Image: 2025 Nuffield Ireland Scholars, Marina Conway, Seamus McMenamin, Zoe McKay and Majella McCafferty with Joe Leonard, Chair of Nuffield Ireland (Centre)

Nuffield Ireland announces 2025 scholars

Nuffield Ireland has announced the details of four individuals selected as 2025 Nuffield Ireland Scholars. These include Marina Conway, forester from Sligo and former CEO of Western Forestry Co-op; Majella McCafferty, from Leitrim farming stock and Farm Advocacy Manager at the National Dairy Council (NDC); Zoe McKay, dairy farming with her partner in Mayo and Assistant Professor at UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science; and Seamus McMenamin, from a sheep and suckler farm in West Tyrone and Sector Manager for Sheep meat and Livestock at Bord Bia.

Joe Leonard, Chair of Nuffield Ireland said, “We are thrilled to welcome our new scholars to the 122-strong Nuffield Ireland community of agricultural leaders. They will research respectively agroforestry in the Irish context; linking dairy production efficiency to consumer behaviour and market trends; future grasslands for climate mitigation and adaptation; and finding alternative income streams to make sheep farming attractive to new entrants. All those topics are timely, relevant and can directly support Irish agriculture and food in meeting their economic, climate, environmental and social obligations.”

To read more about Nuffield Ireland Scholars and their research topics click here: nuffield.ie/scholars/

At our upcoming annual conference, we will meet with our new scholars for 2025. Tickets and information about the 2024 Nuffield Ireland Conference click here: nuffield.ie/nuffield-conference/