Agriculture’s opportunity to show it can reduce emissions

New Teagasc Signpost programme to lead the way...

Launching the Signpost Programme – Farmers for Climate Action - are Dr Stan Lalor, Director of Knowledge Transfer Teagasc; Steven Fitzgerald, Co Waterford Dairy Farmer; Helen Carroll, Broadcaster; and Dr Seamus Kearney, Signpost Programme Training & Development Specialist. Picture: O'Gorman Photography.

Munster farmers Ger McSweeney of Millstreet, Co Cork and Steven Fitzgerald, Aglish, Co Waterford, headlined Tuesday’s launch of the Signpost Programme, billed as agriculture’s opportunity to show it can reduce emissions and contribute to solving the climate issue.

The mission of the Signpost partnership of almost 40 companies and organisations from the Irish agri-food sector, along with farmers, is to: