5,000 farmers selected to participate in REAP

Scheme is part of a number of measures under the RDP

REAP forms part of numerous measures that will see biodiversity returning to the land. Picture: Andy Gibson.

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has confirmed that 5,000 farmers have been selected to participate in the Results Based Environment-Agri Pilot Project (REAP).

This pilot is one of the transitional measures for Irish farming and forms part of the suite of measures provided for in the 10th amendment to the Rural Development Programme (RDP) recently approved by the European Commission.