NRN Publishes Case Study on Social Enterprise in Rural Communities

In Ireland social enterprises are seen primarily as non-profit organisations driven by social objectives.  Irish thinking on the social economy has een influenced by US […]

NRN Publishes Report on Women in Agriculture

The role of women in Irish agriculture has traditionally been understated due to the predominance of male farm owners and the preference to transfer farmland […]

NRN Publish Water Conservation Study

For generations, the value of water was underappreciated in Irish society. Ireland has a temperate climate with relatively high levels of rainfall so there is […]

NRN Publish Land Mobility Case Study

Land is the key productive asset in Irish farming and access to and mobility of land remains a critical issue to the future prosperity of […]

Case Study on Agr-Environmental Schemes

Agri Environmental Schemes Case Study

NRN publish four new Case Studies – Renewable Energy, Farming and Natura 2000, Cross Measures, Farm Diversification

NRN have publised four new case studies:
Renewable Energy in Mayo
Farming Natura 2000
Uptake of Cross Axis Measures
Farm Diversification

Farming and Natura 2000 Case Study

Most of the Irish landscape and the habitats and species within it have evolved over thousands of years of interaction with agriculture. While recent decades […]

Renewable Energy Development in County Mayo

Introduction Renewable energy is energy which comes from natural resources such as wind, rain, sunlight, the ocean and geothermal heat. The Government has set national […]