Anne Kinsella

Research Officer

Research Interests

Anne is a Senior Economist and a Chartered Certified Accountant, utilising her complementary qualifications in working closely with a number of interdisciplinary teams, nationally and internationally, on economic and financial focused projects. Her research specialises in the area of production economics, farm level agricultural economics research and more recently on sustainable transition through generational renewal via pension and income provisioning. She also actively engages with colleagues at EU level/DG-Agri in her role on Innovation and knowledge exchange, EIP-Agri. Anne is the Irish representation on the international OECD Network for farm level analysis, a role in which she was assigned as the Irish representative by DAFM and in meeting with Irish attaché and delegates. She also has been assigned a role on network team in planning and co-ordination of seminars.

She collaborates with the international consortium of researchers in the International Beef and Sheep Agri- benchmark Network (formerly IFCN - International Farm Comparisons Network) and Global Forum conferences. She has responsibility for provision of Irish national statistics and data and in provision of financial and technical data at farm level.

Anne has been involved in the design and analysis of numerous additional surveys, especially in area of health and safety on Irish farms, succession and Inheritance and risk. She played a pivotal role as project manager in NFS ICT project and in modernising the platform on which it now sits.

She a member of steering committee for Burren-LIFE project (and the Ag-Biota project), which was instrumental in informing agri-environmental policy.

Prior to working in Teagasc, she played a pivotal role in setting up and managing a new fund management department for an International Capital Management company.

Current Projects

EU Wide/International Remit Projects

FLIARA – Female led innovation in Agriculture and Rural Areas (EU Horizon project)

Ruralization - The opening of rural areas to renew rural generations, jobs and farms (Horizon 2020 project)

European CAP Network - Support Facility ‘Innovation and Knowledge exchange’ (EIP-AGRI) – Division B: Fostering a smart and resilient agricultural sector and food security & Communications team

agri benchmark Beef & Sheep – Global overview and latest developments in world markets, international comparison, benchmarking results – Irish delegated Representative

OECD Farm Level Analysis Network – Irish Representative on International Network

EU Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN)

National Projects

Transition - Sustainable Transition of the Rural Economy through Generational Renewal (National Project - DAFM funded)

Agri Renew - Engagement levels of the farming sector in renewable energy and bioeconomy projects – a focus on balancing economic and environmental sustainability (National Project – SEAI funded)

MEASURE - Modelling Estimates for Agricultural Sustainability Using Real Evidence (National Project - DAFM funded)

GRO-FarmS – Growing Resilient Organic Farming Systems (National Project - DAFM funded)

OUTLOOK – Economic Prospects for Irish Agriculture

Teagasc National Farm Survey

Others: Riskometer (Internally Funded) , Succession/Inheritance , Farm Investment

Teagasc Representative

Galway Rural Development CLG – Chairperson, Board of Directors & Executive Board

Comhar na nOileán CTR, Board of Directors

EMBRACE Farm, Joint-Treasurer, Board of Directors

Education

B.A(Econ.), M Sc., FCCA

Professional Membership

ACCA

Publications
Students

Conway, S., McDonagh, J., Farrell, M. and Kinsella, A. (2022). ‘Farmers Don’t Retire’: Re-Evaluating How We Engage with and Understand the ‘Older’ Farmer’s Perspective, February 2022, Sustainability 14(5):2533, DOI: 10.3390/su14052533

Hayden. M., McNally, B., Kinsella, A. (2021) Exploring state pension provision policy for the farming community, Journal of Rural Studies, DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2021.05.032 A1

Conway, S., McDonagh, J., Farrell, M. and Kinsella, A. (2021).Going against the grain: Unravelling the habitus of older farmers to help facilitate generational renewal in agriculture, Sociologia Ruralis, May 2021 61(3):602–622 A1

Conway, S., Farrell, M., McDonagh, J. and Kinsella, A. (2021).Mobilising Land Mobility in the European Union: An Under-researched Phenomenon (2020) International Journal of Agricultural Management DOI: 10.5836/ijam/2020-09-7 A1

Geoghegan C, Kinsella A, O’donoghue C. The effect of farmer attitudes on openness to land transactions: evidence for Ireland. Bio-based and Applied Economics 2021;10(2):153-168; doi http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/bae-9746.

