AESI Annual Conference 2024

The 2024 Annual Conference took place on 25-27th June in Ulster University, Belfast.

The programme of the event can be viewed at this link.

Click here to view the book of abstracts (standard sessions).

Click on the following links to view the discussion papers:

• Westhoff and Binfield – Diverging paths: EU and U.S. farm support programs in a changing political and economic environment
• Kyei and de Bruin – The impact of climate-induced stress on Irish labour productivity
• Knapp et al. – Financing the forestry transition: An expert stakeholder analysis

Thank you to our presenters and panel speakers for the special session on “Anaerobic Digestion Policy and Practice: Experience to Date”!

From left to right: Erin Sherry (AFBI), Ian Marshall (CASE), Chris Johnston (AFBI), Ursula Lavery (Moy Park, QUB), Barry Caslin (Teagasc), Jonathan McFerran (DAERA), Redmond McEvoy (DAFM), Maurice Deasy (Teagasc), Paul Caskie (AFBI) and Fiona Thorne (Teagasc)

Congratulations to Erin Sherry, our new President, for her address on “Externalities, efficiency and Fairness”.

Thank you to Chris Johnston and Taro Takahashi (AFBI) for the visit of the AFBI research facility in Hillsborough, including the Renewable Energy Centre.