Emma Buckley
Walsh ScholarResearch 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