Farming for a Higher Climate: Sensible and Rising Options Convention – Teagasc

Pictured on the convention have been: Mick Houlihan, senior supervisor, Agricultural Sustainability, Bord Bia; Dr Lisa Koep, Chief Environmental, Social & Governance Officer, Tirlan and Dr Ben Lahart, Teagasc Moorepark.

The occasion introduced collectively main researchers, policymakers, trade personnel and farmers to discover progressive methods for lowering agricultural greenhouse fuel (GHG) emissions and advancing Ireland’s local weather targets.

Speaking on the convention, Mick Houlihan, Bord Bia, highlighted “the increased demands of consumers and international purchasers for verifiable sustainable sourced foods but also stressed the considerable sstrengths we have in Ireland to meet this demand, including robust infrastructure, collaboration between public and private sectors, advanced data use, high-quality production systems, strong regulation, and world-leading research and innovation.”

The one-day occasion handled subjects together with international sustainability expectations and Ireland’s progress towards assembly them, what’s within the methane toolbox, updates on AgNav and the function of forestry in assembly our greenhouse fuel emissions targets. There have been analysis updates on the carbon footprint of Irish grains, hedgerow carbon measurement, fertiliser inhibitors and lowering methane emissions from slurry.

The day concluded with a hands-on Carbon Farming Framework Workshop with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) and Department of Climate, Energy, and the Environment (DCEE), permitting individuals within the convention to have their say in how this new framework may work in follow.

Karl Richards, Head of the Teagasc Climate Centre, mentioned; “there are plenty of tools and technologies already available to help farmers cut greenhouse gas emissions, and many of these can also make farms more efficient and profitable”. He defined that carbon farming gives one other method for farmers to be rewarded for lowering emissions and storing extra carbon, if the schemes are easy to make use of and make monetary sense to farmers.

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