What is AgNav?
Bord Bia, Teagasc and ICBF, with the support of the Department of Agriculture, are collaborating to create AgNav, an online sustainability platform accessible to farmers and advisors. AgNav utilises the three agencies’ collective knowledge, data, support tools and other resources, to enable delivery against Climate Action Plan targets for the agri sector.
“AgNav...will enable all farmers across Ireland to set new standards in terms of the environmental sustainability of their individual farms through adoption of mitigation technologies while continuing to improve productivity and ensure economic viability.”
- Frank O’Mara, Director of Teagasc
For more information visit the AgNav platform
Why sign up to AgNav?
- Utilising the best available data, AgNav establishes the baseline performance of individual farms across a range of environmental indicators
- AgNav provides a live decision support tool to assist user identify mitigation strategies that can be implemented on individual farms
- Ability to create a tailored farm sustainability action plan with support of advisors
“AgNav puts the farmer in control of actions on their farm that will deliver on Climate Action. AgNav provides a whole farm sustainability assessment and includes a decision support function (forecaster tool) that allows science-led plans be made for individual farms to reduce emissions and increase sequestration.”
- Minister for Agriculture, Charlie McConalogue
What are the Objectives of AgNav?
- Encourage and support farmers to improve the sustainability of their farms
- Enable precise capture and analysis of data through data integration
- Leverage robust data, research and resources to drive the most appropriate actions tailored to individual farms
- Provide a mechanism to support the quantification of progress towards national targets for the agricultural sector
- Support clear communications on progress achieved at farm level
- Provide data, decision support tools, and guidance within one consolidated online platform
What are the key benefits of AgNav?
- The industry is requesting guidance and support to improve the sustainability of Irish farms and deliver on sectoral targets
- Maximises use of existing databases to access verifiable data and reduce resource requirements by user
- Collaborative research to ensure scientific oversight and continuous development
- Industry wide collaboration
- Freely available to all farmers
- Opt in - All subject to farmers permission
Teagasc Climate Strategy
AgNav is one of the key pillars of the Teagasc Climate Strategy, alongside the Signpost Advisory Programme and the National Centre for Agri-food Climate Research and Innovation.
For more information and to view the Teagasc Climate Action Strategy 2022-2030 booklet click here
How to get involved?
Sign up to the Teagasc Signpost Advisory Programme to join AgNav.
Funding
The development of AgNav is being funded by:
