The Spanish National Research Council promotes, coordinates, develops and disseminates multidisciplinary scientific and technological research, with the aim of contributing to the progress of knowledge and to economic, social and cultural development, as well as training researchers and advising public and private organisations in these fields.
David Yañez-Ruiz
(Project Coordinator)
david.yanez@eez.csic.es
Rosa Nieto
rosa.nieto@eez.csic.es
Clara Diaz
cdiaz@inia.csic.es
Birgit Gredler-Grandl is a researcher at WR working on breeding as mitigation strategy and genetic analysis of feed efficiency in dairy cattle.
Birgit Gredler-Grandl
birgit.gredler-grandl@wur.nl
Founded in 1088, University of Bologna University of Bologna (unibo.it) is recognized as the oldest university of the Western world. Nowadays, UNIBO is the second largest university in Italy and one of the most important institutions of higher education across Europe.
Luca Fontanesi
luca.fontanesi@unibo.it
The Polytechnic University of Valencia is a Spanish university located in Valencia with a focus on science and technology. It was founded in 1968 as the Higher Polytechnic Institute of Valencia and became a university in 1971.
Fernando Estellés
feresbar@upv.es
The Circular Food Systems (CiFoS) team – part of the Farming Systems Ecology group at Wageningen University & Research – will be co-responsible for coordinating work package 6 “Re-design of circular food systems”. This work package will develop a novel suit of mathematical models to explore the resilience of European production systems under different climatic conditions, and mitigation and adaptation practices. The models will output new food systems redesigns within planetary boundaries, which will be used to develop a game to support participatory processes of roadmap development together with European stakeholders.
Hannah van Zanten
hannah.vanzanten@wur.nl
Alejandro Parodi
alejandro.parodiparodi@wur.nl
The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, or Swedish Agricultural University is a public research university in Sweden.
Elin Roos
elin.roos@slu.se
The Department of Agroecology carry out basic, strategic and applied research in issues regarding the interaction between climate, soil, plants, animals and people in agro-ecosystems with a focus on promoting health, sustainability and environmentally friendly production of food, feed, energy and bio-based products.
Anne Grete Kongsted
anneg.kongsted@agro.au.dk
The International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) is a Mediterranean intergovernmental organization composed of 13 Member States (Albania, Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia and Turkey). It operates through its 4 Institutes based in Bari (Italy), Chania (Greece), Montpellier (France) and Zaragoza (Spain) and the Headquarters based in Paris.
Antonio López-Francos
lopez-francos@iamz.ciheam.org
Andrés Schlageter
schlageter@iamz.ciheam.org
The Knowledge Exchange in Agriculture (KEA) group at the School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin is involved in research and teaching in the core area of Agricultural Extension and Farmer Behaviour Change and is involved in the coordination and teaching of postgraduate programmes in agricultural extension and innovation. The group has particular experience in group facilitation and multi-stakeholder innovation processes.
Jim Kinsella
jim.kinsella@ucd.ie
University of Pisa (UNIPI) accounts for 50.000 enrolled students and 3000 staff. The Department of Agriculture, Food and Agri-environmental Science (DAFE) is a research and teaching centre and it is born trough the merging of the three department of the faculty of agriculture.
Michele Moretti
michele.moretti@agr.unipi.it
Selene Righi
selene.righi@agr.unipi.it
Formed in March 2001, CONSULAI is the largest consulting company in the agro-food, agriculture and forestry sectors in Portugal.
Carolina Ramos
cramos@consulai.com
Alexandre Falé
afale@consulai.com
The MVArc mission embraces research, development and demonstration of agroecological approaches to sustainable land management in a dryland landscape/semi-arid climate.
Joao Palma
joaopalma@mvarc.eu
Jo Smith
josmith@mvarc.eu
PIK was founded in 1992 and is a non-profit organization. The constitutional organs are the General Assembly, the Board of Trustees, the Board of Directors and the Scientific Advisory Board. At the end of 2022 PIK had 407 employees, of whom 261 were scientists.
