Land Matters EE18 EP2 (Part 1) What is Sustainable Agriculture?
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- Опубліковано 17 бер 2020
- #agriculture #ireland #farming
Agriculture is facing huge shocks from climate change, it’s become hard to predict the seasons, but the world’s agri-food system is also one of the biggest causes of climate change. How can our food systems and particularly livestock farming become more sustainable and resilient in the face of Climate Change?
Agriculture is the lifeblood of rural Ireland but it also makes up a disproportionate amount of greenhouse gas emissions, in this episode Dr Lara Dungan will meet with farmers and experts across Ireland to find out if beef and dairy have a future in a world of climate action.
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How can more people give up on beef and pork ?
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"Over quarter of the worlds greenhouse gas emisions come from food production"... so what bout the other 3 quarters. Why does Ireland produce so much beef, pay farmers nothing for it and export and sell it off to other countries as a premium product with huge profits.
Why do most Hindu states in India worship cows yet a hindu family owns the biggest beef production and exporting company in the world.
We shouldnt be pointing the finger at ourself in these cases..
If we stop monocropping our grasses and add some biodiversity we can reduce the amount of fertiliser needed and add protein to the cows diet without the need for much soya.
“...caused by feedstocks and by farming ...” Really?
Get rid of the demand for farming products, and the problem is solved.
On the other hand, how long would people last without beef, ham, bacon, eggs, cheese, yogurt, cream, milk, leather products, etc.?
There is another not so obvious problem. There are 120,000 farms, and based on the program the profitability of many of these farms is very low.
So, if you cut the number of animals, it seems to me that a significant number of these farms will close. Now, you have a more sustainable system in terms of climate change, but you have just increased your taxes in order to pay for the welfare of tens of thousands of Irish farming families that could not continue farming.
Yes !!