3 MILLION EURO FOR GALWAY AGRICULTURAL PROJECTS

Date Published: 09-Jan-2008

A number of agriculture related research and development projects in Galway are to receive a major funding boost.Agriculture Minister Mary Coughlan has announced that 5 Galway agricultural projects will benefit from funding of over 3 million euro.NUI Galway and the Marine Institute are the biggest beneficiaries, and will receive just under 1 million euro for their project on acid-sensitive forests.Four other agricultural projects, involving NUI Galway and Teagasc, will share funding of over 2 million for research topics ranging from energy generation from pig manure to ecological economic analysis of the Irish uplands.