CAP Network Ireland

Public Meeting: Control of rhododendron ponticum and other invasive plant species
2025-03-06 19:00 (Europe/Dublin) | Recess School – H91AE65
Join the Dúlra Team for an informative session on managing rhododendron ponticum and other invasive plant species. This meeting is especially relevant if your land is within the Connemara Bog Complex SAC in Recess or Ballinafad, as effective control can positively impact your ACRES scores.

Farming for The Future
2025-03-06 19:00 | Ox Mountain Heritage & Outdoor Pursuits Centre, Co. Sligo
Join ACRES West Connacht for a free, informative event on farming for the future with Guest Speaker James Gilmartin, Farming for Nature Ambassador 2023.

Themes covered will include:
– Regenerative farming
– Managing biodiversity on the farm
– Technology in sustainable farming.

This event is open to everyone and booking is not necessary.

ASA/Macra’s International Women’s Day- Bridging Gaps: Turning Challenges into Opportunities
2025-03-06 11:30 | Lawlor’s Hotel, Naas, Co. Kildare
The Agriculture Science Association (ASA) and Macra na Feirme are celebrating women, bridging gaps, and turning challenges into opportunities!

ASA/Macra's International Women's Day- Bridging Gaps: Turning Challenges into Opportunities
2025-03-06 11:30 | Lawlor’s Hotel, Naas, Co. Kildare

Driving Digital & Business Success: Innovative & Smart Solutions for Rural Enterprise
2025-03-06 10:30 - 12:30 | Firgrove Hotel, Mitchelstown, Co. Cork
Join Ballyhoura Development and Local Enterprise Office Cork North and West for Local Enterprise Week and discover how innovative and smart solutions can drive success for rural businesses.

Learn about cutting-edge tools, funding opportunities, and digital strategies designed to help rural enterprises adapt, grow, and compete in today’s fast-changing business landscape. Whether you’re a start-up or an established business, gain practical insights and connect with like-minded entrepreneurs.

EU CAP Network Subgroup on LEADER and Territorial Development – 3rd Meeting
2025-03-05 13:00 - 2025-03-06 12:00 | Brussels
The Subgroup on LEADER and territorial development is part of the governance of the European CAP Network. The Subgroup’s focus is on the thematic work with CAP stakeholders and EU Member States’ administrations regarding LEADER and territorial development. This meeting of the Subgroup will take place over two half-days.

The objectives of the 3rd meeting of the Subgroup are:

– To provide a policy update on LEADER and territorial development, including Smart Villages, from DG AGRI;
– To provide an update on relevant activities of the EU CAP Network linked to LEADER and transnational cooperation;
– To explore and discuss networking activities on LEADER in the Member States;
– To discuss ideas for LEADER activities in the next Annual Work Programme of the EU CAP Network.

EU CAP Network Subgroup on LEADER and Territorial Development "“ 3rd Meeting
2025-03-05 13:00 - 2025-03-06 12:00 | Brussels

2nd European Carbon Farming Summit
2025-03-04 09:00 - 2025-03-06 18:00 | Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.
This summit represents a space for sharing knowledge and experiences, upscaling solutions and enabling the multiplication of climate actions across the EU.

Horizon Europe Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking
2025-02-28 09:30 - 14:00 | Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, Tom Johnson House, Haddington Road, Dublin 4
InterTradeIreland, in partnership with the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU), the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs and other supporting bodies, is hosting an event for innovators and businesses interested in advancing competitive circular bio-based industries.

The event aims to encourage north/south applications from the island of Ireland for the upcoming CBE JU 2025 call for project proposals, which opens for submissions on 4 April 2025. Attendees can gain insights into the application process, better understand funding opportunities, and network with experts from local and EU sectors.

Signpost Series Webinar: Farm PEAT EIP - Overview and Key Learnings
2025-02-28 09:30 - 10:30 | Online
This webinar as part of The Signpost Series will focus on Farm PEAT EIP – Overview and Key Learnings.
It will feature guest speaker Caroline Lalor, Farm PEAT Project Manager.

Industrial Hemp Conference: Opportunities for Agriculture and Other Sectors in Ireland
2025-02-27 09:30 - 16:00 | Teagasc Ashtown Food & Research Centre, Dublin 15
Teagasc, in association with TCI (Textile & Composite Industries PTY Limited), Victoria, Australia are hosting a conference focusing on Industrial Hemp: Opportunities for Agriculture and Other Sectors in Ireland. This conference will overview and explore the significant contributions of hemp to profitable farming and the bioeconomy, highlighting its versatility, sustainability, and its extraordinary range of industrial applications.
The conference seeks to:

Promote the economic and environmental benefits of hemp
Highlight innovative applications and advancements in hemp processing and manufacturing
Foster collaboration among industry stakeholders, researchers, and entrepreneurs
Explore market opportunities and challenges in the industrial hemp sector
Outstanding potential of profitability for family-owned farms

Corporate summit on putting environmental and social impact at the core of dairy’s future
2025-02-27 09:00 - 16:30 | Midlands Park Hotel, Portlaoise
Following on from the successful inaugural summit in February 2024, Agri-Insider have announced the 2nd Annual ESG in Dairy Summit which is a corporate summit putting environmental and social impacts at the core of Irish dairy’s future. The summit brings together the entire dairy ecosystem. This includes agri and dairy leaders, policy makers, co-ops and processors, farmer representative bodies as well as ESG audit and advisory professionals, all to explore how and why ESG must take centre stage in discussions on the future of the dairy industry.

