On Friday July 22nd Minister Coveney was welcomed to the School of
BEES by Professor John O'Halloran, Head, School of BEES. The Minister's
itinerary included a guided tour of Aquaculture, Fisheries & Forestry,
Agriculture and Food. BEES conducts research in Plant Science including
the development of better and novel crop plants and the sustainable
control of plant pests and diseases. This research, according to
O'Halloran, will help resolve the food energy trilemma where delivering
more food from less land, which now competes with energy crops, may have
major environmental consequences. "With global populations growing
rapidly, there are huge risks of food shortages and enormous
environmental damage, and so we need new sources of food and higher
yielding crops", said Professor O'Halloran. The School of BEES has a
long and distinguished history of research excellence in the areas of
Plant Science, Forestry, Aquaculture and Fisheries, and these have the
potential to support food and energy demand in sustainable ways. The
School is also committed to the innovation agenda and the generation of
new wealth. Gourmet Marine is a recently established aquaculture company
and is a BEES spin-out, one of the first in the Marine Food sector. The
School is also advancing further research in sustainable Plant Biology,
Forestry, Fisheries and Aquaculture.

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