Miriam Ácsová

More than 25 years of experience in sustainability assessment in agriculture with a focus on greenhouse gas emissions and carbon credits in livestock systems.

Definition, application and implementation of new assessment systems and parameters for livestock farms.

Many years of experience in EU projects (Interreg Grand-Region, Interreg NWE, Life+, Horizon Europe). Scientific publications and participation in agricultural congresses as well as organisation of seminars for consultants and farmers.

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, 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.

I work as a senior crop management advisor at LAAS. I am responsible for advising farmers on crop production management, organising training for advisors and farmers (crop production management, use of pesticides, development of fertilisation plans).

I participate in national and international projects. I am a Climate Farm Advisor in the ClimateFarmDemo project.

I work at COEXPHAL, an advisory center with over 20 years of experience in the fruit and vegetable sector, fostering a local risk-sensitive culture to climate change, with a special focus on soil management and the control of pests and plant diseases.

I am a passionate research scientist with 8+ years of experience in Plant Pathology and Crop Protection, and I have a strong commitment to promoting sustainable agriculture.

I’m a junior researcher at the Centro Ricerche Produzioni Animali S.c.P.A. I mainly work on fodder production, analysing which species and agronomic strategies are best adapted to climate change.

My tasks involve both data collection in the field and the dissemination of results to farmers or steakholders. I worked in a dairy cattle farm and then for a short period I was an advisor.

20+ years experience advising on organic and agroforestry systems. Linked to UK agroforestry network and UK’s largest commercial agroforestry & LL on CFD project.

Abacus is leading UK organic and agroforestry advisory and training service for farmers and ag professional. Abacus involved in developing Gov policy on organic and agroforestry at UK and EU levels. Experienced faciltitator of workshops and COP’s.

Head of Department for Consulting in Livestock Production at the Ministry of Agriculture, over 25 years of work in the civil service.

A university specialist in quality and safety of animal products. During her career, she spent most of the time working in the preparation of legal and by-laws, programs and strategies in the field of animal husbandry and livestock production, but also in other branches of the agricultural production.

Agricultural business consultant, project advisor for HumusKlimaNetz focused on Covercrops, crop rotation, Humus built-up, Networking, Part-time oganic farmer

I am the Teagasc Project Advisor for the Climate Smart Advisors project. I hold an MSc. in Science and Health Communication and have focused my 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) I am passionate about creating effective communication tools to help farmers transition to Climate Smart Farming.

I work for Latvian Rural Advisory and Education office in Enviromental section. Working with farmers and vegetable growers through Focus groups.

Specializing on soil health and fertility building strategies and soil microbiology.

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.

Researcher in the Climate & Nature group. Experience within climate calculation, specifically on crop production, calculation of climate effects of carbon sequestration and interpretation of measured field emissions of nitrous oxide.

I am working as an technical employee at Apo Conerpo SCA, an Organization of Producers that includes 6.000 farmers, collected in 50 Agricultural Cooperatives shared around the most fruit and vegetable vocated regions of Italy.

I am principally working on project linked with agricultural sustainability, also with soil health and biodiversity and crop managment.

Project manager in the area of innovative and climate-smart agriculture, specifically grazing and grassland management.

Facilitator of peer-to-peer learning and multi-stakeholder processes with a background in agricultural science, focusing on individual transformational processes

I work as an expert of plant production in a Finnish advisory organisation. I mainly work on projects related to sustainable agrciculture, especially the climate issues, soil growth condition and carbon sequestration.

I also do client work with farmers as planning of cultivation and application for farmer subsidies.

Master Degree in enviromental system sciences. Experienced project manager in international and national projects.

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.

Bachelor’s Degree in Natural Resources Management and Agricultural Engineering. Experience in Project Management of over 10 projects (European and National) relevant with data-driven innovation systems in the field of Smart Agriculture.

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 in Horticultural Studies. Work experience in advisory service about 10 years, specialised in organic farming, soil and biodiversity management and getting funds for farming. Organize trainings for advisors and farmers.

Currently I am involved in national demonstration projects which take place in organic farms in Poland, Climate Farm Demo and Climate Farm Advisors.

I work for ABERE, an advisor center with more than 30 years of experience in the livestock sector. I am the coordinator of the advisory department, providing services for the incorporation of young people to the sector, technical and economic advice, management of farms, advice on sectorial aid, etc.

I also work in the services of sustainable management of organic matter.

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 have worked as a Soils and Nutrient Scientist for ADAS since 2022 on projects including the Defra funded “impacts of slurry acidification on soil and crop health”, which was also the basis of my PhD, SUPER-G – a Horizon 2020 project assessing the ecosystem delivery of sustainable permanent grasslands, and an assessment of the impact of mob grazing on soil health funded by Natural England.

I am also involved in the CFD project.

I am a junior researcher at the Italian Breeders Association. I work mainly on national and international projects and am involved in activities related to the estimation of GHG emissions in dairy cattle farms in Italy with the aim of encouraging the adoption of mitigation strategies.