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Agricultural Catchments Week 2023

 

 

The Agricultural Catchments Programme (ACP) ran a dedicated week of activities showcasing its research and advisory programme from Friday 5 May to Friday 12 May. Its theme was ‘A Living Lab Monitoring Water Quality and Gaseous Emissions.’

All through the week the ACP team showcased research, advisory and collaborative initiatives focused on water quality monitoring and improvement. Since 2008, the programme has been working with over 300 landowners in 6 catchments located around the country, monitoring water quality and assessing the impact of changes in Ireland’s Nitrates Action Programme and Nitrates Derogation. In recent years, the programme has also started research on gaseous emissions.

The week started with a Teagasc Signpost Series Webinar on 5 May and was followed by a mix of in-person events, written articles, podcasts, and culminated with a public open day at the water monitoring outlet in the Timoleague catchment located in County Cork.

The content of the week was published each day through the Teagasc website, corporate social media channels and also the ACP’s own channels. There was a different focus and output for each day with the following highlights:

Friday 5 May

Saturday 6 May

  • Radio interview: Cork C103 Farmtalk show, 7-8am, Timoleague catchment update, Oisín Coakley

Monday 8 May

Tuesday 9 May

  • Catchment visit: Penn State University in Ballycanew, ACP team

Wednesday 10 May

Thursday 11 May

Friday 12 May

 

Attendees got updates at eight different stops and PDFs of boards (no board at kiosk) can be downloaded at the following links:

Introduction, Bridget Lynch 

Nutrient management, Edward Burgess

Soil solution monitoring, Ognjen Zurovec

Farmers' opinions, Michele McCormack & Diarmuid Mulkerrins

Modelling, Daniel Hawtree 

Water quality, Per-Erik Mellander, Golnaz Ezzati & Jason Galloway

Ecology, Lane Giles ASSAP & David Hegarty LAWPRO

The ACP acknowledges participants and others who are contributed to the week. This was the second time to run such an event and the details for Agricultural Catchments Week 2022 are available here.

The ACP is funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.