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Opinion: Our farm subsidy model is broken and causing destruction to habitats As the biodiversity crisis gathers pace, researcher Ray O’Foghlu explains how both farmers and environmentalists struggle with contradictory land eligibility rules. By Ray O’Foghlu Saturday 1 May 2021, 8:00 PM 1 hour ago 4,825 Views 6 Comments Ray O’Foghlu THE MAJORITY OF Ireland’s ...
SHARING OPTIONS: Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition (GAEC) 2 requires the imposition of management practises that protect carbon-rich soils. Farmers on peatlands and wetlands are up in arms over plans to impose new rules in the next CAP which they believe threaten farmers’ “ability to exist” on these lands. In a letter sent to Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue, the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association (INHFA) has demanded a change to draft legislation to allay farmers’ fears. A new Good Agricultural and Environmental C...
The Dail has passed a motion calling for the withdrawal of the European Council of Ministers’ proposal on management of carbon-rich soils. The motion was moved by Independent Donegal Deputy Thomas Pringle, who said the proposal could allow government's set the standards for eligibility for CAP payments in such a way that excludes some hill farmers in the West and North West. Deputy Pringle said the provision, which is linked to GAEC, the Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition protocol, opens to door for exclusion............
SHARING OPTIONS: The Department will have to define and map peatlands and wetlands at an individual land parcel level in the next CAP. \ Philip Doyle Irish farmers on peatlands and wetlands are set to be on the frontline of a cross-compliance battle in the next CAP. A new Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition (GAEC) is being introduced from 2023 which will impose management practices that provide protection for carbon-rich soils.
SHARING OPTIONS: Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition (GAEC) 2 requires the imposition of management practises that protect carbon-rich soils. Farmers on peatland or wetland will not have their payments stripped away in the next CAP, the Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue has insisted. It comes after farmers in upland and hill areas expressed fears that a new cross compliance requirement could render land ineligible for direct payments. Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition (GAEC) 2 requires the imposition of management practi...