A 50th birthday is one of the greatest milestones in life. It provides an ideal occasion to honour some of the amazing things a person ...

by Gemma Mackenzie © Shutterstock / Elliot Photograph Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A trio of projects to help farmers boost the efficiency of their businesses, while cutting emissions, has been awarded funding from the Scottish Government. The funding, worth almost £63,000 through the Knowledge Transfer and ...