Andreia Carvalho is a Sustainability Consultant at CONSULAI with an international background in research, innovation, and production systems. She holds a Master’s degree in Materials Engineering from NOVA School of Science and Technology and has experience managing European R&D projects focused on climate adaptation, digital transformation, and sustainable agriculture.

Project manager in the field of grassland science and climate adapted farming, with a focus on connecting stakeholders in areas such as grazing systems, grassland biodiversity, and the valorization of grassland ecosystem services. I am interested in strengthening the link between practical farming and scientific research. I currently co-ordinate the EU-Horizon project “Grazing4AgroEcology”.

A Newcastle graduate, geneticist and ex dairy farmer, Richard joined Innovation for Agriculture in 2016 to co-ordinate the Horizon 2020 project Data Driven Decisions for Dairy farmers. Advocating the welfare and economic benefits of making real time management decisions based on sensor data he was involved in other projects on antibiotic reduction (DISARM) and farm demonstration (FARMDEMO). Currently he is coordinating the UK involvement in two major projects aimed at reducing the climatic impact of livestock farming – Climate Farm Demo ( setting up a network of 130 climate demo farms in the UK – 1500 Europewide), and Climate Smart Advisors.

Carolanne is the Teagasc Project Advisor for the Climate Smart Advisors project. She holds an MSc. in Science and Health Communication and has focused her studies on the development of innovative communication approaches that support rural communities in taking greater climate action. Having previously worked in Brussels on EU agricultural projects (Horizon) Carolanne is passionate about creating effective communication tools to help farmers transition to Climate Smart Farming.