Corporate summit on putting environmental and social impact at the core of dairy's future
2025-02-27 09:00 - 16:30 | Midlands Park Hotel, Portlaoise

"THINK SMART" - University of Galway Rural Voices Seminar Series
2025-02-26 15:00 - 16:00 | Online
The next session of the Rural Voices series will feature Aoife Noone, founding Director and CEO of Noone Cyber Services based in Co. Galway who will present an overview of her company’s work in helping to safeguard and empower rural businesses and communities when online. She will explain the importance of good cyber hygiene habits when online today and explain cyber security in simple terms. Aoife will also provide an introduction to her award-winning “Think Smart” Programme and why she believes that having the right mix of Cyber and Mindset skills is now critical for rural businesses and communities in today’s fast-paced ever-changing online world. Aoife will also present some key actions and measures aimed at creating a safer digital world for employers, teachers, students, parents and communities in rural areas.

"THINK SMART" - University of Galway Rural Voices Seminar Series
2025-02-26 15:00 - 16:00 | Online
The next session of the Rural Voices series will feature Aoife Noone, founding Director and CEO of Noone Cyber Services based in Co. Galway who will present an overview of her company’s work in helping to safeguard and empower rural businesses and communities when online. She will explain the importance of good cyber hygiene habits when online today and explain cyber security in simple terms. Aoife will also provide an introduction to her award-winning “Think Smart”Programme and why she believes that having the right mix of Cyber and Mindset skills is now critical for rural businesses and communities in today’s fast-paced ever-changing online world. Aoife will also present some key actions and measures aimed at creating a safer digital world for employers, teachers, students, parents and communities in rural areas.

Preparing multi-actor projects in a co-creative way for forthcoming Cluster 6 Horizon Europe calls
2025-02-26 09:00 - 11:30 | Online
Join the PREMIERE Brokerage Event to explore opportunities for preparing impactful multi-actor projects under Horizon Europe’s Cluster 6 calls (Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment). This event is designed to provide participants with insights into the multi-actor approach, showcase tools and support available through the PREMIERE project, and facilitate networking to build strong consortia.

EU CAP Network's 1st meeting of the Thematic Group on Valuing Farmers’ Wider Contributions to Society
2025-02-26 08:00 - 15:30 | EU CAP Network premises – Brussels, Belgium
This Thematic Group (TG) will reflect on existing narratives about farmers and the broader societal value produced by farmers. These can include individual, family, or community-based farmers, with diverse sizes of farms, and conventional or organic farming practices. The main goal of the TG is to facilitate the recognition of the multiple roles of farmers in rural communities and explore how to raise awareness about them.
Aims of the first TG meeting:

To jointly explore wider societal contributions of farmers as well as existing narratives about farming.
To collect insights, experiences, good practice examples and innovative ideas on how the role of farmers could be better recognised.
To share relevant examples and case studies from across the EU.
To discuss the next steps of the TG (in-between meetings and second TG meeting).

EU CAP Network's 1st meeting of the Thematic Group on Valuing Farmers' Wider Contributions to Society
2025-02-26 08:00 - 15:30 | EU CAP Network premises – Brussels, Belgium

Let's Talk Organics - Markets for Organic Horticulture
2025-02-25 12:30 - 13:30 | Online
Join William Deasy, Teagasc Specialised Vegetable Advisor, along with the Teagasc Organic Specialists on Tuesday, 25th February from 12:30pm – 1:30pm for an episode of Let’s Talk Organics.

The team will be joined by Emmet Doyle, Organic Sector Manager & Conor Hogan, Organic Executive, Bord Bia and retail expert, Ged Futter, director at The Retail Mind in the UK and former supermarket senior buyer turned management consultant.

Emmet Doyle and Conor Hogan will provide a market update and insights for Ireland’s organic fresh produce (fruit and vegetables) market.

Ged Futter will provide expert insights and tips for fresh produce growers doing business with supermarket buyers.

Public Information Event for Landowners on Forestry and Renewable Energy Microgeneration
2025-02-24 19:30 - 21:30 | Riverside Hotel, Enniscorthy, Wexford
An opportunity to learn more about forestry, generating renewable energy, sources of funding and income, and to network with others who have taken the step or are considering taking steps in this direction.

Closing Date: Call for proposals for Agri-Food Tourism Initiatives
2025-02-24 12:00
A call for proposals for Agri-Food Tourism Initiatives under the 2025 Rural Innovation and Development Fund (RIDF) has been issued.

Total funding of almost €300,000 is available for projects supporting agri-food tourism initiatives which may also include rural food markets. The maximum amount payable to any project is €25,000.

Closing date for receipt of applications is 12.00 noon on Monday 24 February 2025.
