Dr. Ada Ignaciuk - Senior Economist at FAO, and Joanna Ilicic - Economist and Policy Analyst at FAO

Dr. Ada Ignaciuk - Senior Economist at FAO, and Joanna Ilicic - Economist and Policy Analyst at FAO

Dr. Ada Ignaciuk is a Senior Economist at the Agricultural Development Economics (ESA) division of the Food and Agriculture Organization, where she leads the Economic and Policy Analysis of Climate Change (EPIC) team. Her main areas of expertise are economics of climate change and sustainable food production. She holds a PhD degree from Wageningen University where she analyzed the emerging bioenergy market. Prior to the FAO, she worked as an economist at the Natural Resources Policy division of Trade and Agricultural department at the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) where she was responsible for providing scientific, technical and policy guidance to the governments on the implementation of climate-friendly agricultural policies.

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Joanna Ilicic is an Economist and Policy Analyst for FAO with a background in agricultural policy measurement and analysis in the Trade and Agriculture Directorate of the OECD. She is currently the EX-ACT Coordinator at FAO, promoting this carbon balance tool used by both public and private stakeholders to calculate emissions in the agricultural sector at local, regional and national level.