The Carbon Navigator

Pat Murphy

Teagasc

Why

Agriculture 33% of Irish GHGs

Emissions Targets

MACC – Practice Adoption

Focus on Win - Win

Raise Awareness

Professionals

Farmers

Structured Opportunity

Support GHM emissions reduction and marketing

How

Teagasc (Research & Advice)

• Research - Footprint

• Research - Mitigation

• Programme Design

• System rollout with advisers

Bord Bia (Irish Food Board)

• Research Funding Partner

• Software Development

• Integrated Data Collection

• Part of Quality Assurance

Department of Agriculture

• Integration in KT Programmes

• Increasing utilisation

Dairy Industry

• Support use with suppliers

What

A simple programme

Based on best science

Focus on Win –Win Mitigation

Designed to be used by professionals with farmers

Focuses on

Current Performance and comparison

Scope for Improvement – Set Targets

GHG Reduction

Financial Benefit

Advice on achieving targets

It does not calculate a carbon footprint

Current PerformanceTarget PerformanceImprovement GraphGHG Reduction %Profit Increase €

Dairy Farms – How can we reduce Agricultural GHGs

Better slurry and

fertiliser

management Longer

Grazing

seasonImproved

Genetics - EBI

Improved

Energy

Efficiency

Increased N

Efficiency

Usage 2016 / 2017

10,000 Dairy Farms

20,000 Beef Farms

MACC2 – Late 2016 (Teagasc)

Redevelopment of Dairy and Beef Carbon Navigators

Sheep Carbon Navigator

Tillage Carbon Navigator

The Carbon Navigator: Future Plans

Combined Industry Approach

Integration

Quality assurance scheme – Accuracy and Efficiency

KT Schemes and Producer requirement - Uptake

Keep it Simple

A first step

Key Elements

Thank You

Pat Murphy, Paul Crosson, Donal O‘Brien, Andy Boland