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January 19, 2021 12:45 pm Some key messages have been outlined for Irish farmers on the issue of bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) for 2021 by Animal Health Ireland (AHI). Issued earlier this month, AHI highlighted that a new Animal Health Law (AHL) will come into force in April; this sets out the requirements for recognition of BVD eradication programmes at EU level, the organisation says. AHI notes that substantial progress has been made since the start of the national eradication programme. This...

Picture: Getty Images - Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Three companies have been selected to roll-out full fibre broadband networks on behalf of the Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) programme, backed by Government funding.  Airband, Truespeed and Wessex Internet will be installing full fibre broadband across Devon, including large parts of East Devon, and Somerset to more than 56,000 rural homes and businesses over the next four years.  The combined public and private sector investmen...

18 Jan 2021 by Local Press Report OUAGADOUGOU The implementation of several drinking water projects in Burkina Faso is set to be financed by China and Saudi Arabia following the signing of two financing agreements worth a total of over US$ 58.19m by representatives from the three nations. The Exim Bank of China will provide close to US$ 58m in the form of a concessional loan to strengthen the drinking water supply system of the cities of Tenkodogo, Garango, Bittou, and Bagré. Saudi Arabia...

The Welsh Government has been accused of a rural funding fiasco after more than 3.4 million euros has had to be paid back to the EU.

China and Saudi Arabia have signed two financial agreements worth US $58.2m to fund implementation of several drinking water projects in Burkina Faso.

ZAGREB, 10 January (Hina) – Croatia’s agricultural sector ended 2020 with an increase in the value of production of nearly 5%, record high grants of nearly HRK 7 billion and a fall in the foreign trade deficit of more than 26%, the consulting firm Smarter, which specialises in the agricultural and food sector, said in a report earlier this week. “The year 2020 was extremely difficult economically as the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way of doing business and thinking. In such circumstance...

In Burkina Faso, several facilities will be built to strengthen the drinking water supply. The government of this West African country recently signed agreements with China and Saudi Arabia to finance the projects to the tune of 47.56 million euros (nearly 31.2 billion CFA francs).

Outlook 2021: Farm policy and funding Caroline Ingamells 16 December 2020 >More in Farm support will dominate the agenda in 2021, with payments linked to environmental improvements. Two government policies in particular will shape the future for farming – the Environment Bill and Part 2 of Defra’s National Food Strategy. Lack of information on transition to new schemes is causing frustration Envi...

New contractors appointed to roll out fibre broadband across Devon and Somerset Airband, Truespeed and Wessex Internet selected to roll out full-fibre networks on behalf of the Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) programme Share this item with your network: By Published: 24 Dec 2020 10:30 Undeterred by criticism from a parliamentary committee inquiry for the unrealistic nature of its gigabit broadband roll-out targets, the UK government has announced the companies it will rely upon to expa...

provide the opportunities for participants to join up with others to share learning and experiences work with Local Enterprise Partnerships to provide them with the support to help deliver the RDPE programme support successful EIP Agri applicants to share their learning amongst interested parties in England, UK and Europe ‘ LEADER’ is an acronym for a French phrase that means ‘links between the rural economy and development actions’. It’s an approach to decision-making that LAGs use ...