317 farmers make applications under Organic Farming Scheme

'All eligible applicants should be accommodated' 

317 applications have been made under the Organic Farming Scheme which closed on April 30, last. File Picture.  

317 farmers have applied for conversion to organic farming under the Organic Farming Scheme, which closed last weekend.

Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Senator Pippa Hackett, said the high number of applications revealed the importance of the scheme as well as the “strong geographical spread” of entrants.