‘Farmers can lead Ireland’s drive on climate change targets’

Farmers can play a lead role in helping Ireland meet its climate action targets by adapting best practices in land usage, agri-food sector leaders agreed at a recent ‘roundtable’ Q&A event in Dublin.

Hosted by cement firm Ecomem, the & session panel included Andrew Doyle, chair of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Harold Kingston, chairman of the IFA’s environment and rural affairs committee; Pat Murphy, head of environmental knowledge transfer at Teagasc; and Donal O’Riain, founder and managing director of Ecocem.

In terms of the improving efficiency in CO2 emissions, Mr Murphy said farmers can focus on enteric fermentation in the rumen, and their fertiliser options.