To facilitate knowledge exchange on climate smart farming practices and climate smart advice, the ClimateFarmDemo project has identified 19 thematic areas on which good practices can be exchanged between actors across the different national networks. 12 thematic areas focus on adaptation and mitigation of climate change, with topics ranging from energy management, manure management, over crops management and soil health to agroforestry. The other 7 thematic areas focus on agricultural sectors, namely pig, poultry, arable, fruit, vegetable, protein and oil seed, and organic sector.

Each thematic area is represented by a thematic leader, selected based on their expertise on the topic. The thematic leaders are responsible for the organization of online or in-person knowledge exchange events. Together with the Climate Smart Advisors project, which also appointed thematic leaders according to the 12 adaptation and mitigation thematic areas, the aim is to organize least 2 online thematic knowledge exchange events per year. These events can be dedicated to consortium members only or be opened to a wider farmer and advisors’ audience. They usually include a presentation of an expert or a testimony from a practitioner combined with an interactive session to facilitate discussion between the participants and the experts.

The knowledge exchange events are announced:
⦁ on the events calendar on the ClimateFarmDemo website (⦁ https://climatefarmdemo.eu/cfd/en/#/events),
⦁ through social media and via the external newsletter (subscribe here for receiving the project’s newsletter: https://climatefarmdemo.eu/category/updates/newsletter/).
The knowledge exchange events are recorded and made publicly available on the FarmDemo YouTube Channel