The objective of the project is to develop sustainable agricultural practices and future proof through Europe.
South East Technological University (Setu) has assured € 224,508 of the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM) to direct Ireland’s contribution to a promotion of the International Food and Agriculture Research Initiative Sustainable and Resilient.
Ecofabulands is a cross -border initiative that aims to create creative agricultural systems to the proof of future, biodiverse and sustainable. It is part of the EU Agroecology Association, which includes 72 members of members in 26 EU Member States and associated countries.
Agroecology implies the integration of ecological and social principles in the design and management of food and agricultural systems to develop sustainable practices that benefit people and the planet.
Ireland’s contributions to Ecofabulands are directed by Dr. Imelda Casey, a Setu researcher, along with Dr. Micheal O’Gray of University College Dublin. His work will focus on identifying and implementing more appropriate agroecological practices, redesigning agroecosystems and supporting the transition to more sustainable food systems.
The Irish initiative, called Irish Living Labs, also aims to explore how successful solutions can be incorporated into the National and European Agrifood governance structures. His work will be based on the southeast of the country.
“Setu is proud to lead Ireland’s participation in this ambitious effort among Europeans,” Casey said.
“When working together with communities and interested parties in the southeast, we are helping to shape resilient, inclusive and ecologically solid approaches for the use of food and land. This is an investigation with strong regional roots and global relevance.”
Setu participation further reinforces the University’s commitment to sustainable development and regional impact, aligned with national policy and the European green agreement, collaborators said. Together with DAFM, Teagasc also provides partial funds to the program.
Ecofabulands is working on different aspects of sustainable agriculture through Europe. In Berlin-Bandenburg, the approach is to strengthen urban-rural links to address land competition between food production and urban expansion.
While in South Hungary, efforts are being made for the revitalization of traditional horticulture and orchards to counteract food deserts and improve the biodiversity of the landscape.
Organic agriculture and the sustainable use of traditional medicinal plants are helping to preserve cultural heritage while responding to climate change in the southern tyrol and in Cyprus, circular production consumption models are tried to promote being sustainable.
Ecofabulands is a co -financed program, with financial support provoked by national financiers in the participating countries and the Projects’s own consortium.
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