The EU’s new Horizon 2020 work programme, which was unveiled on 27 October (see EUROPE 11893), has a budget of €1 billion for innovation in agriculture, food and rural development specifically to help the sector become more sustainable, to encourage more young people into farming and to support the development of rural areas.
Since 2014, agricultural research and innovation programmes have been conducted on a so-called multi-actor approach within European Innovation Partnerships (EIPs)...