Ana Ventura
Researcher/CEO
Solutopus- Recursos e Desenvolvimento, Lda.
São Francisco da Serra, Portugal
Sociologist; Master's in Environmental and Regional Planning. Researcher in the agriculture sector, focusing on innovation and socio-economic issues.
My organisation
Solutopus- Recursos e Desenvolvimento, Lda.
Solutopus- Recursos e Desenvolvimento, Lda.
Small or Medium Enterprise (SME)
São Francisco da Serra, Portugal
About me
Sociologist; Master's in Land Use and Environmental Planning. Frequency of PhD in UGent (Socioeconomics ). Evaluator in several EU Programmes such as H2020, Horizon Europe, EIC accelerator, and WomenTechEu. Partner in H.Europe Projects (FOREST4Eu and ECHO; next GREENcooP); former researcher at Soildarity, beyond Portuguese national Projects related to the agriculture and forestry sector (policies, farmers engagement, innovation uptake- smart farming, NGO role, etc.). Former member of the board of several NGOs and small industries. Member of several national and international platforms such as EIP AGRI/Rural Cap Network, Soils for Europe, GNAD, RRNacional, Lilas4Soil, and Premiére 100+.
Skills
- Cooperation
- Rural development
Interests
- innovation through demonstration
- Focus on farmer's position in the value chain
- farming/ forester valorisation as a profession
- socioeconomic drivers of rural transformations