Agriculture sector 'must work hard to provide pathways for young people to enter'

Mr Keane described generational renewal as the "largest threat to Irish agriculture".

Addressing the barriers to young people entering the sector "is no quick fix".

The agriculture sector must "work hard to provide pathways for young people to enter", Macra na Feirme has stressed. 

Speaking at this week's Oireachtas joint committee on agriculture, food the marine, Macra national president John Keane said that in order to ensure sustainability of the sector into the future, it is paramount that barriers that exist currently to the entry of young people are addressed.