First, French President, Mr Macron visited Laval on the 10th of October.
This visit was followed by the Agri-Food Convention, organised by the national newspaper Ouest-France. The event was attended by the French Minister of Agriculture, M. Marc Fesneau. The event enabled the project to reach out to an extended audience, mainly composed of students in the agricultural field.
Aside from inspiring the next generation of farmers & agri-food experts/decision-makers, the project booth also drew the attention of key actors, among which Mr Colm O Cribin, a representative from the Irish Embassy in France & several companies and specialised educational institutions.
This valuable experience sheds light upon how crucial it is not only to communicate to "direct end-users" but also to raise awareness and inform our future agricultural specialists & workers about the potential of ground-breaking & green technologies
European initiatives closer to local political communities"
Following this event, on Saturday 15th October, Laval Mayenne Technopole & Fengtech participated in a forum of local elected representatives and public actors from Mayenne county.
This local event was an opportunity to seize the ICaRE4Farms project to meet and display the goals & outcomes of our initiatives to political representatives at the county scale.
Convincing public & territorial authorities of the potential held by next-generation STE solutions represents a pivotal element for an effective roll-out & the successful uptake of innovative technology: efforts towards implementing breakthrough devices can not avoid the support and recognition from local political officials.
Many thanks to our representatives for visiting our booth & underpinning our initiative: Ms Valérie Hayer (French MEP & her parliamentary assistant Mr. Quentin Lanvierge), Mr. Guillaume Garot (Mayenne Deputy), Mr. Guillaume Chevrollier (Mayenne Senator), Mr. Xavier Lefort (Mayenne prefect), Mr.Olivier Richefou (President of the Mayenne county), Mr Joel Balandraud (President of the Mayors' Association), Mr Florian Bercault (Laval City Mayor) & Mr. Jérome Allaire 👏🙏🤝
