Emissions and sustainability at heart of Agricultural Science Leaving Cert paper

Questions included discussing the European Commission’s targets for sustainable food production by 2030.

New technologies, emissions, energy, and the environment were the focus of the Leaving Cert agricultural science paper in an exam that challenged students and reflected the direction of modern farming.

The new agricultural science syllabus was examined on Monday, as Leaving Cert exams continued. The previous syllabus was first written in 1968.