€2.5m for farmer safety, health, and wellbeing projects
The open call aims to encourage stakeholders to deliver projects that not only promote farm safety, but also the importance of physical and mental health among farmers. File picture
The Department of Agriculture is allotting €2.5m for projects supporting farm safety and farmer wellbeing.
Agriculture minister Martin Heydon and minister of state for Farm Safety Michael Healy-Rae launched the open call on April 17.





