Aoife Leader

Project Title: Towards improving environmental sustainability on dairy farms in Ireland: the development of an effective communication method for the increased adoption of biodiversity management practices

Overview: Aoife will work with farms that are part of the Glanbia/Teagasc Open Source Future Farm programme to establish a baseline indication of biodiversity management practices on-farm; develop a unique farm Biodiversity Management Plan for each farm that can be integrated into the whole farm plan and monitor/evaluate how this process works to provide lessons on better communication of biodiversity management advice.

Supervisors: Richard O’Brien (Teagasc) and Prof Jim Kinsella (UCD)

Location: Kilkenny