Farmers in Roscommon are being sought to apply for a new €1.6m European Innovation Partnership (EIP) scheme.
The 'Farming the Rocks' scheme will pay farmers for carrying out actions on karst land and land that has turloughs, eskers, stone walls or woodland on it.
The scheme was launched last week by Minister for Rural and Community Development Dara Calleary.
“I am really intrigued by this landscape. Everyone knows of the Burren, but I would not have known about the presence of this type of landscape here in south Roscommon.
"Now that I am here I am taken by the farmers' tradition of minding this space and their sense of responsibility to work in partnership with the land," he said.
Rewarding
"This EIP project is a way of rewarding the farmers working in partnership with the land as opposed to a top-down approach, working together and collectively with particular focus on the role of working groups," he added.
Applications are open to farmers with land containing species-rich grassland, eskers, turloughs or hazel woodlands.
Farmers are invited to an information meeting about the project in Four Roads Community Centre, F42 FT91, on Friday 3 October at 7.45pm.
The upcoming farmer meeting will provide details on the actions available, the application criteria and offer an opportunity to meet the project team and ask questions. All farmers are invited to attend.
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Farmers in Roscommon are being sought to apply for a new €1.6m European Innovation Partnership (EIP) scheme.
The 'Farming the Rocks' scheme will pay farmers for carrying out actions on karst land and land that has turloughs, eskers, stone walls or woodland on it.
The scheme was launched last week by Minister for Rural and Community Development Dara Calleary.
“I am really intrigued by this landscape. Everyone knows of the Burren, but I would not have known about the presence of this type of landscape here in south Roscommon.
"Now that I am here I am taken by the farmers' tradition of minding this space and their sense of responsibility to work in partnership with the land," he said.
Rewarding
"This EIP project is a way of rewarding the farmers working in partnership with the land as opposed to a top-down approach, working together and collectively with particular focus on the role of working groups," he added.
Applications are open to farmers with land containing species-rich grassland, eskers, turloughs or hazel woodlands.
Farmers are invited to an information meeting about the project in Four Roads Community Centre, F42 FT91, on Friday 3 October at 7.45pm.
The upcoming farmer meeting will provide details on the actions available, the application criteria and offer an opportunity to meet the project team and ask questions. All farmers are invited to attend.
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