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Fri 11 Nov 2008Crops viable despite climate change
IRISH AGRICULTURE will be capable of adapting to climate change and most crops cultivated here will remain viable, the National Teagasc Reps conference in Tullamore was told yesterday by Prof John Sweeney of NUI Maynooth.
He said the rural environment protection scheme (Reps) could be a useful tool in adapting to the changes already predicted as these would centre either on maximising outputs or minimising inputs.
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