Senior researcher at CREA, specializing in environmental sustainability and animal welfare in livestock systems. Her work focuses on assessing environmental impacts, evaluating climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies, and promoting carbon farming in the livestock sector. She coordinates European projects and contribute to national working groups on sustainable livestock production and climate action.

Melissa work at Agridea on climate topics in Swiss agriculture, focusing on advisory services, knowledge transfer and training. With a background in environmental sciences and through her involvement in her’s family farm, she combine scientific knowledge with practical experience.

Maria is a Special Consultant in the Climate and Nature team and serve as International Advisor at the Innovation Centre for Organic Farming (ICOEL). She holds a PhD in Agricultural Sciences and have extensive experience in project and resource management. She coordinates several EU-funded projects, primarily focused on implementing climate actions in Denmark, with a particular emphasis on organic farming and sustainable agricultural systems.

With a Master’s degree in agronomy, she is currently a senior programme manager at the Institut de l’Elevage (IDELE), France. She specialises in impact analysis, aiming to provide R&I teams with tools to measure the usefulness and efficiency of the projects they carry out, as well as to assess their impact on their target audiences. She is currently leading programmes related to climate change.

In the CFD project, Lena support’s 60 farms and serve as the National Coordinator for Germany. Coming from an agricultural background herself, she brings hands-on farming experience and a practical perspective to the project.

Economics PhD graduate provides high-level advisory to state and regional administrations. Crafting national strategic documents, focusing on EU funding, strategic planning, and evaluation. Skilled in project management and leading international teams. Collaborates with Bioeconomy Cluster on bioeconomy and sustainable agriculture projects, transforming innovations into policy and practice.

Maria Pereira da Silva is a Sustainability Consultant and serves as WP7 Leader, National Coordinator and Thematic Leader for Water Management in the Climate Farm Demo project. Based in Portugal, Maria has extensive experience in research and innovation projects, stakeholder engagement, and the development of sustainable solutions for agriculture and climate action.

National Coordinator, Climate Farm Advisor and task 3.2 leader. Master Degree in animal husbandry. 15 years of professional experience at EU projects (Interreg, Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe). Head of the Department of Systems and Technology in Agriculture at Agricultural Advisory Center. In CFD project she coordinates work of 3 partners in Poland, keep them motivated and deliver tasks on time. She is also Climate Farm Advisor and cooperate with farmers, organize demo events, do audits and AMP.

Pim is a project expert at ZLTO, a advocacy organization for farmers and horticulturists in the southern region of the Netherlands. He holds a BBA from HAS University of Applied Sciences in International Food & Agri Business. Presently, he is engaged in various national and international projects that center around sustainable agriculture, with a specialisation on carbon farming and carbon footprinting.

Maria work as a project portfolio and project manager in the Finnish agricultural advisory organisation Proagria. As a national coordinator, she work closely with climate farm advisors and pilot demo farms to support them, and plan the project activities as best fitting to needs and possibilities while ensuring fulfilled national responsibilities and quality in our work. Her own background is in agroecology.

Master Degree in renewable energy systems and technical energy management. Experienced in project management of photovoltaic plants and large scale solar thermal systems. In the current position in the Department Energy, Climate and Bioressources 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.

Internationally expert in the beekeeping with extensive experience in scientific research and technological consulting. His areas of interest include bee health protection and beekeeping technology, as well as the development of climate change adaptation and mitigation plans in agriculture and beekeeping. Head of the Beekeeping Advisory Department and the “Climate and Environment” Working Group.

Matic Cuderman works at the Chamber of Agriculture and Forestry of Slovenia and is involved in the coordination and implementation of the Climate Farm Demo project in Slovenia. His work focuses on coordinating project activities, supporting advisory services and demonstration activities, and connecting Slovenian stakeholders with the wider European project

Head of Research at CIT COEXPHAL and PhD in Agroecology from Central Queensland University (Australia), with international research experience across Europe, Asia, Latin America and Australia. His work focuses on agroecology, functional biodiversity and sustainable protected horticulture. He has authored 32 peer-reviewed papers and led or contributed to Horizon Europe, H2020 and EU-CAP projects.

András Vér is a senior researcher at Széchenyi István University, specialising in agricultural advisory services, AKIS and knowledge exchange. He coordinates Climate Farm Demo activities in Hungary, connecting farmers, advisors, researchers and education to support the uptake of climate-smart farming practices.