NI farmers team up to launch innovative carbon project
Seven farmers from across Northern Ireland have teamed up to secure funding from Europe to investigate practical ways to measure, manage and reduce carbon emissions from ruminant farming.
Dubbed ARCZero’ (an acronym for Accelerating Ruminant Carbon to Zero), the group will work alongside AgriSearch, Devenish, Birnie Consultancy and Queen’s University Belfast.
The first challenge is to determine how much carbon is held in their soils through soil sampling and analysis.
Then, using aerial LiDAR surveying they’ll try to fully understand the amount held in the hedgerows and trees on the farms.
Pathway to net carbon zero
A group of seven farmers from across Northern Ireland have started an innovative project, having secured funding through the European Innovation Partnership Scheme, which will investigate practical ways to measure, manage and reduce carbon in ruminant farming.
Sunday, 21st February 2021, 12:11 pm
Greg Harken, Graduate Scientist from RPS pictured taking soil samples on the Bell farm in Co. Antrim along with Roger, Hilary & Scott Bell
Led by John Gilliland, the ‘ARCZero’ (an acronym for Accelerating Ruminant Carbon to Zero) project will be spearheaded by Patrick Casement, Roger Bell, John Egerton, Hugh Harbison, Ian McClelland, Simon Best and partnered by AgriSearch, Devenish, Birnie Consultancy and QUB.