FH2020 environment impact report awaited
Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney said this analysis will inform more detailed plans in the FH2020 strategy to increase Ireland’s primary food output by 33%, food value-added by 40%, and food exports by 42%, between now and 2020.
The interim analysis is due within weeks. A final report is due in October. It will include the likely impacts on biodiversity, flora and fauna, water (including groundwater quality), soil, air quality, landscape, and climatic factors (including impacts on greenhouse gas emission levels), if projected targets for food industry expansion are achieved.