Kinsella, A., (2021) T5.2 RURALIZATION- Farm Partnerships as a promising practice in the West of Ireland, Succession Case Study Report. Published research. RURALIZATION project (Deliverable 5.2 RURALIZATION - WP5: Case Study Report – 30 case studies on rural newcomers, new entrants into farming and succession. p. 824-888“Farm Partnerships as a promising practice in the West of Ireland “)

Murtagh, A., Farrell, M., Mahon, M., McDonagh, J., Conway, T., Conway, S., Korthals Altes, W., Ahlmeyer, F., Blasco, C., Brochot, A., Corrado, A., Correa, M., Csizmady, A., Graham, K., Janc, K., Karsa, D., Kinsella, A., Kovách, I., Martin-Prevel, A., Mathieu, N., Szocs-Boruss, A. M., Quesada, I., Raczyk, A., Rioufol, V., Rodrigo, J., Ruuska, P., Sivini, S., Tas, P., Viszló, L., Vitale, A, Wiehler, H-A., Bahner, T. (2021) D3.1 Assessment Framework. Published research. RURALIZATION project.

Sivini,S., Conti, M., Passarelli, G., Vitale, A., Kovách, I.,Spaans, M., Koreman. M., Ruuska, P., Kuhmonen, ,T., de Lafond, V., Robert-Boeuf, C., Brédif ,H., Mathieu, N., Martin-Prével; A., Créquy; A., Rochette,T., Albrecht, J., Volgmann, K., Ahlmeyer, F., Dembowski, R., Aertke, J., Dembowski, R., Czibere, I., Bai, A., Megyesi,B., Balogh, P., Csizmady, A., Csurgó, B., Kinsella, A., Farrell, M., Weir, L., Conway, S., Murtagh, A.,Graham, K., Swade, K., Correa, M., Albà, M., Blasco, C.,(2021) D5.2 30 Case studies on rural newcomers, new entrants to farming and successors, Published research. RURALIZATION project.

Geoghegan C, Kinsella A, O’Donoghue C. (2021) The effect of farmer attitudes on openness to land transactions: evidence for Ireland. Bio-based and Applied Economics 2021;10(2):153-168; doi http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/bae-9746.

Kinsella, A., Kovách, I., Megyesi, B., Sivini, S., Vitale, A., (2020). Deliverable 5.1 Report on “Analysis on rural newcomers, new entrants into farming and successors in farming” RURALIZATION Project. Available at: https://ruralization.eu/deliverables-and-project-publications/ Published research. RURALIZATION project.

Conway, S., Farrell, M., McDonagh, J. and Kinsella, A. (2020). Mobilising land mobility in the European Union an under-researched phenomenon. International Journal of Agricultural Management June 2020 ISSN 2047-3710 37708 A1

McNamara, J.G., Kinsella, A., Osborne, A.,, Blake, C., and Meredith, D. (2020). Identifying farmer workplace injury risk factors in Ireland using farm accounts data. Journal of Agromedicine DOI: 10.1080/1059924X.2020.1837704 ISSN 1059-924X 37700 A1

