Farmers leading implementation of sustainable water management solutions

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Publication date	Thursday, 16 December, 2021
Keywords	grazing AKIS water footprint Fertilisation and nutrients management

The Mulkear catchment in the Limerick and Tipperary counties of Ireland is considered ‘at risk’ because of a worrying decline in the water quality across the catchment. The Operational Group project (OG) Mulkear-EIP has designed a programme to support farming activities, whilst bringing about catchment-scale improvements in water quality. “We wanted to implement a local, farmer-led collaborative partnership, to co-design an innovative suite of mitigation measures” Carol Quish, Operational Group Project Manager explains.

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