Contact
Lukas Kilcher
(Dipl.-Ing. Agr. ETH)
Communication
Head of group
FiBL
Ackerstrasse
CH-5070 Frick
Phone +41 (0)62 865-7262
Fax +41 (0)62 865-7273
lukas.kilcher(at)fibl.org
Kilcher Lukas
Activity areas
- International communication projects
- Organic farming projects in Latin America and Islamic countries
- E-Learning
- Training and further training
- Public relations and media
Training / professional career
- 1993 - present: Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL):
- Head of the Communication Division (since 2009)
- Head of the International Cooperation Division (1998 - 2009)
- Member of the Board of Directors (since 1998)
- Head of the FiBL Extension Service (1994 - 1998)
- Project management, feasibility studies, conversion planning, training and consulting, commercial assessment and market surveys, farm inspections, technical guides;
- Editor of the journal «bio aktuell» 1993 - 1998.
- 1996 - 2000 Lecturer at the Swiss College of Agriculture (SHL) in Zollikofen / Berne
- 1995 - 1998 Member of the managing committee of the Swiss Association of Organic Agriculture Organisations (Bio Suisse)
- June 1992 - February 1993 Agricultural consulting in Cuba: agricultural marketing project (study of feasibility)
- August 1991 - August 1992 Journalist and editor at the agricultural information service (Landwirtschaftlicher Informationsdienst) in Bern
- 1991 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (ETH): Master of Science in Agronomy with specialization in agricultural economics
Membership in advisory bodies / other activities
- Member of various expert groups (Claustro of the Agrarian University of Havana, International Horticulture Association, development co-operation, training, extension)
