The inspiration for this post was to analyse a publication that is shaping the path for the future of sustainable agriculture in Ireland. Teagasc, the agriculture and food development authority in Ireland, released Marginal Abatement Cost Curves (MACC) in 2012 and 2018 to highlight ways in which Irish farmers can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions…

In recent years there has been an increased debate, and research, around the potential for an increased integration of the dairy-beef sector in Ireland. One of the primary reasons for this is the increase in size of the Irish dairy herd over the last decade in particular (Maher et al., 2021). With milk quotas abolished…

The rural idyll refers to an imaginary space whereby individuals, often tourists or urban dwellers, perceive the rural as an idyllic place including pristine landscape with life there molded by traditional values and nature (Panzer-Krause, 2020). In terms of the Irish rural idyll, stone walls, green fields, horses running freely, older men with horse-drawn carts,…

The Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) runs within the European Union (EU) and is one of the world’s largest and most influential agricultural policies (Pe’er et al., 2019). The fundamental aim of the CAP is to substitute farmer income with a past focus on doing so through increased production and a present focus on shifting such…