Ruth Bennett Coady

Project Title: The role of Knowledge Transfer and farmer engagement in halting the decline of threatened farmland species

Overview

This project will develop a farmer friendly curlew habitat assessment tool that would be available to advisers to effect practice change. This study will contribute to developing the theoretical understanding of the factors influencing farmer practices that impact on curlew. It will make contributions to national debates on factors affecting farmers’ adoption of best practice.

Supervisors:

Glen Corbett (Teagasc)

Barry McMahon (UCD)

Location:  Tuam