Farmers have been “pushed down a road of intensification” because of lowering food prices over the last three decades, a top Department of Agriculture inspector has stated.
And it will now take a “whole of sector” approach to produce more environmentally-friendly food to meet the demands of current and future consumers.
Jack Nolan senior inspector at the Department made this point in his presentation on fertiliser use and the EU’s Green Deal during yesterday’s Fertilizer Association of Ireland’s spring scientific meeting.
Reflecting on pre-intensification farming practices in Ireland, Mr Nolan said farmers “used to do a lot more about soil science” when tractors were not as strong and when chemical fertilisers were not as cheap or as freely available.
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Is the grass greener outside the EU?
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson at a farm in Wales in 2019, where he was canvassing support for his post-Brexit farming policy. Afp Or Licensors
Britain argues that Brexit will make British agriculture greener. SWI Swissinfo.ch looks at how successful EU agricultural policies have been, and how they compare with Switzerland’s approach.
This content was published on February 1, 2021 - 09:34
February 1, 2021 - 09:34
Sibilla Bondolfi
Studied law, then worked as a journalist at the newspapers NZZ and Zürcher Oberländer, and the magazines K-Tipp, Saldo, and Plädoyer.
One of the arguments Brexiters pushed forward was that the United Kingdom would be greener after Brexit. They argued hefty subsidies granted by the European Union were often misplaced in unecological projects. For instance, if a European farmer decides to renature part of his land, then he must expect lower subsidies as a result of the reduction in size of the cultiva
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