A Horizon Europe Project
ClimateSmartAdvisors (CSA) is a pan-European network empowering farm advisors with the knowledge and tools needed to support farmers in adapting to climate change across 27 countries.
Advisors Driving Change
The ClimateSmartAdvisors project unites 1500 Advisors, 140 Coaches, 27 National Coordinators, and 12 Thematic Leaders in a shared effort to advance climate-smart agriculture in Europe.
By building a strong network of skilled stakeholders, the project helps improve knowledge exchange, support advisory services, and accelerate the transition to more sustainable farming practices.
260 Communities of Practice across 27 EU countries are helping bring climate-smart farming solutions into practice within the European agricultural advisory community. Discover more about each Community of Practice as soon as the network begins rolling out activities across Europe.
FarmingForClimate.eu
A common knowledge platform rich in climate-smart tools, practices, and approaches from different EU Horizon project is the place to go for every advisor who takes part in shifting EU agricultural production towards more adaptable, sustainable and environmentally friendly farming.
The platform is under continuous development, with new features being gradually added in the coming years.
Practice oriented innovation experiments where Advisors play a central role as change and innovation agents in Climate Smart Farming multi-level transitions. Co-Design Innovation Experiments will fill in innovation gaps that have been identified in Climate Smart Advisors activities across the EU
Master of Engineering in Energy. I work at farmers’ organisation Boerenbond, advising farmers on sustainable energy management and supporting those with innovative ideas.
In projects, I often serve as an intermediary between research and the farming community addressing their specific needs. I am involved in several European projects (ATTRACTISS, modernAKIS, Climate Farm Demo, ClimateSmartAdvisors) focusing on networking and enhancing skills and competencies of advisors and other AKIS actors.
I have a master degree in agronomy with a thesis on seasonal dynamics of brown marmorated stink bug. Currently I’m working for Agriculture and forestry institution in Ptuj primarly with farmers as an advisor, providing guidance mainly on agricultural policy measures and crop management.
I am also involved in two European Innovation Partnership projects, one is about irrigation and the other about preserving dry grasslands.
Master degree on Agricultural Engineering, with a thesis on innovation uptake by farmers – having a particular focus on on-farm water efficiency and on the potential of knowledge exchange methodologies as tools of empowering farmers and other professionals in the agricultural sector.
Currently works as a Research and Innovation Consultant in CONSULAI, involved in 4 Horizon Europe projects: ClimateFarmDemo, ClimateSmartAdvisors, ClieNFarms and FaRMeR, focusing on climate smart farming, risk and resiliency management, carbon farming, climate change, farmers and advisors capacity building, knowledge exchange networks, among other topics.
I am working at the French Livestock Institute, as an expert on dairy cow nutrition and feeding systems. I am in charge of regional, national and european projects delaing with milk production, feed-food competition, land use and carbonfootprint.
On this last issue, providing efficient strategies to farmers for reducing methane emissions is a critical on-going work for the dairy industry. I am particularly involved in this research.
Master of Engineering in Energy. I work at farmers’ organisation Boerenbond, advising farmers on sustainable energy management and supporting those with innovative ideas. In projects, I often serve as an intermediary between research and the farming community addressing their specific needs. I am involved in several European projects (ATTRACTISS, modernAKIS, Climate Farm Demo, ClimateSmartAdvisors) focusing on networking and enhancing skills and competencies of advisors and other AKIS actors.
Dimitar has been working in the field of rural development for 19 years. He holds a post-graduate specialty: “Economics and Management of agro-industry”. He is specialized in Strategic management, Sustainable Rural Development and Agricultural policy development. Dimitar worked for nine years at the Rural Development Directorate to the Bulgarian Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Since 2010 Dimitar Vanev works at the Bulgarian National Agricultural Advisory Service (NAAS).
Since 2008, Marta has been an integral part of the Institute of Agricultural Economics and Information (IAEI), serving as a researcher. In January 2023, she was appointed Head of the new Department of Knowledge and Innovation Systems, the creation of which she initiated. In this capacity, she leads research and development initiatives within the field of AKIS (Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems), fostering sustainable agriculture and rural development. Through close collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, her department provides essential support to advisors and the AKIS Coordination Body, specializing in the design and implementation of policy interventions.
I am a project expert at ZLTO, a advocacy organization for farmers and horticulturists in the southern region of the Netherlands. I hold a BBA from HAS University of Applied Sciences in International Food & Agri Business. Presently, I am engaged in various national and international projects that center around sustainable agriculture, with a specialisation on carbon farming and carbon footprinting.
I am working at the French Livestock Institute. I work on energy on the farm : energy consumption, energy saving and energy production (photovoltaics, biogas), links between energy and GHG emissions. Previously, I have supported many famers in their projects of biogas production (for cogeneration or biomethane injection) with technical support, relation with local autorithies and citizens, regulations, experimentations, energetic cultures…
I obtained my first university diploma in animal nutritioning (more specifically, sport horses). I always considered my primary task to be helping farmers with knowledge transfer, within which agricultural advisory work, and the umbrella of my university provided an excellent opportunity. Among our biggest partners are beef cattle breeders, and the association of Hungarian buffalos, where forage production is highly relevant. In FAO projects I helped build AKIS systems and ICT platforms in several countries.
Paul is Head of the ADAS Soils & Nutrients Group. He is a Soil Scientist and Chartered Scientist, with over thirty years of research and advisory experience working on the interactions between land management practices and ecosystem service delivery. Paul joined ADAS in 2005 and was Scientific Coordinator of the Horizon 2020 SUPER-G project on Sustainable Permanent Grassland Systems and Policies (2018-24).
Master Degree in enviromental system sciences. Experienced project manager in international projects for bio-ressources. In the current position in the Department Energy, Climate and Bio-ressources at the Chamber of Agriculture and Forestry in Styria I am responsible for National and International projects but also as an energy consultant for farmers in Styria.
I am an Agricultural Engineer, with a background of Precision Agriculture, Computer Vision and Spaying Modeling. I have worked in multiple EU Funded research programmes (mainly Horizon EUROPE and Horizon 2020 projects) as project manager, and I have also participated in several EU funded education-related programmes (mainly Erasmus+ projects), alongside several national Greek training programmes as an instructor in Precision Agriculture and Remote Sensing.
Master in agricultural development and PhD in agroecology, I have previously worked during many years as a teacher in a farming school, teaching both practical farming and environmental sustainability. I am now working as a project manager at the French Livestock Institute in the department of Social Approaches. I am involved in several local and European projects dealing with multi-actor approaches, qualitative enquiries and capacity development of advisers, farmers and teachers.
I am a senior researcher in the research group on learning and interactive innovation at EV ILVO in Belgium. I finished a PhD in 2018 on the participation and learning in sustainable farming initiatives, focussing on social learning processes. Currently, I am involved as WP leader in different Horizon projects focussing on networking, learning, education, and compentency development of farmers and advisors.
As the Head of the Center for Innovation and Business Development, Milica is a certified PMI Project Manager Professional (PMP) specializing in EU-funded projects, focusing on Digital Agriculture and ICTs for the AgriFood value chain. She actively forges partnerships, manages consortia, and guides the institute through the entire project lifecycle. Milica is connecting scientific endeavors with AgTech market trends, navigating the intersection of research and industry trends.