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AFDA

Agriculture and Food Development Authority

CoForD

Programme of Competitive Forestry Research for Development

EIP

European Innovation Partnerships

FIRM

Food Institutional Research Measure

GIS

Geographic Information System

HEI

Higher Education Institutes

HNV

High Nature Value

HNVFF

High Nature Value Farmland & Forests

ICMSA

The Irish Creamery Milk Supplier Association

ICSA

Irish Cattle & Sheep Farmers’ Association

IFA

Irish Farmers’ Association

IFDL

Irish Farmers with Designated Land

IHNFA

Irish Natura & Hill Farmers Association

NGO

Non-Governmental Organisation

RSF

Research Stimulus Fund

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Food Institutional Research Measure

Food Institutional Research Measure (FIRM) is the main programme for funding food research in research performing organisations in Ireland including Teagasc and the Higher Education Institutes (HEI) thereby contributing to building and maintaining a research capability that helps underpin a vibrant, competitive and innovative food manufacturing industry.

HNV Farmland

High Nature Value farmland supports the presence of habitats and species of European, and/or national, and/or regional conservation concern whose survival depends on the maintenance or continued existence of the feature.

HNV Forests

High Nature Value forests are all natural forests and those semi-natural forests in Europe where the management (historical or present) supports a high diversity of native species and habitats, and/or those forests which support the presence of species of European, and/or national, and/or regional conservation concern.

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Programme of Competitive Forestry Research for Development

Programme of Competitive Forestry Research for Development (CoFoRD) aims to develop a scientific foundation and support for a sustainable, competitive, market orientated and innovative forest industry.

This project is funded by the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine Research Stimulus Fund

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