Action needed to secure buy-in from sceptical farming sector on green measures via IrishTimesBiz
In retrospect the half century of membership of the EU has been on balance a positive experience for agriculture and the economy as a whole. But we are now entering a new era where climate change and its ramifications will have a dramatic impact. It will have a particular impact on farming and especially on the main systems practised in Ireland.
While from an economic perspective the beef herd should bear the brunt of the adjustment to meeting emissions reduction targets it may transpire that the dairy enterprise could also be under pressure to curtail or even reduce output. The implementation of the Climate Action Plan could, therefore, impose a restriction on the only significant enterprise which has been contributing to the growth of the agricultural economy.
The focus and intensity of these latter measures will provide an unprecedented level of funding for adaptation to the requirements of this new agri-environmental and climate action-focused era.
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