Irish organic carrot grower says irrigation investment is key to climate resilience

Philip Draper, an organic carrot grower in Ireland, has told the farming news site Agriland that climate resilience is now the central issue for growers. In his view, a farm has to be ready to act at a moment's notice.

Draper said it takes a huge investment to build resilience into a business so that it can withstand climate change. The headline of the Agriland report points to irrigation as a key area of investment for carrot growers.

Only a short introduction to the original article is available, so details on specific investments, costs or the size of his operation are not known.