Northern Ireland’s Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) is leading a UK-wide consortium of dairy research organisations to deliver the Defra funded UK Dairy Carbon Network project. The multi-million-pound initiative’s primary...
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Alltech joins biomethane cluster in Northern Ireland
Animal nutrition and agriculture company Alltech has signed a collaborative agreement with Tobermore Concrete, CEMCOR and Road Safety Contracts to become a partner in the Mid-Ulster Biorefinery and Circular Economy Cluster,...
Hammond Award for gut microbe research
Professor Sharon Huws BSc MSc PhD FHEA has been awarded the prestigious Sir John Hammond Award for her significant contributions to the field of animal science. The award, jointly sponsored by the British Cattle Breeders Club and the...
Funding wins for Northern Ireland agri research
Researchers at the Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS) at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) and the AgriFood and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) – also headquartered in Belfast - have together won a series of high-profile funding...
Agrifood Centre for Excellence opens in Belfast
A new Centre for Excellence in Agriculture and Food Integrity has opened at Queen’s University in Belfast to link innovation and data science to benefit the agrifood chain. The Centre is part of a partnership between Queen’s...
Honorary Queen’s University chair for John Gilliland
Dr John Gilliland has been appointed as an honorary Professor of Practice within the Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS) and the School of Biological Sciences at Queen’s University, Belfast (QUB). Dr Gilliland is currently the...
