€2.7m to ramp up Farm Soil Carbon Observatory

'Carbon farming is an area that will become a crucial part of the future of farming in this country'

The Observatory was established in 2020 to improve the national inventory, so it can accurately reflect the actual emissions and sequestration from grasslands.

Some €2.7m of funding has been committed to ramp up the National Agricultural Soil Carbon Observatory.

Data collected by the Observatory will underpin the development of a ‘carbon farming’ model that aims to reward actions that remove carbon and store it in the soil.