Farmers’ attitudes and preferences for climate change adaptation: An Irish case study
This report is developed as part of the EU-Interreg funded project RiskAquaSoil supported by the European Development Fund. The overarching aims of this report are to present findings on farmers' beliefs regarding climate change, the drivers and barriers of climate change adaptation and the willingness of Irish farmers to engage in specific adaptation measures related to insurance protection for their own farm and flood protection for downstream communities. The specific steps of the policy report are outlined in Figure 1.
Agriculture is important to the economy as a source of food supply, employment and revenue. One of the key challenges facing the agriculture sector is climate change. Agriculture is very vulnerable to the effects of climate change and at the same time, agriculture is one of the main sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions globally. In Ireland, one-third of GHG emissions are from agriculture. Significant work needs to be undertaken in the agriculture sector to reduce emissions (mitigation) and ensure better preparedness for climate change (adaptation).
Find here the key findings of the report regarding Irish farmers' concern about extreme weather events:
- 35% of farmers are concerned about extreme weather events impacting their farm now or in the future.
- Farmers are most concerned about storms, droughts and flooding.
- Almost half of farmer support compulsory measures to help farms adapt to extreme weather events.
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