🗣️16th Conversation on Agroecology
🍃The online Conversations on Agroecology will run on a monthly schedule throughout the partnership and enable mobilisation and networking of agroecology actors across and beyond Europe.
You are also welcome to send your topic-related questions❓in advance to akademie@ages.at.
The questions collected will be answered by the speakers during the seminar.
The event will be held virtually.
🆕This month’s conversation:🗝️Key factors for business models in agroecology Living Labs and Research Infrastructures🌍
📅 Wednesday 10 December, 2025, from 13:00 until 14:00 CET
🗣️ Speakers
🌱Sustainable business models of agroecology living labs and research infrastructures – introduction to the approach and emerging key issues
Gerald Schwarz (Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institute) and Säde Virkki (LUKE)
🌍LifeWatch ERIC - Reflections on Sustainable Business Models for Research Infrastructures working on Agroecology
José Manuel Avila Castuera and Iria Soto (LifeWatch ERIC)
👥Conversation Leads
Dr. Taru Sandén and Dr. Julia Fohrafellner
Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Austria
Department for Soil Health and Plant Nutrition
Institute for Sustainable Plant Production
Division Food Security
Ana Pires da Silva, MSc.
National Institute for Agrarian and Veterinary Research (INIAV), Portugal
Senior Board Advisor
Dr. Julia Fohrafellner
Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Austria
Expert
🎯Target group
Researchers, farmers, policymakers, funders, all agroecology interested stakeholders
✍🏼Interested in joining? Please register here.