The EIT Food Resilient Agriculture Think & Do Tank brings together strategic partners from across Europe to foster effective collaboration, overcome barriers to innovation in the field of resilient agriculture and share knowledge and impactful initiatives that accelerate food system transformation.
2025
2026
Resilient agriculture is essential for ensuring long-term food security, yet current farming systems are increasingly vulnerable to climate change, resource depletion, and environmental degradation. Furthermore, with the global population projected to grow from 8 billion today to nearly 10 billion by 2050, agriculture must adapt to produce sufficient, nutritious food while withstanding shocks such as extreme weather, pests, and market disruptions. By strengthening ecosystem health, diversifying crops, and integrating climate-smart practices, resilient agriculture can address many of the food system’s pressing challenges, and policymakers around the world are beginning to recognize its critical role in building a sustainable future.
Resilient Agriculture Think & Do Tank
The EIT Food Resilient Agriculture Think & Do Tank is a new initiative that harnesses EIT Food’s unique strengths in convening stakeholders and driving systemic change across the agrifood sector. It brings together strategic partners from across Europe to foster effective collaboration, knowledge sharing, and impactful initiatives that accelerate food system transformation to promote resilient agriculture.
"Resilient agriculture is at the heart of what we do at EIT Food because it's the foundation of a sustainable and secure food system for all of us."
The Vision
Our vision is to lead the way in the rapidly evolving resilient agriculture space, unite partners to influence policy and close critical systemic gaps and translate insights into public awareness, projects, and actionable solutions.
The Objective
Our objective is to accelerate the adoption of resilient agriculture to achieve food security and planetary health across Europe, by securing farmers livelihoods and overcoming key transition barriers - social, financial, technical policy and regulatory - through innovation.
Leaders of the Resilient Agriculture Think & Do Tank
We are proud to share the EIT Food and executive leaders for the Resilient Agriculture Think & Do Tank.
President and Vice-Presidents
President - Damien Jourdan, Danone
Vice President of Adoption at Scale - Shaunagh Slack, PepsiCo
Vice President of Financing a Fair Transition - Stephane Durand, Queen's University Belfast
Vice President of Policy and Advocacy - Deniz Koca, Lund University
EIT Food Leaders
Elvira Domingo, Director of Thematic Leadership - Resilient Agriculture
Gulsah Uysal, Director of Partnership & Corporate Services
Alicia Abendroth, Senior Partnership Manager
Regine Roncucci, Ecosystem Manager
Learn More About Our Activities
Explore the different activities that have happened so far from our Resilient Agriculture Think & Do Tank members. Through our content, you will find insights and solutions that advance sustainability, resilience, and innovation across Europe's resilient agriculture sector.
Food Fight Podcast - Resilient Agriculture Think & Do Tank
The reality of farming has changed. One fruit grower loses three harvests in three years. A cereal farmer now expects a climate disaster every season. Recorded live at Next Bite in Brussels, Matt is joined by Stéphane Durand, Vice-President of Financing A Fair Transition and Damien Jourdain, President, of the EIT Food Resilient Agriculture Think and Do Tank. They're working to change how European farming works, so farmers can plan a future with stable incomes, healthy land and food you can trust.
Building Resilient Agriculture: Why EIT Food’s New Think & Do Tank Can Drive Change
As Europe faces mounting shocks to its food system, resilience has become a necessity, not a choice. This blog unpacks what resilient agriculture really means - from regenerative practices on farms to system-wide collaboration - and introduces EIT Food’s new Resilient Agriculture Think & Do Tank, designed to unite science, policy, and practice for a sustainable food future.
How to get involved in the Resilient Agriculture Think & Do Tank
To become a working group member of the Resilient Agriculture Think & Do Tank, you must be an EIT Food Strategic Partner.
If you are already one of our Strategic Partners, please contact our Senior Partnership Manager, Alicia Abendroth, for more details: alicia.abendroth@eitfood.eu
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