The candidate has been working as a forest engineer for the last 21 years in one of the largest and leading state-owned forest companies in Hungary. She has applied the practice of sustainable agriculture and forestry management both in her job and on her farm.
In 1999, after graduating the candidate founded her own nursery which is producing forest seedling. Every year, 200-300 thousand seedlings are sold which are used mainly for reforestation and afforestation. Their products include oaks, wild cherry, hornbeam, wild pear and robinia seedlings. The candidate decided to extend her business activities to crop production and today manages a 36ha farm with diverse activities. The fields are also home to large and high-quality red deer (Cervus elaphus). The candidate tries to harmonise her land management approach with local conditions and thus diminish the conflict between crop production and wild game management. In order to do so, her crops are divided by grazing fields for the deer, and only protected by temporal fences which can be dismantled after harvest; therefore, the habitats of the large herbivores are not decreased. In 2016 she took part in the AES programme, dividing her plots to a maximum of 5ha with pease stripes and green fallows. Only bird-friendly reaping is applied, and a nutrient supply plan is elaborated every year by specialist based on soil samples. She uses biofertilizer and if needed, semi-deep soil loosening is carried out, and no machinery is used on wet soil. Furthermore, only selected chemicals are used in plant protection. With an increase of private forestry in Hungary during the early 2000’s, the candidate also started working as a forest consultant providing advice to new owners who often had no forestry education or experience. In 2005 the candidate received her PhD in forestry, having written her thesis on the false heartwood beech, including an application of non-destructive timber test methods.