During week 3, I carried out research on the current agri schemes that we have here in Ireland. I began looking at the CAP reform and how this put a greater focus on biodiversity and farmland conservation. I also visited a family farm and had a brief discussion with the head farmer to see what …
Monthly Archives: February 2019
Week 2
This week I began my research into past schemes and how they have been designed. I read a detailed review on REPS regarding their success and failures. Many of their failures could be directly linked to the design on their schemes. This gave an interesting look into how the design of a scheme has a …
Week 1
This week gave me time to become familiar with my project. My thesis will be based around policies regarding conversational farming. To understand the importance of these policies, I began researching the need for biodiversity and how we have lost so much of it already, at both a global and national scale. Biodiversity provides ‘ecosystem …