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Europe-wide network aims to showcase on-farm innovation

Europe-wide network aims to showcase on-farm innovation

Farming in Scotland (c) James Hutton Institute
“PLAID is about enabling farmers to demonstrate innovations to their peers, and to identify opportunities to learn from other farmers across Europe
Farming in Scotland (c) James Hutton Institute

Researchers at the James Hutton Institute and collaborators from across Europe have announced the start of a project which aims to increase farmers’ access to demonstrations of best practices and innovation in agriculture.

Funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme, the PLAID initiative (Peer-to-peer Learning: Accessing Innovation through Demonstration) will develop a searchable, geo-referenced inventory and map covering all 28 EU member states, plus Switzerland, Norway and Serbia.

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This article was originally posted by The James Hutton Institute