Emma Buckley

Research Interests

Keen interest in dairy farming

Completed work placement in New Zealand as part of undergraduate degree

Project Title: Developing a blueprint for low-emissions pasture-based dairy farming

Keen interest to lower carbon and ammonia footprints of milk by replacing artificial fertiliser nitrogen (AFN) with biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) associated with clover

The objective of the project is to develop a blueprint for low-emissions pasture-based dairy farming and to determine the impact of implementing this blueprint on the carbon and ammonia footprints and on economic competitiveness of commercial dairy farms.

Education

BSc (Hons) Agricultural Science, Waterford Institute of Technology