Phoebe A. Morton1,2 | Chris Fennell3 | Rachel Cassidy2 | Donnacha Doody2 | Owen Fenton3 | Per-Erik Mellander3 | Phil Jordan1 1 School of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Ulster University, Coleraine, UK 2 Agri-Environment Branch, Agri-Food Biosciences Institute, Belfast, UK 3 Crops, Environment and Land Use Programme, Teagasc, Wexford, Ireland
Phoebe Morton (1), Rachel Cassidy (1), Phil Jordan (2), Colin McRoberts (1), Stewart Floyd (1), Briege McCarney (1), and Donnacha Doody (1) (1) Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, 18a Newforge Lane, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (phoebe.morton@afbini.gov.uk), (2) School of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Ulster University, Coleraine, BT52 1SA, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
The Land Incentive Scheme Booklet provides information on the Source to Tap Project's Pilot Cross-border Farming Scheme. The Scheme aims to give landowners, who farm in the part of the River Derg catchment upstream of the Derg Water Treatment Works, grants of up to £20,000 for a farm business based in Northern Ireland; €23,000 for a farm business based in Ireland, to make some small changes in farming practice that will make the farm business more sustainable whilst also helping to protect water quality in the River Derg.
On the 7th March 2018 we held a very successful networking event to explore the synergies between projects that are taking place within our project areas. This was useful for everyone involved in order to understand the opportunities for collaboration and to avoid replication and stakeholder fatigue.