Interested in how Northern Ireland can boost its productivity through skills?

The NI Productivity Forum The Productivity Institute will be hosting this Economics Observatory event at QUBBusiness on Friday 21 June, sign up below!
#NIeconomy #NIBusiness

DAERA is seeking to appoint a Chairperson to the Board of the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI).
AFBI is an Executive Non-Departmental Public Body sponsored by DAERA
🗓️Closing date - 23 May 2024
🔗More info: daera-ni.gov.uk/articles/publi…
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Our science platform and industry facing spoke leads unpacking the details of our science programme with partners, guests and end users. All areas co-led across jurisdictions! Co-Centre for Climate + Biodiversity + Water All Island Climate & Biodiversity Research Network Diarmuid Torney Prof Jennifer McKinley Iris Moeller Jean O'Dwyer

Interested in pursuing an exciting 14 month post doc position with Teagasc and UCD, on sustainability modelling within the crops sector in Ireland? The position is part of the DAFM funded project, BioCrop.
Closing date: May 23rd.
topjobs-teagasc.thehirelab.com/LiveJobs/JobAp…

DAERA is seeking to appoint a Chairperson to the Board of the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI). AFBI is an Executive Non-Departmental Public Body sponsored by DAERA.
🔗More info: daera-ni.gov.uk/articles/publi… nidirect

Join us in Belfast where we’ll be taking a bird's eye view of the #climate & #biodiversity research & policy landscape, across the island of Ireland discussing what works, what doesn’t, and the collaborative actions we can take to tackle these wicked interlinked crises.

The recording of the recent AFBI webinar: 'Lough Neagh, Past Present and Future' is available to watch again on YouTube here: bit.ly/49NiCu4 #LoughNeagh #AFBIresearch #AquaticEcosystems

Meet our Fellow Ruth McAreavey, Prof of Sociology at Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Newcastle University! Ruth’s work focuses on rural social change & inequalities, migration, research ethics & methodologies, & she is committed to conducting research that brings social impact.
➡️acss.org.uk/professor-ruth…

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the AESI annual conference is brought forward by one day. New dates: 25th (PM), 26th (all day) and 27th (AM) of June at UlsterUniversity EPC. Watch this space for future updates!

Current prices (in nominal terms) are not out of line with historic levels and input costs also returned to pre-Russian invasion levels, but very wet winter and spring in many countries severely disrupted planting which will adversely affect quantities and incomes this year.

(Please share widely) Call for papers for a special issue on fertilizer and soil health policies in the context of global supply disruptions and economic crises, leaded by guest editor Kibrom Abay. Submission deadline April 30, 2024. For more details see: sciencedirect.com/journal/food-p…

Still time to register for the @afbi_ni Webinar - Lough Neagh: Past, Present and Future. What AFBI's long-term research tells us about changes in Lough Neagh in recent decades, taking place TOMORROW Friday 19 April at 12 Noon bit.ly/4aSjDlg
#AFBIScience #AFBIResearch

Here's what agricultural markets look like after volatile past few years columbiatribune.com/story/opinion/… via Columbia Tribune

Antisocial: Racism and the Countryside (BBC Radio 4)

Professor Ruth McAreavey (Ruth McAreavey) provides expert comment on the diversity of people living in rural areas in the UK.

(Listen from 21:21)

A big thank you to Elizabeth Magowan for the invitation and @BSAS members for their interest and great questions!

🚨Call for Evidence: Northern Ireland Climate Change Adaptation Programme (NICCAP3).

📩We are inviting academics, NGOs, and the private sector to provide information on recent, ongoing or planned projects in the period 2024-2029 that address the impacts of climate change in NI.

One week until the annual Womack Outlook conference!

Join FAPRI on our 40th anniversary as we discuss #agmarkets , #agpolicy + international agriculture topics. Former Sen. Roy Blunt will offer a keynote address during the conference.

Register now: mizzou.us/womack2024

Don't forget to submit your abstract for the Agricultural Economics Society of Ireland conference in Belfast. Retweets much appreciated! aesi.ie/2024-meetings/#
AFBI UlsterUniversity EPC IGFS

Unable to attend all of #BSAS2024 annual conference this year? Don't worry, we've created a special package which gives you access to the President's Session, Hammond Lecture and lunch on Wednesday 10th April 9AM - 2PM.

Register here 👉 bit.ly/3GcbKtY
#animalscience

Seminar announcement! Come join us in Teagasc Athenry, or on Zoom, at 11am on 2nd April to listen to Dr Luis Peña-Lévano (UC Davis)'s talk on the adoption of Automated Milking Systems in the US Midwest. More information is available on our website: aesi.ie.