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Agri-Food Biotechnology - the Way Forward

May 2000

The report is available in the printer-friendly Adobe Acrobat PDF
(62 KB) format.

Research Priorities :
A joint Teagasc/Universities/BioResearch Ireland report.

This report was prepared by the major Irish R&D performers, and is itself a major first step in establishing the co-operation and critical mass needed if Ireland is to realise the benefits of biotechnology.

Executive Summary

Introduction

Consumer Health and Food Safety

Food Quality and Processing

Consumer Perceptions

Protecting the Environment

Animal Health and Sustainable Production

Crop Diseases and Sustainable Production

 

Appendix

Members of the Agriculture and Food Biotechnology Group

This report was compiled by the Agriculture and Food Biotechnology Group

Chairman: Dr Jim O'Grady, IAWS Group

Prof Maurice Boland Dept of Animal Science, UCD; & BioResearch Ireland

Dr Jim Burke Teagasc, Oak Park Research Centre

Prof Charlie Daly Dept of Dairy & Food Science, UCC

Prof Gerard Fitzgerald Dept of Dairy & Food Science, UCC; & BioResearch Ireland

Prof Jim Houghton Dept of Microbiology, NUI Galway; & BioResearch Ireland

Dr Tony Kavanagh Dept of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin .

Prof Brian McKenna Dept of Food Science, UCD

Dr Lance O'Brien Teagasc Head Office

Prof Jim Roche Director of Research, Teagasc

Dr Paul Ross Dairy Products Research Centre, Teagasc Moorepark

Dr Jim Ryan BioResearch Ireland

Dr Joe Sreenan Teagasc, Athenry Research Centre

Dr Eddie Walsh Faculty of Agriculture, UCD

The views of other colleagues in various organisations were also sought when compiling this report.