Committee Member
Dario Fornara
Top 50 Farmers is an acceleration platform paving the way for regenerative agriculture to be scaled from soil to gut. We identify the farmers who are role modeling what the future of farming looks like and share their stories. We also connect them with industry executives and pioneering thought leaders to unlock new opportunities across the value chain.
Research Director of the Davines Group - Rodale Institute European Regenerative Organic Center (EROC) in Italy.
Dario has been involved in research, education, and dissemination activities to demonstrate the multiple beneficial effects of biodiversity and regenerative practices on soil health. He authored and co-authored >90 scientific publications and has been involved in Networks of Excellence including the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on Soil Carbon Stock Changes of the Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP) Partnership promoted by FAO, the Working Group of the Global Soil Partnership (GSP) on Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) management, and the Integrative Research Group of the Global Research Alliance.
Dario was awarded a PhD in Ecology from the University of Pretoria, South Africa in 2005. In 2006 he was awarded a Marie Curie Post-Doctoral Fellowship of the EU at the University of Minnesota (USA) and Lancaster University (UK). In 2009 he took a Lectureship position in Terrestrial Ecology at Ulster University, UK. Between 2014 and 2022 he worked in the Agri-Food Biosciences Institute (AFBI), Belfast, UK, as project leader of the Terrestrial Ecology and Soil Biogeochemistry research programme.
“I am very happy to contribute to the work of the Top 50 Farmers’ Selection Committee. I think this initiative will play an important role in helping virtuous farmers to make the agroecological transition, which is crucial to enhance soil, plant and human health”.
Rodale Institute European Regenerative Organic Center | LinkedIn
Research Director of the Davines Group - Rodale Institute European Regenerative Organic Center (EROC) in Italy.
Dario has been involved in research, education, and dissemination activities to demonstrate the multiple beneficial effects of biodiversity and regenerative practices on soil health. He authored and co-authored >90 scientific publications and has been involved in Networks of Excellence including the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on Soil Carbon Stock Changes of the Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP) Partnership promoted by FAO, the Working Group of the Global Soil Partnership (GSP) on Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) management, and the Integrative Research Group of the Global Research Alliance.
Dario was awarded a PhD in Ecology from the University of Pretoria, South Africa in 2005. In 2006 he was awarded a Marie Curie Post-Doctoral Fellowship of the EU at the University of Minnesota (USA) and Lancaster University (UK). In 2009 he took a Lectureship position in Terrestrial Ecology at Ulster University, UK. Between 2014 and 2022 he worked in the Agri-Food Biosciences Institute (AFBI), Belfast, UK, as project leader of the Terrestrial Ecology and Soil Biogeochemistry research programme.
“I am very happy to contribute to the work of the Top 50 Farmers’ Selection Committee. I think this initiative will play an important role in helping virtuous farmers to make the agroecological transition, which is crucial to enhance soil, plant and human health”.
Rodale Institute European Regenerative Organic Center | LinkedIn
