Agri-Food Biotechnology - the Way Forward
May 2000
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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.
Consumer Health and Food Safety
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.
