{"id":1334954,"date":"2024-06-21T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agriland.ie\/?p=1334954"},"modified":"2024-06-21T17:31:44","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T16:31:44","slug":"significant-knowledge-gap-among-stakeholders-on-carbon-farming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/farming-news\/significant-knowledge-gap-among-stakeholders-on-carbon-farming\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Significant knowledge gap’ among stakeholders on carbon farming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
A stakeholder conference on carbon farming has heard that there is a “significant knowledge gap” among farmers, landowners, and agri-food stakeholders around the topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Teagasc’s Counting Carbon: Science and Practice Conference took place in Ashtown, Dublin yesterday<\/a> (Thursday, June 20).<\/p>\n\n\n\n It heard from a number of speakers on the development of a carbon farming system for Ireland, one of whom was Bernard Harris, an official in the climate change and bioenergy policy division of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Carbon farming refers to farming with a focus on carbon emissions, and involves measuring carbon emissions and taking land use actions to mitigate those emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has said it is committed to the development of a Carbon Farming Framework in 2024 to “support the rewarding of farmers, foresters and landowners”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, Harris said that there is a significant gap among farmers, landowners, agri-food stakeholders around this topic, as it is a new and developing area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a presentation on the policy aspects of developing a future Carbon Farming Framework, Harris said that, as a first step, it would be useful to develop a knowledge transfer strategy around a carbon farming demonstration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a>