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Brendan  Kearney  is  the  Executive  Director  of  Brendan  Kearney  and  Associates.  He  was  formerly  Deputy Director of An Foras Taluntais (The Agricultural Institute) and Head of its Rural Economy Research Centre until 1989. In that organisation he was responsible for planning, controlling and directing the research programme in  policy  analysis,  production  economics,  marketing  and  rural  development.   In  1990  he  established  his  own consultancy  firm  which  has  provided  research  and  consultancy  services  in  policy  monitoring  and  evaluation, international  trade  and  EU  policy  and  programme  information.  Areas  of  expertise  include  agricultural economics,  rural  development,  policy  and  sectoral  studies,  forestry  economics,  and  programme  and  policy evaluation. He holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in agricultural science from UCD and the Michigan State University, USA