Funding of €2.2m has been confirmed for two projects that will focus on finding better ways to manage on-farm drained peat soils in the midlands, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture Pippa Hackett has announced.
The two projects were selected following an open call under the European Innovation Partnerships (EIP) initiative and will be funded under Ireland’s Rural Development Programme 2014-202I.
The two groups selected were Wetland Surveys Ireland and Green Restoration Ireland.
Minister Hackett said: “Managing our soils in a way that captures and stores carbon can have huge climate benefits and projects like these, which involve close collaboration between scientists, ecologists and farmers, will deliver those benefits.