Korthals Altes, W., de Wolff, H., Holzer, G., Leinfelder, H., Georgiev, M., Moulin, F., Demetriou, D., Vaishar, A., Hvarregaard Thorsøe, M., Jürgenson, E., Rasva, M., Konttinen, K., Kristeri, L., Loveluck, W., Tietz, A., Lalenis, K., Megyesi, B., Kovách, I., Bai, A., Fodor, L. , Finn, A., MacAuley, E., Paolini, L., Kapostins, E., Parsova, V., Pašakarnis, G., Conter, G., Borg, M., Perzyna, J., Skrzypczyński, R., Cabral Rolo, J., Ramos Rocha, J. Szocs-Boruss, A. M., Bruma, S., Bandlerova, A., Lisec, A., Amat, P., Blasco, C., Correa, M., Ortiz, D., Nutting, E., Cropley, A., Brown, P., McKee, A., Combe, M. M., Ahlmeyer, F., Bahner, T., Beyens, A., Dołzbłasz, S., Janc, K., Kinsella, A., Kuhmonen, T., de Lafond, V., Mathieu, N., Murtagh, A., Martin-Prevel, A., Ruuska, P., Sivini, S., Rioufol, V., Tas, P., Volgmann, K. (2020). D6.2 Report on legal and policy arrangements in 28 member states. Published research. RURALIZATION project.

Conway, S., McDonagh, J., Farrell, M.,and Kinsella, A. (2019). Human dynamics and the intergenerational farm transfer process in later life: A roadmap for future generational renewal in agriculture policy. International Journal of Agricultural Management Vol. 8 Issue 1 22-30.

Leonard, B., Farrell, M., Kinsella, A. and O'Donoghue, C. (2019). Risky (farm) business: perceptions of economic risk in farm succession and inheritance. Journal of Rural Studies 2019: 12, 007 ISSN 0743 0167 37705 A1

Murtagh, A., Farrell, M., Kinsella, A., Conway, S. 2019. Country Report. D5.1 COMPARATIVE REPORT Published research. RURALIZATION project.

Murtagh, A., Farrell, M., Mahon, M., McDonagh, J., Conway, T., Conway, S., Ahlmeyer, F., Blasco, C., Corrado, A., Correa, M., Csizmady, A., Graham, K., Janc, K., Karsa, D., Kinsella, A., Korthals Altes, W., Kovách, I., Martin-Prevel, A., Mathieu, N., Szocs-Boruss, A. M., Quesada, I., Raczyk, A., Rioufol, V., Rodrigo, J., Ruuska, P., Sivini, S., Tas, P., Viszló, L., Vitale, A, Wiehler, H-A., Bahner, T. (2019) D3.2 Detailed Conceptual Guidelines. Published research. RURALIZATION project.

Conway, S. NUIG, McDonagh, J. NUIG, Farrell, M. NUIG and Kinsella, A. (2018). Till death do us part: Exploring the Irish farmer-farm relationship in later life through the lens of ‘Insideness’. International Journal of Agricultural Management April 2018 ref 17-123R1 ISSN 2047-3710 A1

Geoghegan, C., Kinsella, A. and O'Donoghue, C. (2017). Institutional drivers of land mobility: The impact of CAP rules and tax policy on land mobility incentives in Ireland. Agricultural Finance Review ** ISSN 0002-1466 35965 A1

Leonard, B., Mahon, M. , Kinsella, A., O'Donoghue, C. , Farrell, M. , Curran, T. and Hennessy, T. (2017). The potential of farm partnerships to facilitate farm succession and inheritance. International Journal of Agricultural Management pp 4-19 ISSN 2047-3710 35786

Conway, S., McDonagh, J., Farrell, M. and Kinsella, A. (2017). Uncovering obstacles: The exercise of symbolic power in the complex arena of intergenerational family farm transfer. Journal of Rural Studies 54: 60-75 ISSN 0743 0167 35861 A1

Leonard, B., Mahon, M., Kinsella, A., O Donoghue, C., Farrell, M., Curran, T., Hennessy, T. (2017) The Potential of Farm Partnerships to Facilitate Farm Succession and Inheritance, International Journal Agricultural Management, DOI: 10.5836/ijam/2017-06-04

Leonard, B., Kinsella, A., O’Donoghue, C., Farrell, M., and Mahon, M. (2017) Policy drivers of farm succession and inheritance. Land Use Policy, 61, pp.147–159. ISSN 0264-8377 35197

