€2.5m to be made available for soil and agri-tech research in Ireland

Aim of Soil Call is to provide knowledge on farming practices and soil health that contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation

Soil Call will support research to assess farm-level carbon balances to support climate action initiatives. File picture

More than €2.5m will be made available to fund soil and agri-technology research initiatives in Ireland.

€1.5m will be provided for a new European Joint Programme (EJP) on Agricultural Soils research funding call, while more than €1m in funding will also be made available for a European Research Area Network (ERA-NET) as part of two important European research initiatives.