- Awarded an exchange place at University of California, Davis’ Agricultural Issues Centre, as a visiting scholar during the academic period September 2015 to December 2015. This Centre provides broadly based, objective information on a range of critical, emerging agricultural issues and their significance for the U.S. economy through studies, conferences and publications. - Explored my PhD research question from an international perspective at this Centre, whilst networking and working with individuals at the University of California Small Farms Programme and the California Institute for Rural Studies. I was also invited to present my research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Centre for Dairy Profitability in September 2015 and the Beginning Farmer Centre at Iowa State University in December 2015 during this scholarly visit to the U.S.A.