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Arsyllfa : Observatory aims to look at ideas and research that will provide support to the Welsh rural economy in order to develop innovation and new ways of working.
Funded through the Welsh Government Rural Communities – Rural Development Programme 2014-2020, which is funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the Welsh Government, its core aim is to explore these ideas such as how to foster an entrepreneurial culture in the context initially of rural Carmarthenshire.
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Covid-19 and Brexit – the ‘perfect storm’ for the food sector, but hope prevails
For many years, the farming unions, academic experts, and manufacturers have stressed that food security is an issue that needs desperate attention and the last few months of lockdown and social distancing has shone a very bright light on these concerns. Chaired by...
Big data and how Wales is grasping the opportunity
It is incredible to think that there are 5 billion smart phone users in the world, and that on average, they each use 40 exabytes of data each month. And if you don’t know what an exabyte is, for the purposes of this piece, 40 of them times 5 billion, is quite a lot!...
Is digital innovation a friend or foe to rural Wales?
Is digital innovation – a descriptive term for artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), use of big data – a threat or an opportunity for rural areas? Well, the short answer is, ‘it’s both a threat and an opportunity’. The most obvious risk is that...
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