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Coalition calls for EU to fund plant-based food sector

The European Commission has been requested to ring-fence funding for the plant-based food sector. This comes as a coalition of 63 organisations led by European Alliance for Plant-based Foods says that the €95.5 billion Horizon Europe research programme could be used to improve the taste, sustainability, affordability and health benefits of plant-based foods. The group claims that supporting the sector would assist the EU to meet its target of climate neutrality…

TD criticises EU Industrial Emissions Directive

“A permit system for farming will be an utter disaster for the Irish people”, this is according to independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice, and comes as the EU Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) proposed changes to livestock units (LU). The amendments would see larger cattle, pig and poultry farms requiring permits to operate based on their emissions output. According to Fitzmaurice the proposals “are the beginning of a slippery slope to handing…

Ireland ranks fourth in land price, data reveals

Data released by the European Commission has revealed that Ireland has the fourth highest land price in the EU. The data additionally reveals that the country has the fifth highest land rental price. The average price of purchasing one hectare of arable land was most expensive in the Netherlands. At €322/ha in 2020, Irish grassland rental prices have increased by almost 25% in the last four years and are now…

EU proposed nature restoration law met with resistance

Nature restoration is front and centre in the EU commission’s new draft legislation. The proposed legislation would see the rewetting of drained farm peatlands. But the move has not been welcomed by many, as some say it would have dire consequences on farmers and rural communities. The new legislation calls for the rewetting of farmland to be done with a matter of urgency. Voicing concerns regarding this, Independent TD…

EU launches the Pact for Skills partnership

There is a new attempt at growing the interest of working in the agricultural industry amongst young people. This comes as the EU launches the Pact for Skills partnership aimed growing employment within the industry. It’s understood that the partnership employs 200 million people from 10 million farms, 22,000 agri-food co-operatives and 289,000 food and drink processing sites. The initiative sees the 2021 joint collaboration between Brussels associations Copa-Cogeca (agriculture)…