Conway, S., McDonagh, J., Farrell, M. and Kinsella, A. (2016). Cease agricultural activity forever? Underestimating the importance of symbolic captial. Journal of Rural Studies 44 - pp 164-176 ISSN 0743 0167 34438 A1

Anderson, A., McCormack, S., Helden, A., Sheridan, H., Kinsella, A. and Purvis, G. (2011). The potential of parasitoid Hymenoptera as bioindicators of arthropod diversity in agricultural grasslands. Journal of Applied Ecology 382-390 (Vol. 48) 23642 A1

Hennessy, T., Kinsella, A. and Thorne, F. (2016). Planned intentions versus actual behaviour: assessing the reliability of intention surveys in predicting farmers' production levels post decoupling. International Journal of Agricultural Management (IJAM) Vol 5(3) pp 70-77 ISSN 2047-3710 A1

Hennessy, T., Kinsella, A. and Dillon, E. (2014). Forty years of common agricultural policy : The Irish farming experience. Administration Vol. 62, No. 2 31983 A1

Hynes, S.P., O'Donoghue, C., Murphy, E. and Kinsella, A. (2008). The impact of REPS participation on farm chemical input usage and the production of negative externalities. Irish Journal of Agri- Environmental Research Vol 6: pp16-27 17561 A1

Kelly, E., Shalloo, L., Geary, U., Kinsella, A. and Wallace, M. (2012). Application of data envelopment analysis to measure technical efficiency on a sample of Irish Dairy Farms. Irish Journal of Agricultural & Food Research 51:63-77 ISSN 0791-6833 28866 A1

Kelly, E., Shalloo, L., Geary, U., Kinsella, A., Thorne, F. and Wallace, M. (2013). An analysis of the factors associated with technical and scale efficiency of Irish dairy farms. International Journal of Agricultural Management 2 (3): 149 ISSN 2047-3710 29780 A1

Kelly, E., Shalloo, L., Geary, U., Kinsella, A., Thorne, F. and Wallace, M. (2012). The associations of management and demographic factors with technical, allocative and economic efficiency of Irish dairy farms. Journal of Agricultural Science 150: 738-754 ISSN 0021-8596 27630 A1

Leonard, B., Kinsella, A., O’Donoghue, C., Farrell, M., and Mahon, M. (2017) Policy drivers of farm succession and inheritance. Land Use Policy, 61, pp.147–159. ISSN 0264-8377 35197

Loughrey, J., Thorne, F., Kinsella, A., Hennessy, T., O'Donoghue, C. and Vollenweider, X. – London School of Economics (2015). Market Risk Management and the Demand for Forward Contracts among Irish Dairy Farmers. International Journal of Agricultural Management 8 pages ISSN 2047-

McMahon, B.J., Helden, A., Anderson, A., Sheridan, H., Kinsella, A. and Purvis, G. (2010). Interactions between livestock systems and biodiversity in South-East Ireland. Agriculture Eco Systems & Environment Vol 139 (2010) 232-238 ISSN 0167-8809 22519 A1

McMahon, B.J., Sheridan, H., Kinsella, A. and Purvis, G. (2010). An assessment of bird species within Irish agricultural landscapes using the Field Boundary Evaluation and Grading System. Bird Study Pages 108-115 ISSN 0006-3657 20933 A1

Osborne, A., Blake, C., Meredith, D., Kinsella, A., Phelan, J., McNamara, J.G. and Cunningham, C. (2013). Work-related musculoskeletal disorders among Irish farm operators. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 56(2), 235-242 ISSN 1097-0274 30554 A1

