Title: Business Opportunities and Market Development in Carbon Farming
Date: February 25, 2025
Lead Working Group: Cyprus
Moderator: Assoc. Prof Menelaos Stavrinides (CUT, Cyprus)
Working Group speakers:
- Grigoris Chatzikostas, reframe.food, Greece (CARBONICA Project Coordinator).
- Dr Christiana Papoutsa, Researcher at the ECoE, Cyprus (National Supervisor of the Cyprus MAP)
Invited Diaspora expert speaker:
- Dr Achilleas Peitsidis, Fugro, Berlin (Industry)
MAP representatives invited speakers:
- Dr Vassilis Litskas, founder of the SME Sustainability Metrics Ltd, Cyprus (Industry)
- Marie Elena Kanelopoulou, Head of Sustainability and Certification at Cosmosert, and Ms Aikaterini Tsela, Greece (Policy)
- Goce Georgievski, Agricultural Engineer, Former Head of the Rural Development Sector, Ministry of Agriculture of North Macedonia (Agriculture/Civil society)
Key outcomes
- Carbon farming offers great business potential, especially when linked with verified LCA methods and precision remote sensing (RS) tools.
- Farmers require better awareness, training, and incentives to participate in carbon markets.
- There is a strong call for a harmonized European certification framework that ensures transparency, integrity, and prevents greenwashing.
- Regional cooperation among Cyprus, Greece, and North Macedonia—along with diaspora contributions—can foster knowledge exchange, common strategies, and ecosystem building.
Title: Business Opportunities and Market Development in Carbon Farming
Date: February 25, 2025
Lead Working Group: Cyprus
Moderator: Assoc. Prof Menelaos Stavrinides (CUT, Cyprus)
Working Group speakers:
- Grigoris Chatzikostas, reframe.food, Greece (CARBONICA Project Coordinator).
- Dr Christiana Papoutsa, Researcher at the ECoE, Cyprus (National Supervisor of the Cyprus MAP)
Invited Diaspora expert speaker:
- Dr Achilleas Peitsidis, Fugro, Berlin (Industry)
MAP representatives invited speakers:
- Dr Vassilis Litskas, founder of the SME Sustainability Metrics Ltd, Cyprus (Industry)
- Marie Elena Kanelopoulou, Head of Sustainability and Certification at Cosmosert, and Ms Aikaterini Tsela, Greece (Policy)
- Goce Georgievski, Agricultural Engineer, Former Head of the Rural Development Sector, Ministry of Agriculture of North Macedonia (Agriculture/Civil society)
Key outcomes
- Carbon farming offers great business potential, especially when linked with verified LCA methods and precision remote sensing (RS) tools.
- Farmers require better awareness, training, and incentives to participate in carbon markets.
- There is a strong call for a harmonized European certification framework that ensures transparency, integrity, and prevents greenwashing.
- Regional cooperation among Cyprus, Greece, and North Macedonia—along with diaspora contributions—can foster knowledge exchange, common strategies, and ecosystem building.
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