Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 November 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion

Dr. John Gilliland:

The whole idea is that the data will be made available for every farm. It will be tied with the information for soil fertility, because that is being done at the same time. Each farm will get what is called a soil run-off risk map that will show the risk of where, during extreme rainfall, nutrients, pesticides or soils could leave farms and where they may discharge into watercourses. It will also address how to improve water quality, as well as measuring carbon.

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