Ireland secures European AgriTech testing network through MTU

MTU has joined a European network of test and experimentation facilities for the agrifood sector giving Irish AgriTech and food SMEs access to advanced testing and validation services

(Left to right): Dr Daniel Riordan, head of Department of Technology, Engineering and Mathematics at MTU Kerry; Amy Jordan, marketing executive at MTU Kerry; Professor Joseph Walsh, director of IMaR Research Centre and head of the School of STEM at MTU; and Kieran O'Donoghue, Educational Outreach (Cluster) manager at AgriTech Ireland. Photo: MTU Kerry

Irish AgriTech and food SMEs will gain access to advanced testing and validation services after Munster university was named as a base for a European network.

Munster Technological University (MTU) was named the tenth node in agrifoodTEF, a European network of Test and Experimentation Facilities for AI and robotics in the agrifood sector, allowing Irish AgriTech and food SMEs access to advanced European testing and validation services.