There will more than likely be a successor to the Knowledge Transfer (KT) programme in the next CAP.

Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed said it was his ambition to have a scheme to succeed the current one, which ended in July 2019.

However, the Department of Agriculture has confirmed that there will be no KT scheme in 2020.

Responding to a question from Fianna Fáil agriculture spokesperson Charlie McConologue, Minister Creed said: “It is important for the knowledge that is transferred but also for the social engagement between farmers in the various disciplines that participate in the knowledge transfer scheme.

“In a profession that is practised mostly in isolation, that is as important as the knowledge that is transferred.”

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He said any new scheme would be subject to budgetary constraints. While negotiations in relation to CAP reforms are ongoing, the minister envisaged knowledge transfer measures would form a key part of the next policy.

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