Maria Anastasia Karatzia

Researcher

Ellinikos Georgikos Organismos Dimitra

Thessaloniki, Greece

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As a researcher in Farm Animal Husbandry at the Research Institute of Animal Science of ELGO-DIMITRA, I am interested in everything considering management.

My organisation

ELGO-DIMITRA with its 11 research institutes supports Greek agriculture to face the challenges arising from global changes. It brings together the largest applied agricultural research activity in Greece, aiming at mitigation and adaptation to climate change, conservation of natural resources, restoration of biodiversity, production of healthy food and competitiveness of agribusinesses, paving the way for sustainable farms and ensuring the resilience of production and the environment.
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About me

Maria-Anastasia Karatzia grew up in Thessaloniki, and studied in the School of Agriculture at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), where she graduated from with a specialization in Animal Science. Afterwards, she completed a Master’s degree course in Animal Science as well, and later she defended her thesis on clinical nutrition in ruminants at the School of Veterinary Medicine (AUTH). In 2017, she was appointed as a researcher at the Research Institute of Animal Science of the Hellenic Agricultural Organization “Demeter” in the field of Farm Animal Husbandry. In correspondence to her research interests (precision livestock technologies in transhumant flocks and development of animal-based welfare indicators for an approach towards improving the welfare of small ruminants), Maria was elected as secretary of the Commission on Precision Livestock Farming of the EAAP.

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Skills

  • Welfare
  • PLF
  • Precision feeding
  • Ruminants
  • Transhumance
  • Low input management systems
  • By-product utilization
  • Methanogenesis
  • environmental footprint
  • Product diversification
  • Climatic resilience
  • Indigenous breeds

Interests

  • Development of combined certification schemes
  • Positive animal welfare
  • Rumen methanogenetic bacteria
  • Scaling up of solutions
  • Utilization of by-products
  • Limitation of food miles
  • Precision technologies in farming
  • Climate change management