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1. TEAGASC - Promoting Innovation in the Irish the Irish Bio-Economy
TEAGASC - Promoting Innovation in
Bio-Economy

2. Teagasc Goals
• Improve the competitiveness of agriculture,
food and the wider bio-economy
• Support sustainable farming and the
environment
• Encourage diversification of the rural
economy and enhance the quality of life in
rural areas
TEAGASC - Promoting TEAGASC - Promoting Innovation in the Bio-Economy
Innovation in the Irish Irish Bio-Economy

3. Teagasc: expertise and capacity
Soils Climate change
Research Biodiversity Gaseous emissions
interests Water quality River catchments
GIS datasets Forestry
Microbiology Ecosystem services
Experimentation & analysis for soil, water, microbes
Research National-scale spatial modelling
capacity Controlled-environment growth chambers
Long-term experiments on research farms and field sites
Socio-economic analysis in the rural environment
Contact point: john.finn@teagasc.ie
TEAGASC - Promoting Innovation in the Irish Bio-Economy

4. Biodiversity
Key researchers Dr John Finn, Dr Daire Ó’hUallacháin, Prof. Bryan
Griffiths
Research interests Biodiversity and ecosystem function; soil and
microbial diversity; agri-environment schemes;
& capacity conservation practices; climate change and
ecosystem resilience
Recent projects FP6 AE Footprint; FP6 ITAES (agri-environment
schemes); IRCSET Marie Curie Fellowship; FP7
AnimalCHANGE (climate change & agriculture);
FP7 EcoFINDERS (soil diversity)
FP7 interests Area 6.1.2.4 Biodiversity
Env.2011.2.1.4-2 Behaviour of
ecosystems, thresholds & tipping points
Contact john.finn@teagasc.ie
TEAGASC - Promoting Innovation in the Irish Bio-Economy

5. Water Quality
Key researchers Dr Karl Richards, Dr Owen Fenton
Research interests Contaminant fate and transport, mitigation of
agricultural pollutants, environmental
& capacity microbiology and pathogens; state of the art
water and gas labs, instrumented research sites
Recent projects Subsurface denitrification, groundwater and
surfacewater nutrient amelioration, groundwater
pesticide risk assessment, use of nitrification
inhibitors to reduce reactive N losses
FP7 interests Area 6.2.1.2 Water resources
Contact karl.richards@teagasc.ie; owen.fenton@teagasc.ie
TEAGASC - Promoting Innovation in the Irish Bio-Economy

6. Spatial Analysis &
Earth Observation
Key researchers Reamonn Fealy, David Meredith, Stuart Green
Spatial Analysis, Mapping & Modelling of agriculture:
Research interests • Soil & land resource mapping
& capacity • Spatial assessment of agri-environment policy
• Agricultural Landuse and Habitat mapping through EO
Extensive data holdings in Irish context on these themes and
team experienced in producing national scale outputs
ENV.2011.2.1.4-1 Potential of biodiversity and ecosystems
FP7 interests for the mitigation of climate change
ENV.2011.1.1.6-1 Impacts of a global temperature increase of
2° from preindustrial level, in Europe and most vulnerable
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regions of the world
ENV.2011.2.1.6-1 Land-use and European forest ecosystems
Stuart.Green@Teagasc.ie
Contact Reamonn.Fealy@Teagasc.ie,David.Meredith@Teagasc.ie
TEAGASC - Promoting Innovation in the Irish Bio-Economy

7. Agricultural Catchments
Key researchers Prof. Phil Jordan, Dr. Cathal Buckley, Dr. Alice
Melland, Dr. Per-Erik Mellander, Dr. David Wall
Research interests - Evaluation of environmental and
& capacity socio-economic impacts of policies for water quality
- High resolution monitoring of nutrient and
sediment transfer trajectories in six agricultural
catchments;
FP7 interests Area 6.2.1.2 Water resources
Contact ger.shortle@teagasc.ie, phil.jordan@teagasc.ie
TEAGASC - Promoting Innovation in the Irish Bio-Economy

8. Soils
Key researchers Dr Rachel Creamer, Dr Rogier Schulte
Research interests -Irish Soil Information System:
1:250,000 soil mapping for Ireland
& capacity with associated Soil Information
System
- Factors affecting soil quality
Soil mapping, soil quality, soil
FP7 interests assessment, ecosystem
functions of soil
Contact Rachel.creamer@teagasc.ie
TEAGASC - Promoting Innovation in the Irish Bio-Economy

9. Forestry
Key researchers Dr. Gerry Douglas
Research interests Genetic improvement and conservation of
hardwood and biomass tree species
& capacity
Application of biotechnological methods for mass
propagation and genetic characterisation
FP7 interests • FP- 7 Increased sustainability of all production
systems (agriculture, forestry,……. );
• FP- 7 Research Infrastructures
Contact Gerry.Douglas@teagasc.ie
TEAGASC - Promoting Innovation in the Irish Bio-Economy