€1m funding package for 2 new tillage research projects
Funding worth nearly €1 million has been awarded to two new tillage focused research projects, the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine announced today. (Monday, November 14)
Minister Martin Heydon confirmed details of the two projects, which originated from a European agrobiodiversity research call, as Science Week 2022 got underway.
“A central element of the Food Vision 2030 Strategy is to restore and enhance biodiversity and this investment in research will be an important contributor to delivering on this commitment,” Heydon added.
The Minister said financial support for Irish researchers is being provided through the DAFM research programme.
The Minister said that it was crucial that Ireland continued "to invest in modernising and increasing the resilience" of its agri-food systems.
The government is keen to stress that science and research are "critical to the sustainable development of the agri-food, forest, marine and bioeconomy sector" throughout Science Week 2022.
The two recipients of the funding are:
| Coordinator | Partners | Project | Award |
| Sonia Negrao | UCD | Recovering and Exploiting Old and New Barley Diversity for Future-Ready Agriculture | €496,505.13 |
| Fiona Doohan | UCD, Teagasc | Identification and sustainable deployment of wheat genetic diversity to enhance the resilience and security of the European food supply. | €499,693.00 |
The Minister also announced the launch of a new online dashboard that will give everyone access to a range of information and statistics on research being funded by the DAFM.
The dashboard will improve access to leading Irish research across a wide area of the agri-food system.
As part of Science Week 2022 Heydon also announced a series of webinars on projects that are being funded by the department.
They include:
