Research to examine viability of organic conversion

The aim is to provide detailed data on the performance and sustainability of Irish organic farms.

Beef farmers, particularly suckler farmers, make up the majority of the new organic farmers. They will be well catered for in GROFarmS.

The lack of evidence and data on the sustainability of Irish organic farms didn't put off the 3,000 farmers who joined the Organic Farming Scheme since January 2023.

Now, the knowledge gap will be filled by the Growing Resilient Organic Farming Systems (GROFarmS) project.