Agri-food
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Fermanagh up in arms at proposed CAP deal
Richard Halleron reports on calls for a continued one-region and flat rate system, put forward by several hundred small farmers.…
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Bringing small food producers to the policy table
Down District Council and the Ulster Business School are working to highlight the needs of smaller players in the agri-food…
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Sustainable intensification
Seamus Kennedy talks to Owen McQuade about AFBI’s international development and its role in supporting the agri-food sector’s Going for…
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Conference delivers upbeat perspective
A positive attitude prevailed at agendaNi’s agri-food seminar but delegates also saw the need for better prices to underpin growth…
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CAP reform update
Last June saw the European Commission, the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament signing up to an outline CAP…
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Redmeat sector set for growth
Phelim O’Neill contends that meat producers need to focus on quality and take nothing for granted if they are to…
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Potential golden era for agri-food
Owen Brennan, Chairman of agri-technology firm Devenish Nutrition, has highlighted the economic importance of the agriculture and food sectors. Devenish…
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Dairy will ‘go for growth’
Dairy UK’s Northern Ireland Director, Mike Johnston, summarised the prospects for this sector at the agri-food seminar. Speaking at the…
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The changing state of CAP
Ulster Unionist MEP Jim Nicholson discusses the principles behind the Common Agricultural Policy with Peter Cheney and outlines the main…
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Export potential a recipe for agri-food success
Alan Taylor, Managing Partner of Arthur Cox in Belfast, casts his eye over the global agri-business sector and sees opportunities…
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