Agricultural Science Assignment: Exploring How Sustainable Dairy Farming Can Support Ireland’s Future Agricultural Competitiveness

Thematic Brief 2026

Explore how an environmentally sustainable food production system could support Ireland’s future agricultural competitiveness”.

Use the theme

Explore how an environmentally sustainable food production system could support Ireland’s future agricultural competitiveness” as a “lens” to look through while undertaking the learning contained in the specification’s strands and crosscutting themes. In your Individual Investigative Study, you should do the following;

• Choose a specific agricultural enterprise1 and a topic relevant to that enterprise and to the theme.
• Develop a research question that is related to the theme and which you would like to investigate in the context of the chosen enterprise.
• Carry out initial research on the topic as it relates to the theme.
• In the context of your chosen enterprise, investigate the topic by carrying out one or more experiments, supplemented, if appropriate, by other investigative activities. Carry out specific scientific investigation(s) of the topic. This will involve developing and testing specific hypothesis and drawing conclusions based on evidence gathered.
• At least one of the experiments you carry out must involve gathering and processing data
• Document and present your work in the digital coursework booklet provided by the State Examinations Commission for marking The text above is a thematic brief, do a project based on the file attached below