Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 15 May 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Different Approaches and New Opportunities in Irish Agriculture: Discussion

3:30 pm

Photo of Martin KennyMartin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It is clear BASE Ireland is saying one can keep yields or productivity up, and maybe there is a little more work involved, but fewer chemicals and fewer inputs. I wonder, from the point of view of the price one gets for one's product, can one market what one gets at a somewhat better price. Organic produce obviously gets a premium. The witnesses stated some of those involved are organic farmers. I wonder, from a conservation agricultural point of view, is there a possibility to place it on such a footing.

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