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Forests in Women’s Hands- Conference
Re-watch the recordings of the 2021 edition of the International Conference on Women in Forestry.
- Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Fem4Forest - Empowering women in forestry
Fem4Forest Interreg project was set up to spread innovative approaches and multi-actor interactions to increase womens’ skills in forestry and support their entrance into the labour market.
- Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
SmartAgriHubs Gender Taskforce: Investing in gender and rural women
SmartAgriHubs, Horizon 2020 project, is all about ‘digitisation of European agriculture by fostering an agricultural innovation ecosystem dedicated to excellence, sustainability and success.’
- Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
VIDEO: AGRI challenge: young entrepreneurs
Ricardo Soares, a Portuguese apple and pear grower, is a young rural entrepreneur. He has brought many innovations to his farmer colleagues. As a young farmer, he also encountered some obstacles and found some solutions to overcome them. Watch the video here.
- Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Rural women – inspiration from the EIP-AGRI network
From inspirational initiatives, Operational Groups, Horizon projects, videos, articles and more, take a look here for examples from the EIP-AGRI network of rural women who are at the forefront of agricultural innovation, including projects and initiatives empowering rural women.
- Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Videos from women in the LIVERUR project
LIVERUR was a Horizon 2020 project to support businesses, projects and initiatives in designing innovative business models in rural areas, moving towards a Circular Economy and including all important stakeholders by following the Living Lab approach.
- Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Video: AGRI challenge biodiversity
Ana Paula Gama is a Portuguese fruit producer, who joined the Operational Group 'PoliMax' to promote and increase the efficiency of insect pollination in apple, pear and cherry trees. Watch her story.
- Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Improving the quality and productivity of fig trees
Modernisation of techniques applied and efficient use of the soil - Inspirational ideas.
- Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Estonian farmer turns grassland grazing into climate solution
Sustainable cattle grazing for biodiversity, healthy soil and carbon capture
- Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Women in the new CAP
According to data from the European Commission in 2021, women represent some 30% of the total workforce in Agriculture, forestry and fisheries, but there are considerable differences between countries.
- Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI