A pilot farm environmental study (FES) is to be rolled out next year and will generate a database of baseline habitat and biodiversity data at farm level.
The Department of Agriculture aims to survey 8,000 farms in the second quarter of next year and farmers will be paid €200 for participating in the survey.
The survey will provide the farmer with an inventory of habitats, biodiversity and environmental information about his/her own farm.
The Department said that this information will then be presented to the farmer as part of the knowledge transfer element in order to educate and empower the farmer to farm in a way that is sensitive to nature on the individual farm.
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Ireland’s strategy to be a world leader in sustainable food by 2030
High-level targets include the food system being climate-neutral by 2050
Expanded tillage, horticulture, organic, and agro-forestry production is one of the targets in the draft Agri-Food Strategy to 2030. File Picture.
Thu, 22 Apr, 2021 - 12:00
Stephen Cadogan
Ireland’s plan to be a world leader in sustainable food systems by 2030 has been thrown open to public consultation.
Submissions or observations on the draft Agri-Food Strategy to 2030 and associated Environmental Report and Natura Impact Statement are invited, until June 15, 2021.
The strategy aims for agri-food being profitable throughout (economic sustainability), with broad-based benefits for society (social sustainability), with a positive or neutral impact on the natural environment (environmental sustainability).
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