Kevin Kilcline
Research OfficerResearch Interests
Kevin is an agriculture research economist based at the Rural Economy and Development Programme (REDP), Teagasc. Kevin's research interest is in agricultural, environmental and natural resource economics with a focus on systems analysis, both farm level modelling and innovation systems analysis. Kevin has previously worked as a lecturer at the Plant and Agri-Biosciences Centre in the National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) and has held the role of economist at the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA)
Current Projects
GROFarmS - Growing Resilient Organic Farm Systems.
Funded by DAFM 2023 Thematic Research Call. Project Coordinator.
NET FarmINN – Organic Farming Innovations Network Europe. Funded by EU Horizon Europe Thematic Network (Cluster 6). National Lead
MEASURE - Modelling Estimates for Agricultural Sustainability Using Real Evidence. Funded by DAFM 2023 Thematic Research Call. Project Partner
GEN FARMS - Gender and Generational Factors in Agricultural Resource Management for Sustainability. Funded by DAFM 2023 Policy and Strategic Studies Research Call (PSSRC). Project Partner
National Afforestation Model. EPA Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Addressing Climate Change Evidence Needs 2022. Project Partner.
Competitiveness - Measuring the Competitiveness of Irish Agriculture in the context of Sustainable Intensification. Funded by Teagasc. Project
ENACT Organics - Evaluating National And EU Comprehensive Targets in Organics. Project Coordinator.
FARM - Feasibility Assessment for ORganic Feed Milling. Funded by DAFM 2024 Policy & Strategic Studies Research Call. Project Partner
OILPRO - Investigating the Feasibility of Oilseed Processing in Ireland. Funded by DAFM 2024 Policy & Strategic Studies Research Call. Project Partner
Education
PhD (Economics) NUIG
M.Agr. Sc (Environmental economics and modelling) NUIG
B.Comm, International (French) NUIG
Postgraduate Diploma in Education NUIG
Professional Membership
Agricultural Economics Society of Ireland (AESI)
Agricultural Economics Society (AES)
European Association of Agricultural Economics
Agricultural Science Association - Associate member
Ayala, M. C., Groot, J. C. J., Kilcline, K., Grace, C., Kennedy, J., Moran, B., ... & Ripoll-Bosch, R. (2024). Characterizing beef and sheep farming systems to customize sustainability interventions and policy implementation. Journal of Environmental Management, 366, 121900.
Latruffe, L., Niedermayr, A., Desjeux, Y., Dakpo, K.H., Ayouba, K., Schaller, L., Kantelhardt, J., Jin, Y., Kilcline, K., Ryan, M. and O’Donoghue, C. (2023). Identifying and assessing intensive and extensive technologies in European dairy farming. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 50(3).
Davidova, S., Hostiou, N., Alebaki, M., Bailey, A., Bakucs, Z., Kilcline, K., & Walder, P. (2022). What Does Ecological Farming Mean for Farm Labour?. EuroChoices.
Duffy, C., Pede, V., Toth, G., Kilcline, K., O’Donoghue, C., Ryan, M., & Spillane, C. (2021). Drivers of household and agricultural adaptation to climate change in Vietnam. Climate and Development, 13(3), 242-255.
Kilcline, K., Dhubháin, Á. N., Heanue, K., O'Donoghue, C., & Ryan, M. (2021). Addressing the challenge of wood mobilisation through a systemic innovation lens: The Irish forest sector innovation system. Forest Policy and Economics, 128, 102461.
Duffy, C., O'Donoghue, C., Ryan, M., Kilcline, K., Upton, V., & Spillane, C. (2020). The impact of forestry as a land use on water quality outcomes: an integrated analysis. Forest Policy and Economics, 116, 102185.
Tsakiridis, A., O'Donoghue, C., Hynes, S., & Kilcline, K. (2020). A comparison of environmental and economic sustainability across seafood and livestock product value chains. Marine Policy, 117, 103968.
PhD Supervision
Quantifying the potential Impact of Carbon Sequestration Policies - A Regional Analysis for Irish Agriculture using the CAPRI model
Modelling the economic and environmental sustainability of alternative low input and organic beef production systems