We have many of the technological tools needed to make significant reductions in emissions
Cattle grazing on Shinagh dairy farm near Bandon, Co Cork, where the Carbery Group is making progress in establishing a climate-neutral farm. Photograph: Mike Brown for The Irish TimesThere are a million more cows than people in Ireland. Livestock agriculture in Ireland is an international business with supply chains that stretch from one side of the planet to the other.
Woman allegedly spent €750,000 on luxury handbags in Dublin store as part of money laundering scheme, court told There is a critical role for regulation, policy supports and industry-driven action to mesh throughout the supply chain to increase the sustainability of agricultural systems. through using protected urea fertilisers, replacing fertilisers with multi-species pastures, breeding cows of higher quality, feed additives to reduce methane production and chemicals added to slurry to reduce emissions.
By focusing on entire supply chains companies can drive positive impacts right back to the source of emissions, including avoiding the import of animal feed from biodiversity rich countries at risk of deforestation, as well as investing in on-farm technologies to reduce emissions from livestock and pasture systems here in Ireland.
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