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Maeve Henchion

Interests:  Opportunities and challenges in developing the bioeconomy,
matching supply and demand for protein

Biography

Maeve Henchion is Principal Research Officer and Head of the Department of Agrifood Business and Spatial Analysis within Teagasc (the Irish agriculture and food development authority).  

Education

She holds a degree in Agricultural Science from University College Dublin, awarded in 1991. She also has a Masters degree focusing on the marketing of Irish farmhouse cheese and a PhD which examined selected performance indicators relating to the Irish beef industry.

Research Interests

Dr. Henchion's research interests span the supply chain and usually operate at the interface between social science and the physical and life sciences. She is particularly interested in understanding consumer and producer evaluations of agri-food innovations and the workings of the innovation system which surrounds them.

Web page: https://www.teagasc.ie/contact/staff-directory/h/maeve-henchion/

Affiliation: Agrifood Business and Spatial Analysis, Rural Economy and Development Group

IRELAND

Address: Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown, Dublin 15, Ireland

Phone: +353-1-8059515   Email: maeve.henchion@teagasc.ie

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