To be successful, agricultural start-ups must have long-term business strategies, strengthen linkages in the start-up eco-system and understand the market they target, experts have said.
Macra Leinster vice-president Claire Gough with Meath East TD Darren O Rourke
Macra na Feirme has launched two policy documents aimed at improving “quality of life” for people living and working in rural areas.
The two documents are on the future of work and rural transport. The former is titled ‘Rural Online’ while the latter is titled ‘ The Green Route’.
The future of work document focuses on three areas: rural broadband; working hubs; and work-life balance.
“Workers will shortly travel back to their places of work, and the internet connection issues which we have all tolerated will become less acceptable.”
New Macra president John Keane argued: “The delivery of these objectives will greatly aid in the development and the revitalisation of rural communities.”