Sansford, C.E., Baker, R.H.A., Brennan, J., Ewert, F., Inman, A., Kinsella, A., Magnus, H.A., Miglietta, F.., Murray, G.M., Porta-Puglia, A., Porter, J.R., Rafoss, T., Riccioni, L. and Thorne, F. (2008). The new pest risk analysis for Tilletia indica, the cause of karnal bunt of wheat, continues to support the quarantine status of the patogen in Europe. Plant Pathology 1-9 ISSN 1830-184626

Sheridan, H., McMahon, B.J., Carnus, T., Finn, J.A., Anderson, A., Helden, A.J., Kinsella, A. and Purvis, G. (2011). Pastoral farmland habitat diversity in south-east Ireland. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 144: 130-135 ISSN 0167-8809 25228 A1

Whelan, S., Ruane, D., McNamara, J., Kinsella, A. and McNamara, A. (2009). Disability on Irish farms - a real concern. Journal of Agromedicine 14: 157-163 ISSN 1059-924X 18791 A1

Kinsella, A., T5.1 FADN Data Analysis and Summary Review to inform new entrants and succession (2020) Unpublished research. RURALIZATION project

Kinsella, A., T5.1 .1 Structural profile of EU family farms - EUROSTAT Farm Structures Survey Data analysis to inform New Entrants and Successors (2020). Unpublished research. RURALIZATION project

Kinsella, A., Data Analysis and Interpretation (Teagasc National Farm Survey) to inform Task 5.1 (2020) Unpublished research. RURALIZATION project

Work-related musculoskeletal disorders among Irish farm operators. American Journal of Industrial Medicine (2013).Osborne, A., Blake, C., Meredith, D., Kinsella, A., Phelan, J., McNamara, J.G. and Cunningham, C. A1

An analysis of the factors associated with technical and scale efficiency of Irish dairy farms. International Journal of Agricultural Management , (2013) Kelly, E., Shalloo, L., Geary, U., Kinsella, A., Thorne, F. and Wallace, M. A1

Application of data envelopment analysis to measure technical efficiency on a sample of Irish Dairy Farms. Irish Journal of Agricultural & Food Research (2012).Kelly, E., Shalloo, L., Geary, U., Kinsella, A. and Wallace, M. A1

The associations of management and demographic factors with technical, allocative and economic efficiency of Irish dairy farms. Journal of Agricultural Science (2012). Kelly, E., Shalloo, L., Geary, U., Kinsella, A., Thorne, F. and Wallace, M. A1

The potential of parasitoid Hymenoptera as bioindicators of arthropod diversity in agricultural grasslands. Journal of Applied Ecology (2011). Anderson, A., McCormack, S., Helden, A., Sheridan, H., Kinsella, A. and Purvis, G. A1

Pastoral farmland habitat diversity in south-east Ireland. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (2011) Sheridan, H., McMahon, B.J., Carnus, T., Finn, J.A., Anderson, A., Helden, A.J., Kinsella, A. and Purvis, G. ). A1

Interactions between livestock systems and biodiversity in South-East Ireland. Agriculture Eco Systems & Environment Vol 139 (2010) McMahon, B.J., Helden, A., Anderson, A., Sheridan, H., Kinsella, A. and Purvis, G. A1

Disability on Irish farms - a real concern. Journal of Agromedicine . (2009) Whelan, S., Ruane, D., McNamara, J., Kinsella, A. and McNamara, A. A1

The impact of REPS participation on farm chemical input usage and the production of negative externalities. Irish Journal of Agri-Environmental Research (2008) Hynes, S.P., O'Donoghue, C., Murphy, E. and Kinsella, A, A1

The new pest risk analysis for Tilletia indica, the cause of karnal bunt of wheat, continues to support the quarantine status of the patogen in Europe. Plant Pathology (2008).Sansford, C.E., Baker, R.H.A., Brennan, J., Ewert, F., Inman, A., Kinsella, A., Magnus, H.A., Miglietta, F.., Murray, G.M., Porta-Puglia, A., Porter, J.R., Rafoss, T., Riccioni, L. and Thorne, F.

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