Calls for more funding for female farmers and entrepreneurs

MEP Maria Walsh has secured a vote of support from European Parliament's Agriculture Committee to increase funding for female farmers and entrepreneurs
Calls for more funding for female farmers and entrepreneurs

MEP Maria Walsh with Commissioner of Agriculture and Food, Christophe Hansen.

The European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee has voted to increase funding for female farmers and entrepreneurs.

The vote has been filed as part of a report on which MEP Maria Walsh serves as a lead negotiator. Ms Walsh said the report sent a strong signal the EU must do more to support women driving rural economies, including in Ireland.

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