In any given year, the impact of Teagasc research is a combination of the continuing impact of past research and the new impact of recent research. The most recent publication highlights some of these new impacts achieved in 2024 below.
Research Impact Highlights 2025 (PDF)
Foreword
Teagasc launched its new corporate strategy in late 2025, ‘Innovating for Impact: Improving Competitiveness and Resilience in the Irish AgriFood Sector.’ The strategy focuses on enhancing productivity, strengthening environmental sustainability, increasing the sector’s attractiveness and driving innovation across the agri-food industry. This is in line with the EU Commission’s new vision for agriculture and food by making future farming and food production systems more competitive and resilient, sustainable and attractive for future generations.
Productivity can be enhanced through advances in plant and animal genetics, the adoption of innovative technologies and the creation of greater food added value. Environmental sustainability will be strengthened by supporting farmers to reduce emissions, sequester carbon and improve water quality. Sectoral attractiveness will be enhanced by facilitating inter-generational farm transfer, new entrants to farming and collaborative farming. Innovation across the agri-food sector will be increased by strengthening the digital, AI and entrepreneurial capabilities of farmers and food businesses.
This publication presents 20 examples of our research impact from 2025, highlighting a selection of the innovative work delivered across our four research programmes: Animal and Grassland; Crops, Environment and Land Use; Food; and Rural Economy and Development. To evaluate the impact of its research activities, Teagasc has developed a dedicated impact assessment framework. This includes describing how Teagasc’s work contributes to the agri-food sector through three interconnected pathways: Technology Development and Adoption, Capacity Building, and Policy Information and Support.
Pat Dillon – Director of Research, Teagasc
