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Glacann BRAINWAVES cur chuige geilleagair chiorclaigh i leith talmhaíocht inbhuanaithe. Trí úsáid a bhaint as planda uisceach coitianta a dtugtar ros lachan air, tá eolaithe BRAINWAVES ag baint triail as córais nuálacha teicneolaíochta chun ros lachan a fhás ar shruthanna dramhaíola talmhaíochta. Má éiríonn leo, rachfar chun tairbhe d’fheirmeoirí ar dhá bhealach: cabhrófar leo dramhaíl feirme a ghlanadh agus barr atá ar mhórán próitéine a fhás. Go bunúsach, is féidir leis an ros lachan, trí chothaithigh iomarcacha (nítrigin agus fosfar) a thógáil isteach, luach a bhaint as dramhaíl i riocht barr ar mhórán próitéine is féidir a úsáid i mbeatha ainmhithe, rud a laghdóidh spleáchas na bhfeirmeoirí ar an bplanda pónairí soighe iompórtáilte. D’fhéadfadh go dtabharfadh an taighde seo tairbhí inláimhsithe eacnamaíocha agus comhshaoil do chleachtais feirmeoireachta in Éirinn, sa Bhreatain Bheag agus in áiteanna níos faide anonn.

 

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Livestock Slurry Crew!!
18 DFómh 2023

New Brainwaves Publication!! Acidification increases efficiency of Lemna minor N and P recovery from diluted cattle slurry

This research investigated the potential for using Lemna minor to recover N and P from slurry over a five-week trial, assessing whether previously reported increased growth on acidified wastewater translates into greater nutrient removal. Read more here.
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Local dairy farmers gather together in UCC to discuss the future for integrating duckweed cultivation in Irish farming
04 MFómh 2023

Duckweed as a novel protein crop for Ireland

We were delighted to recently spend a fruitful day with local dairy farmers at the Brainwaves stakeholder engagement event in UCC. The farming industry in Ireland is rapidly changing, with both new threats and new opportunities arising.  At this informal event Prof Marcel Jansen presented on some of the new opportunities for integrating duckweed cultivation in Irish farming. PhD candidate Cian Redmond discussed the results from his reserach conducted by growing Duckweed on waste water streams collected from local dairy farms. Stephen O’Sullivan presented on the story of the Green Farmer Cooperative, and their work on duckweed as a cash-crop for dairy farmers.  After the informal talks we embarked into the Indian summer sunshine for an informative tour and demonstration of the Duckweed Growth Facilities both in the labs and glasshouses at the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences.   Thank you to our stakeholders for participating in the Brainwaves project, sharing their insights from a farmers perspective and for making the day such an interesting and informative event. 
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An Dr Dylan Gwynn-Jones á chur faoi agallamh ag BBC Radio 4 le haghaidh ‘Farming Today’
02 Lún 2023

Lá gnóthach ag an Seó Breatnach Ríoga

D’éirigh foireann Brainwaves in Aberystwyth go moch Dé Máirt an 25 Iúil chun ár mbealach a dhéanamh chuig an Seó Breatnach Ríoga. I dtús a lae, rinne Dylan agallamh le BBC Radio 4 le haghaidh ‘Farming Today’ inar labhair sé faoi ros lachan a fhás mar fhoinse phróitéine le haghaidh bia ainmhithe. Craoladh an t-agallamh an mhaidin dár gcionn mar chuid de shraith agallamh a rinneadh ag an seó.
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Ó chlé go deas: An Dr Siobhán Higgins, Bainisteoir Tionscadail Brainwaves, Samantha Richardson, Oifigeach Forbartha, agus Lesley Langstaff, Bainisteoir Tionscadail Áitiúil Brainwaves
19 Iúil 2023

Comhar idir Éire agus an Bhreatain Bheag ón mbliain 1994 i leith a cheiliúradh agus féachaint ar an todhchaí

Tháinig comhpháirtithe tionscadail agus comhaltaí de Choiste Faireacháin an Tionscadail le chéile i bPort Mearnóg, Baile Átha Cliath, an 23 Meitheamh chun rath Chlár Comhair Críochach Eorpach na hÉireann-na Breataine Bige 2014-2020 a cheiliúradh. Bhí Jonathan Healy ó Newstalk ar an óstach don ócáid, a bhí ina deis do thairbhithe tionscadail in Éirinn agus sa Bhreatain Bheag labhairt faoina n-eispéiris in obair le chéile trasna Mhuir Éireann, tar éis dóibh amharc ar aithisc fáiltithe físeáin ó Mark Drakeford, Céad-Aire na Breataine Bige, agus Paschal Donohoe, an tAire Caiteachais Phoiblí, Sheachadadh PFN agus Athchóirithe in Éirinn.
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Comhpháirtithe

Tionscadal taighde 3.5-bliain a gcistíonn Ciste Forbraíochta Réigiúnaí na hEorpa é trí Chlár Comhair na hÉireann agus na Breataine Bige is ea Brainwaves.  Áirítear iad seo a leanas leis na comhpháirtithe Ollscoile de chuid Brainwaves: 

-School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences agus an Environmental Research Institute i gColáiste na hOllscoile, Corcaigh, in Éirinn.  

-Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences in Ollscoil Aberystwyth sa Bhreatain Bheag.  

Maoinithe ag Ciste Forbraíochta Réigiúnaí na hEorpa trí Chlár Comhair na hÉireann agus na Breataine Bige

BRAINWAVES, School of Biological Earth & Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork, Ireland, T23 TK30

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