Stimulus Fund awards €400,000 for two joint research projects
Firstly, the ‘Join-to-Farm’ project will explore how a broad range of joint farming ventures could enhance the sustainability of Irish agriculture. The project brings together social scientists: Dr Áine Macken-Walsh, Teagasc; Dr Kevin Heanue, Teagasc; Dr Anne Byrne, NUIG; and Prof Michael Ward and Dr Olive McCarthy of UCC.
The second project, ‘Agile-Tech’, examines how technology use by farmers evolves over time. The project involves social scientists: Dr Kevin Heanue, Teagasc; Dr Áine Macken-Walsh, Teagasc; Ann Lyons, NUIG; Mary O’Reilly-de Brún, Centre for Participatory Strategies; and Tomás de Brún, Centre for Participatory Strategies.
Dr Anne Byrne, of NUIG said: “Collaborative scholarship and innovative, inclusive research methodologies enhance not only our understanding of how complex ideas, practices and processes intersect, but crucially stack the odds in favour of good outcomes for those who are at the heart of the projects — farmers.”