Susanne Rolinski
susanne.rolinski@pik-potsdam.de
Aeres Hogeschool carries out practice-oriented research in the context of its profile, that is relevant to education and impacts professional practice, society and living environments. With this in mind, research focuses on essential, societal issues and links to national, international and regional developments.
Agnes van den Pol
a.van.den.pol@aeres.nl
CRV is a leading, global cattle improvement organization that helps dairy and cattle farmers gain greater efficiency and a competitive advantage in their herd management and breeding programs. The structure of CRV International, combines both the success of its commercial presence world-wide with co-operative values of transparency and customer focussed results.
Larissa Zetouni
larissa.zetouni@crv4all.com
Innovation Centre for Organic Farming is a research and development centre for supporting
growth and sustainability of organic farming in Denmark.
Julie Henriksen
jcsh@icoel.dk
Maria Escobar
mare@icoel.dk
The UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA was created in 1973. Its history is closely linked to the community of Extremadura.
Gerardo Moreno Marcos
gmoreno@unex.es
PULS has eight Faculties including Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, which is within the highest ranked Polish research centres working in the field of animal science. Faculty conduct multiple research projects supported by Polish and European institutions and cooperate with many world-recognized foreign research teams. The main research areas are: modern technology in animal breeding, genetics, nutrition and reproduction, feed science and technology as well as impact of farming animals on environment.
Marcin Pszczola
marcin.pszczola@puls.edu.pl
ADA is contributing to the development of the strategy for the implementation of information management systems in livestock farming and derived services as well as applied research services. Promoter of the internationalization of the company and its position as a relevant actor between the Academy, the Administration and the rest of the companies in the sector.
Elia Lorenzo
elia.lorenzo@ada-animaldata.com
Carlos Piñeiro
carlos.pineiro@ada-animaldata.com
BOKU leads the protocol-based development of explorative, semi-quantitative scenarios focusing on plausible future developments of the European livestock system.
Hermine Mitter
hermine.mitter@boku.ac.at
Judith Fischer
judith.fischer@boku.ac.at
Associazione Nazionale Allevatori Suini (ANAS), is a non-profit organization founded with the original name of “Associazione Nazionale Allevatori di suini di razza Large White” in June 12, 1957 and legally recognized with D.P.R. December 23, 1962 n. 2031, published in Official Journal of the Italian Republic on 15 March 1963 n. 72.
Maurizio Gallo
gallo@anas.it
PIC’s goal is to make its customers the most successful pig producers in the world. They do this by investing in breeding a better pig and making it better every day. Their genetics are selected with a focus on total economy to maximise profit in the pork value chain. At the same time, we make sure there is a healthy, high-volume, high-index supply available around the world. Producers have access to a global team that supports them to maximise the value of their business.
Craig Lewis
craig.Lewis@genusplc.com
Provacuno is the Agro-food Inter-professional Organization of the Spanish Beef Industry. It consists of national associations that represent companies from the production, industrial and commercial sectors of this product. These associations represent and defend the interests of the whole Spanish beef sector. It represents almost the totallity of the industry in Spain, including both producers and processors.
Javier Lopez
direccion@provacuno.es
Gema Moguer
tecnico1@provacuno.es
The Avileña Negra Ibérica is an autochthonous bovine breed, with a uniform black coat and medium to large size. It stands out for its ability to take advantage of very difficult environments with good productive yields, high fertility and very pronounced maternal qualities. It is a very long-lived breed and in which its functionality to travel long distances stands out, both in the practice of transhumance and in the use of the pastures where they are.
Pedro Herraiz
pedro@razaavilena.com
The IRIAF (Regional Institute for Agri-Food and Forestry Research and Development) aims to promote research, development, innovation, training, modernisation and transfer of knowledge and research results, aimed at the agricultural, livestock, forestry, environmental, hunting, aquaculture and river fishing sectors, as well as their processing and marketing industries, through the promotion of technological development and the revitalisation of initiatives that involve new productive orientations or adaptation to the market and its demands for quality and competitiveness.
