The 17th International RAMIRAN conference provides a platform to discuss new cutting edge strategies to improve the efficiency of organic residue management across the full spectrum of research, from theory to implementation and adoption by stakeholders. The overall theme of RAMIRAN 2017 is ‘Sustainable utilization of manures and residue resources in agriculture’, which will be explored under the following sub-themes:

• Advances in technologies
• Crop nutrition
• Gaseous emissions
• Soil & water quality
• Adoption and impact

A total of 114 oral papers and 88 poster papers are being presented at the conference by authors from over 30 countries across 6 continents. The organising committee wish to thank all authors for their written contributions to the proceedings and we look forward to your intellectual contribution throughout the conference. The financial support from all our sponsors is gratefully acknowledged. We hope that you really enjoy both the conference and Wexford.

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