Co. Clare farmer Carina Roseingrave has said she will "stand up for every Irish woman farmer" during this important year.

Roseingrave spoke to Agriland after she was announced as Ireland's ambassador for International Year of the Woman Farmer (IYWF).

She is a full-time farmer alongside her brother on a mixed farm enterprise situated at the foothills of the Burren in Crusheen, Co. Clare.