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
I studied , Food Science and Technology, Food Safety Management at The Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology at the University of Zagreb . Currently I am in postgraduate doctoral study – Food analysis PhD at the same University. Through my role as an expert advisor in the Croatian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries for 6th Year, I am in daily contact with farmers and other residents of rural areas.
Through advisory work and courses that we teach, I am very closely related to all the hardships that befall rural areas. As a participant of CECRA training for trainers and I2connect training for trainers, I know a lot about the advantages of training in terms of advisory work and the role of advisory work in the development of ecological and digital agriculture of the new generation.
I am also project manager for few Horizon projects in Croatia: DESIRA , I2connect, modernAKIS, and also participant in projects: Climate Farm Demo, ClimateSmartAdvisors, OrganicAdviceNetwork.
I am a Doctor in veterinary medicine, specialized in bacterial diseases in dairy cattle and strategies to strengthen their inmune system. I currently work as an advisor to dairy cattle farmers, including economical advise, support in audits, and handling subsidy applications. In addition, I participate in a national projecto on slurry management and in a European LIFE project aimed at adapting dairy cattle to the effects of climate change.
I am the Head of the Climate and Biodiversity Knowledge Transfer department for Teagasc, and am also responsible for the ignpost Programme. This programme’s objective is to lead and support Irish farmers in climate action.
Over my 30 years career with Teagasc, I have held a number of previous roles, including Head of Dairy Knowledge Transfer, Regional Manager, Dairy Specialist and Environment Adviser. I hold a Bachelor of Agricultural Science (B.Agr.Sc.) degree, and a number of post graduate qualifications.
Branko Sikoparija, has PhD in Biology and works as senior researcher at BioSense Institute and Quality manager at Laboratory for palynology (ISO17025). He is a highly-conscientious, self-motivated and practiced researcher with a strong background in aerobiology, environmental science, ecology, entomology, modelling & forecasting. His current interests are real-time detection and identification of bioaerosols and exploring relationships between in hive products and honey bee health status.
As commercially-aware researcher, Branko Sikoparija is skilled in raising research funding and he also acted as the coordinator and principal investigator on a number national and international research projects (Ministry of Science-Serbia,, Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia, SNSF-SCOPES, INTERREG-IPA, WUS-CEP&CDP+, EC-HORIZON2020, EC-HORIZON EUROPE). He coordinated the registration of Protected Designations of Origin for “Fruska Gora Lime Tree Honey”. Dr Sikoparija utilizes excellent communication skills and is very successful in developing networks and collaborations both interdisciplinary and cross disciplinary.
I work as a senior research fellow at Széchenyi István University (SZE). I am national coordinator, task leader, CSC and project manager of the CSA project in Hungary.
My main activities at the university are the coordination of international projects in the field of extension, sustainable agriculture, innovation transfer and climate-smart agriculture, and I am also involved in university teaching. I manage the Demonstration Farm Network of the SZE Albert Kazmer Faculty of Mosonmagyaróvár.
I work as a project manager for multiple international projects in a Finnish advisory organisation. The main topics cover sustainable agriculture from the perspectives of climate, biodiversity and innovations.
I am a special consultant in the team of Climate and Nature as well as the international advisor at ICOEL. I coordinate internally 4 EU projects mostly related to implementation of innovative climate actions in agriculture, and more specifically into the organic farming sector.
I work on research projects for arable crops and forage. I manage projects but I also drive experiments on the field and analyse data coming from the project. One project I work on at the moment is on the adaptation of crops to climate change.
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 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 Degree in agricultural engineering. More than 20 years of experience in management of fertilization organisation in water protection zone. Eperience in urban water engineering and designation of new water protection areas at municipal level. Good knowledge of the legal situation of water protection areas, especially in Luxembourg. Many years of experience in EU projects (Interreg Grand-Region, Interreg NWE, Life+, Horizon Europe). Good knowledge of statistics.
Project manager at reframe.food and an agronomist with a PhD in agronomic practices and food quality. Working with EU projects covering agri-food systems and sustainable agriculture.
I am a computer engineer, holding a Bachelor Degree in Informatics, a second Bachelor Degree in Wine, Vine and Beverage Sciences and a Master Degree in GeoInformatics and Spatial Analysis from Agricultural University of Athens. I have been working as a software developer and a project manager leading the software development for digital tools and platforms in the topics of agricultural knowledge exchange and smart farming in the context of EU funded projects.
I currently lead the Signpost Programme for Teagasc. The objective of this programme is to support Irish farmers as they transition to more sustainable farming systems, with a particular focus on reducing agricultural GHG emissions. My background is in knowledge transfer and over my almost 30-years career with Teagasc, I have held a number of previous roles, including Head of Dairy Knowledge Transfer, Regional Manager, Dairy Specialist and REPS Adviser. I am an experienced facilitator and trainer, and am much interested in developing the capacity of both advisors and farmers.
Luís Mira da Silva is a Partner at CONSULAI and an Associate Professor at the University of Lisbon. He holds a PhD in Agricultural Systems from the University of Reading and an Executive MBA from London Business School. He is also an expert in the World Bank’s African Centers of Excellence program. He has represented Portugal in European Commission groups and coordinates international projects on innovation, technology transfer, and entrepreneurship.