FAST-IP/27 Cohort
Funds agrifood professionals developing market-ready sustainable agriculture and food technology solutions.
FAST-IP (Food and Agriculture Sustainable Technology Innovation Programme) is a specialist agrifood innovation programme delivered by NovaUCD and the UCD School of Biosystems and Food Engineering in partnership with Teagasc, Ireland's Agriculture and Food Development Authority. The programme is co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union through the ERDF Southern, Eastern & Midla…
Agrifood and food technology innovation; sustainable agriculture; food chain solutions; agtech and veterinary sectors.
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