Despite progress on international development goals since 2000 and
agendas such as the Paris Agreement on Climate Change heralding
changes to agricultural practices, support for conventional agriculture
still dominates.
Using institutional data collected by the Irish government and by the
OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development),
the pattern is consistent with state aid and overseas aid in Ireland.
81% of subsides were invested in projects in Ireland with no
mention of sustainability (described as ‘agroecology’ or ‘sustainable
agriculture’), and 59% through overseas aid initiatives, which could
comprise industrial agricultural practices.