Rural Development Programme for Ireland 2014 – 2020 The LEADER element of the Rural Development Programme 2014 – 2020 will provide €250 million in financial resources to support the development of sustainable rural communities. It is expected that the 2014 – 2020 programme will fund enterprise development, job creation, rural tourism and recreation. In addition, promoting social inclusion through building community capacity, training and animation, […]
GLAS Green Low-Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme , GLAS is an agri-environment scheme that provides funding to farmers in return for delivering environmental management on their land. It is the successor to schemes like REPS (Rural Environment Protection Scheme) and AEOS (Agri-Environment Options Scheme). GLAS aims to deliver benefits in terms of the rural environment and address issues of climate change mitigation, water quality and the preservation of […]
Forestry Programme 2014-2020 The Forestry Programme 2014-2020 consists of 11 separate measures aimed at forestry development which will deliver economic, social and environmental benefits to society. Afforestation Scheme Under the redesigned Afforestation Scheme both farmers and non farmers will receive the same premium rate which will be paid each year for 15 years. This is worth up to €9,500/hectare over 15 years. Further details of […]
Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme The aim of this intervention is to provide support to beef farmers to improve the environmental sustainability of the national beef herd. The programme aims to build on the gains delivered thus far through the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) and the Beef Environmental Efficiency Programme (BEEP) by improving the genetic merit of the Irish suckler herd and reducing the […]
Pillar II Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) is a key climate measure designed to provide for long-term environmental improvement via participation by farmers. It builds on the Conditionality and the Eco Scheme. ACRES aims to contribute significantly to achieving improved biodiversity, climate, air and water quality outcomes. These will be achieved through two approaches under the scheme: an ACRES General approach offering a range of […]
Axis 2 measures. Axis 2 measures are designed to protect and enhance natural resources and landscapes in rural areas. They seek to contribute towards biodiversity, preservation of high nature value farming, forestry systems and traditional agricultural landscapes, protection of water and climate change amelioration. The measure seeks to ensure continued agricultural land use, contributes to the maintenance of a viable rural society, promotion of environmentally […]