Shane Conway with his pedigree Charollais sheep at Caltra, Co Galway.
Two of the three finalists for this year’s Geographical Society of Ireland (GSI) doctoral awards collaborated extensively with Teagasc in the development of their research.
A former Teagasc Walsh Scholar Dr Jack McCarthy, along with Dr Shane Conway, will individually present their research to the GSI on Wednesday to compete for the overall prize.
The research
McCarthy’s PhD explored collaboration and co-operation amongst farmers and rural policy stakeholders involved in the EIP-AGRI initiative.
Dr David Meredith of Teagasc’s Rural Economy and Development Programme and Dr Christine Bonnin of UCD’s School of Geography supervised the research.