April 14, 2021 6:04 pm Achieving ambitious emission reduction targets as set down under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill would “require a substantial reduction in the amount of agricultural activity in Ireland, Teagasc has said. In his opening statement at a meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine earlier today (Wednesday, April 14), which was meeting to discuss the new bill and its implications for agriculture, Teagasc director Prof. Gerry Boyle outlined the challenges that the sector faces. Highlighting work conducted in relation to the Department of Agriculture’s Ag Climatise roadmap, and its actions which are mainly based on Teagasc’s Marginal Abatement Cost Curve (MACC), Prof. Boyle explained: