Agriculture projected to fall short of climate target

Total emissions from agriculture are projected to fall by between 4% and 20% over the period 2021 to 2030

Emissions savings are projected from a variety of measures including switching to different fertilisers, limits on nitrogen fertiliser usage, and bovine feed additives.

The agriculture sector is projected to fall short of reaching its 2030 climate action target, but Ireland’s largest farm organisation has said that farmers “deserve great credit” for the improvements they are making on the ground.

The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) was reacting to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recent greenhouse gas emissions projections for 2022 to 2040.