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    MUSSI Working Paper Series No – 32 AGRICULTURE POLICY REVIEW Analysis of how Ireland’s grass-fed agricultural system shapes land use and value


    McCabe, Conor, Bresnihan, Patrick, Fitzgerald, Louise and Benceković, Sara (2026) MUSSI Working Paper Series No – 32 AGRICULTURE POLICY REVIEW Analysis of how Ireland’s grass-fed agricultural system shapes land use and value. Working Paper. Maynooth University Social Science Institute (MUSSI).

    Abstract

    This policy review examines land use in Ireland, with particular emphasis on agriculture, and draws on concepts that support a sustainable transition and fairer futures.1 It therefore requires a review of policy as constructed, but also an interrogation of the wider political economy to observe, however fragmentary, the current dynamics that may help or hinder a move towards a just transition. It takes as its starting premise that Irish land use policy cannot be understood separately from long durational, structural dynamics that shape the agricultural system. Policy design matters, but structural conditions also significantly influence implementation and outcomes.
    Item Type: Monograph (Working Paper)
    Additional Information: JUSTLAND: A just transition for land in Ireland
    Keywords: Agriculture Policy review; Ireland; grass-fed; agricultural system; land use; land value;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Social Sciences > Geography
    Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Institutes > Irish Climate Analysis and Research Units, ICARUS
    Item ID: 22010
    Identification Number: 10.48460/MU.MURAL.00022010
    Depositing User: Patrick Bresnihan
    Date Deposited: 30 Oct 2026 15:14
    Publisher: Maynooth University Social Science Institute (MUSSI)
    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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