The SCEENE EIP will deliver the following project objectives:

1: Develop a scalable model to enhance local soil health.

2: Promote efficient nutrient management across the Loop Head peninsula.

3: Foster a collective farming approach to soil health and regenerative agriculture.

4: Create a circular farming system, diversifying farmer incomes, in a circular bioeconomy approach.

5: Enhance wider soil literacy in agriculture and especially in the coastal farming regions of Ireland.

Start Date & Timeframe:
The SCEENE EIP got underway on the 1st July 2025 and will have a 4½ year (54-month) implementation timeframe, ending late December, 2029.

Budget: The overall approved budget from the DAFM is €1.75 million, to be used across eight different work packages. Of this, an amount of €645,000 will be assigned to equipment and consumables related to implementation, including farmer payments. An amount of €809,000 will be assigned to project coordination, project management and administration, research, monitoring, data collection and analysis, and on external support. In addition, approximately €280,000 will be allocated to other elements of project implementation.