April 12th, 2019 The State must respond to the existential threat of climate change by ramping up support for on-farm environmental services, the leader of the Green Party has said. Speaking at an Oireachtas committee hearing on the future of the Irish beef industry this week, Eamon Ryan said that Read more…
May 22nd, 2018 The government has started to process balancing payments under an agri-environment scheme to farmers, however, many participants have been deemed ineligible for payments. The balancing payments represent 15 per cent of the 2017 year payment to farmers in the Green Low-Carbon Agri-Environment (GLAS) scheme. Farmers across the Read more…
6th April 2017 Ireland has the least climate-efficient agricultural sector in Europe, according to a new EU report. The report, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, indicates that Ireland emits more greenhouse gas emissions per euro of agricultural output than any other EU member state. Read more…
October 17th, 2016 For World Food Day 2016 we are being asked to reflect on the impact of climate change on food production. It is worth taking stock of the impact Irish agriculture is having on climate change, biodiversity, and food security. World Food Day 2016 theme is : “Climate Read more…
