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12 Oct 2022

Photo exhibition “Daughters of the Soil”

Annabel is one of the farmers photographed for the exhibition ‘Daughters of the Soil”. It features interviews and portraits of women in agriculture in the UK.

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Communication
12 Oct 2022

EU Prize for Women Innovators

The ninth edition of the EU Prize for Women Innovators closed on Thursday 18 August, with 277 applications submitted, higher than any previous edition.

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Fostering Knowledge & Innovation
12 Oct 2022

Women entrepreneurs in the agrifood sector

“Entrepreneurship is a key driver of innovation and growth across society” (2020 study commissioned by the European Union). Europe is steadily moving in this direction, however women remain underrepresented and underfunded in this process.

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Agricultural Productivity, Social Inclusion
12 Oct 2022

AgROBOfood putting women in the spotlight

AgROBOfood is an EU funded project to boost the adoption of robotics in the European agri-food sector.

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Food Supply Chain
12 Oct 2022

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
Social Inclusion
12 Oct 2022

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
A group of people walking on a path in the mountain
Social Inclusion
12 Oct 2022

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
a woman holding a tablet in a corn field in the framework of 'Investing in gender and rural women'
Social Inclusion
11 Oct 2022

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 Development
11 Oct 2022

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
Rural Development
11 Oct 2022

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
A woman standing outside a barn at 'Black White Framed Business Card'
Rural Development