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.

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.
Inspirational Ideas
- Inspirational ideas: Improving the quality and productivity of fig trees (Portugal)
- Inspirational ideas: Estonian farmer turns grassland grazing into climate solution (Estonia)
- Inspirational ideas: European innovation prize for women farmers (Ireland)
- Inspirational ideas: A planning tool for reindeer husbandry (Sweden)
- Inspirational ideas: Combatting weeds with non-chemical alternatives (Portugal)
- Inspirational ideas: Optimising irrigation in Spanish greenhouses (Spain)
- Inspirational ideas: Working on resilient dairy farming (Germany)
Videos
- AGRI challenge: biodiversity - 14 September 2022
- AGRI Challenge: Non-chemical weed management in arable cropping systems - 10 February 2020
- AGRI challenge: increasing biodiversity in agricultural landscapes - 4 November 2019
Operational Groups
- GoFigoProdução - To improve the quality and productivity of the fig trees by modernizing the techniques used and the efficient use of the soil – (Portugal)
- Transfer, innovation and new technologies for a more efficient, profitable, sustainable and socially integrated cereal crop in Spain, including ‘Better incorporation of young people and women into rural employment’ (Spain)
- Digitizing the value chain of organic beekeeping products (Bulgaria)
- RegGAE: Natural regulations on field crops with agroecological practices- (French)
- Wood2Biogas (Finland)
You can also take a look at the 7th edition of the Agrinnovation magazine, chapter called “With heart and soil EIP-AGRI soilmates share their views on soil health” – many of the ‘soilmates’ are women.
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