Agriculture is a key part of the Irish landscape and has helped in the recovery of the economy over the last decade. Ireland exports the majority of its agricultural produce, with exports valued at over 14.5bn in 2020.
With world population projected to grow between now and 2050, Ireland is well positioned due to our productive soils and damp climate to produce food sustainably for an expanding world population. Agriculture is continuously evolving and will have to continue to evolve over the next number decades to match world food demands.
Currently one of biggest challenges along this road of evolution is climate change and cutting agricultural emissions to reduce such impacts as global warming in the years ahead. Climate change brings many changes to how we farm, eg adapting to changing weather patterns, such extremes as droughts and more frequent heavy rainfall events.