Agri-summit comes to Kildare
Michael Berkery, FBD Trust; Simon Coveney, former Tánaiste and Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine; and Grainne Dwyer, Chair of Nuffield Ireland
Ireland will take centre stage in global agriculture next month when it hosts the 2026 Nuffield Agri-Summit at Killashee House Hotel in Naas.
It will be the highlight of the 14th Nuffield Triennial, a nine-day study tour hosted by Nuffield Ireland on Friday, 22 May, for Nuffield Irish and international alumni around the island of Ireland.
Stops on the tour in Kildare will feature the Agri Aware and Lidl Farm-to-Fork Experience in Newbridge, the Irish National Stud and Japanese Gardens, and Brophy Produce in Naas.
The global Nuffield International network involves over 1,700 scholars from 16 countries, and is expected be one of the most significant global agriculture forums of 2026, attended by more than 300 delegates.
Internationally renowned economist David McWilliams has been confirmed as the headline speaker, and he will be joined by former Tánaiste, and Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney, Ksenija Simovic, Senior Policy Advisor, Copa-Cogeca, Brussels, Marie Donnelly, Chairperson, Climate Change Advisory Council, and Professor Rogier Schulte, Chair of Future Farming and Food Systems, Wageningen University, The Netherlands.
“Expect rigorous debate, uncomfortable truths, and a speaker line-up that goes beyond the usual agri circuit,” said, Gráinne Dwyer, Ireland’s first ever female Nuffield Scholar.
“Our Agri-Summit is designed to test assumptions and sharpen leadership thinking, to forge together a sustainable path for global agriculture in an uncertain world”.
The summit will have the theme ‘Feed the World – Our Responsibility?'
