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Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Programme of Competitive Forestry Research for Development
European Innovation Partnerships
Food Institutional Research Measure
Geographic Information System
Higher Education Institutes
High Nature Value
High Nature Value Farmland & Forests
The Irish Creamery Milk Supplier Association
Irish Cattle & Sheep Farmers’ Association
Irish Farmers’ Association
Irish Farmers with Designated Land
Irish Natura & Hill Farmers Association
Non-Governmental Organisation
Research Stimulus Fund
Task Definitions
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.
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.
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 (CoFoRD) aims to develop a scientific foundation and support for a sustainable, competitive, market orientated and innovative forest industry.