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Nicolas Lefebvre

Activity areas

  • Value chains and markets
  • Regions: Eastern Europe, Africa
  • Certification of smallholder groups
  • Organic sourcing
  • Extension and technical backstopping
  • Conversion management
  • Innovative farming systems

Projects

StatusFiBLTitleStartEnd
ongoing CH Empowering Rural Economies in Agriculture in Kosovo (EREA Kosovo) 01.02.2024 31.12.2026
ongoing CH Quality Food Trade Program in Ukraine, Phase II (QFTP) 01.07.2023 30.06.2026
completed CH Regenerative Parsley production in Central Europe 01.05.2023 15.07.2023
completed CH SIRED Kosovo 01.02.2022 15.12.2022
ongoing CH Strategic and technical support for the "Farming with Nature" initiative of Ingleby Farm&Forest group (Ingleby – Farming with Nature) 01.01.2022 31.12.2026
completed CH Organic dried prunes 01.09.2021 31.12.2023
completed CH Organic hazelnuts 01.01.2021 31.12.2023
completed CH Bio Hülsenfrüchte aus Europa (Hülsenfrüchte) 01.01.2021 31.12.2023
completed CH InfOrganic Moldova 2020-2022 01.01.2020 31.12.2022
completed CH Farmer capacity development to improve organic sesame production in Ethiopia 01.07.2019 30.06.2022
completed CH Organic beans from Macedonia on the Coop shelf 01.09.2018 31.12.2023
completed CH Import of organic fruits and vegetables 01.01.2015 31.12.2017

Training / professional career

  • Since 2021 Expert for organic cultivation, FiBL Switzerland
  • 2010 - 2021 Technical Director on a large-scale organic farm, West-Romania
  • 2017 - 2021 Free-lance consultant and conference speaker on advanced organic farming techniques
  • 2007 - 2010 Farm manager on a diversified farm in conversion, Belgium
  • 2005 - 2007 Operational manager on a large-scale cereal farm, Romania
  • 2003 - 2005 Production manager on a self-picking farm, France
  • 1999 - 2002 Rural Engineering Degree, Ath, Belgium

Publications

Publications in the Organic Eprints archive