College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) is a public tertiary level

land-based college In the United Kingdom, land based colleges are colleges specialising in agriculture, horticulture, and other topics useful for rural economies. Most land based colleges are members of Landex, which promotes and coordinates the colleges. List of r ...

offering training in agriculture, food technology, horticulture, equine and agri-business operating at three sites in

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. The college is funded by the

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(DAERA) of the

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. It is an associate member of the Landex consortium of "Land Based Colleges Aspiring to Excellence".Landex: Membership
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Campuses

* Greenmount Campus at Muckamore near Antrim in

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(originally Greenmount College of Agriculture and Horticulture, founded in 1912). * Enniskillen Campus at Levaghy near

Enniskillen Enniskillen ( , from ga, Inis Ceithleann , ' Ceithlenn's island') is the largest town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is in the middle of the county, between the Upper and Lower sections of Lough Erne. It had a population of 13,823 a ...

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. * Loughry Campus between

Cookstown Cookstown ( ga, An Chorr Chríochach, IPA: �anˠˈxoːɾˠɾˠˈçɾʲiːxəx is a small town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is the fourth largest town in the county and had a population of 11,599 in the 2011 census. It, along with Magh ...

and

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(founded in 1908 as The Ulster Dairy School).

References

External links

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Daily Telegraph: College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise guide
{{authority control Further education colleges in Northern Ireland Agriculture in Northern Ireland Educational institutions established in 1908 Agricultural universities and colleges in the United Kingdom 1908 establishments in Ireland Universities and colleges in Northern Ireland

Campuses

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