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Congratulations to Dr Achim Schmalenberger from the Department of Biological Sciences who was recently awarded €495,700 as part of a 5.9 million funding call from the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine for new ICT, environmental, animal welfare and bioeconomy research.

His project: Agroecology living labs fostering prosperous and sustainable agri-food systems, is co-funded by the . Supported by Horizon Europe, the partnership unites the European Commission and 72 partners across 26 Member States, Associated Countries, and Third Countries. The aim of the partnership is to support an agriculture sector that is fit to meet the targets and challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, food security and sovereignty, and the environment, while ensuring a profitable and attractive activity for farmers.