CAP Network Ireland’s Post

The horticulture sector is a diverse, low environmental impact industry of plant and food produce and one of the most carbon efficient sectors in Irish agriculture. 🌱 However, the horticulture sector is facing many industry-wide challenges including labour intensity, increasing input costs, low margins in retail, changing climate conditions, food waste, and limited investment and funding opportunities for innovation by primary producers, to name a few. Over the past few months, the Innovation Hub team at CAP Network Ireland have been running a Horticulture Knowledge Transfer Pilot where we have been connecting with stakeholders across Ireland and abroad who have identified or implemented knowledge, research or innovations that may hold real world solutions to these challenges. During this ongoing initiative, I have had many engaging and inspiring conversations with actors in the field and have learned so much from participating projects and organisations who have shared their knowledge about a diverse range of exciting innovations. I would like to thank everyone who has participated in this pilot to date and look forward to further collaborations. Over the coming weeks, we will be sharing and promoting these identified innovations on our new Knowledge Hub over at CAP Network Ireland. Together, with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and other experts in the field, we will also continue to explore how this knowledge could be impactful in an Irish context, and are working to identify opportunities for transferring this knowledge for wider uptake and development in Ireland. Keep an eye on our Knowledge Hub below for updates and to learn more about exciting horticultural innovations. 🌱 #Horticulture #AgriInnovation #SustainableDevelopment EU CAP Network