EIP-AGRI Operational Groups: An Innovative Option to Support Hill Farmers for Biodiversity Conservation in the Irish Uplands
In this guest blog, Verena Berard PhD Connacht Ulster Alliance (CUA) scholarship recipient at IT Sligo and GMIT, provides us with an overview of her ongoing PhD research, analysing hill farmers attitudes and local environmental knowledge towards agri-environmental...Merging Knowledge and the EIP-AGRI Initiative Application Process: Some Research Findings and Reflections
In this guest blog, Jack McCarthy, Walsh Fellow at Teagasc’s Rural Economy and Development Programme and PhD candidate at University College Dublin’s School of Geography, provides us with a comprehensive overview of his PhD research exploring how policy can be made...OviData EIP-AGRI Project for Sheep Genetic Improvement
“An Ounce of Breeding is worth a Tonne of Feeding” In this guest blog, Eamon Wall, OviData EIP-Agri project leader, former lead of Irelands sheep breed improvement programme run by Sheep Ireland and part-time farmer, provides us with a comprehensive...The Role of EIP-AGRI Operational Groups to Realign Policy
In this guest blog, Dr Barry McMahon, Associate Professor in the School of Agriculture and Food Science at University College Dublin (UCD), where he acts as Programme Director of the MSc in Wildlife Conservation and Management, details his thoughts and opinions on how...