Ramón Fernández
mramon@jccm.es
The Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL was founded in 1973. It is one of the world’s leading research and information centres for organic agriculture and employs 300 people in Switzerland. The close links between different fields of research and the rapid transfer of knowledge from research to advisory work and agricultural practice are FiBL’s strengths. FiBL is involved in numerous international projects – not only in research, consultancy and training but also in development cooperation.
Catherine Pfeifer
catherine.pfeifer@fibl.org
Agroscope aims to enhance the economic and environmental performance of pork production in Switzerland while ensuring high-quality products and animal welfare.
Giuseppe Bee
giuseppe.bee@ agroscope.admin.ch
Alessandro Antonacci
alessandro.antonacci@ agroscope.admin.ch
Royal Agrifirm Group is the premier dedicated and experienced specialist for livestock farmers and growers, supporting them with innovative products and services so that they can achieve the best results.
Marc Auffret
m.auffret@agrifirm.com
Barenbrug mission is Increase animal productivity to help feed the world and enhance the enjoyment of green spaces.
Piet Arts
parts@barenbrug.com
The University of Queensland (UQ) is one of Australia’s leading research and teaching institutions. They strive for excellence through the creation, preservation, transfer and application of knowledge. For more than a century, they have educated and worked with outstanding people to deliver knowledge leadership for a better world.
Ben Hayes
b.hayes@uq.edu.au
Agribusiness Service is a service providing company whom has joined Re-livestock for our allround management of the Global Feed LCA Institute (GFLI). The GFLI is a non-profit for the alignment of LCA methods for calculating feed emissions through an internationally acknowledged methodology and database of emissions of a large variety of feed ingredients.
Laura Nobel
nobel@agribusiness-service.nl
As a purpose-led company, for years, dsm-firmenich has supplied science-based products, services and groundbreaking innovation fundamental to the health, well-being and sustainability of farm animals.
Estefanía Pérez Calvo
estefania.perez-calvo@dsm.com
The University of Reading has been at the forefront of UK higher education for nearly a century. Over the decades they have become innovators and pioneers, pushing academic boundaries and leading social change. They strive to create a stronger, better University, building on their past to create an exceptional future. Their four guiding principles form the foundation of our strategy: a genuine love of learning, creating new knowledge, embracing and celebrating diversity of people and ideas, and caring for our environment.
Laurence Smith
l.g.smith@reading.ac.uk
Sokratis Stergiadis
s.stergiadis@reading.ac.uk
SRUC (Scotland’s Rural College ) is an internationally-recognised research and teaching centre with a focus on food security and developing a sustainable natural economy. SRUC is home to one of the largest groups of animal plant and social scientists in Europe dedicated to work on enhancing productivity, welfare and environmental sustainability.
John Newbold
john.Newbold@sruc.ac.uk
Jamie Newbold
jamie.newbold@sruc.ac.uk
Juanma Palma
juan.palma-hidalgo@sruc.ac.uk
Founded in 1845 as Queen’s College Belfast, it became an independent university in 1908. They are currently ranked 85th in the world in terms of impact (Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2023) and are members of the Russell Group of research-intensive universities in the UK, combining excellence in research and teaching with a student-centred ethos.
Katerina Theodoridou
k.theodoridou@qub.ac.uk
Alberto Logo
a.longo@qub.ac.uk
Martina Bozzola
m.bozzola@qub.ac.uk
The Organic Research Centre (ORC) is a small charity, but it is the UK’s leading independent research organisation for agroecological farming approaches, such as organic farming and agroforestry. They drive their own research agenda to solve global issues by acting locally and finding community-based solutions for farmers and their supply chains.
Lindsay Whistance
lindsay.w@ organicresearchcentre.com
PFLA is based across the UK, literally the four corners. Pasture for Life champions the restorative power of grazing animals on pasture and advocates for a future where grazing animals eat only their natural diet – pasture – and play positive ecological roles in our landscapes.
Nikki Yoxall
nikki@pfla.org.uk
Jimmy Manor
jimmy@pfla.org.uk