Marta Guadalupe Rivera Ferre

Marta G. Rivera-Ferre, Research Professor at INGENIO (CSIC-UPV). PhD in Veterinary Sciences, Specialty of Animal Production and Agricultural Economics from the University of Córdoba; MSc in Animal Nutrition from the University of Aberdeen, PhD in Sociology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. She has a multidisciplinary profile in the analysis of the society and environment interactions within agri-food systems and has performed research stays at the Rowett Research Institute in the UK, Alterra Research Institute and the University of Wageningen in the Netherlands, the Autonomous University of Barcelona and the Center for Agri-food research and Development (CREDA-UPC-IRTA). Director of the Chair Agroecology and Food Systems at the University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia during 2014-2021. She has a particular interest in the potential of local traditional agri-food knowledge in adaptation to climate change, food security and food sovereignty, as well as in the analysis of feminists and commons theories as to be adopted in agri-food research. She is also interested in the way different mental models and discourses co-exist in agricultural research and management. She has participated as lead author in the UN-lead assessments the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD, 2005-2008), the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC) in the chapters Rural Areas (AR5, 2010-2014) and Food security (SRCCL, 2017-2019), and as Review Editor in the Livelihoods and Poverty chapter (AR6, 2018-2021). participated as an international expert in different panels, such as the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD, 2005-2008), the IPCC (since 2010, "Rural Areas", "Food Security", "Poverty, Livelihoods and Sustainable development" chapters), the IPBES (scoping author nexus assessment Food, Water, Biodiversity, Health, Energy in the context of climate change) or the Science Advice for Policy by European Academies (SAPEA) report on Sustainable Food Systems for the EU. She is member of the  Scientific Advisory Board of the Food Security, Agriculture and Climate Change European Joint Program Initiative (FACCE-JPI). For publications visit: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marta-Rivera-Ferre