Gyöngyi Kürthy is deputy head of the Directorate of Agricultural Economics, AKI, and she is also head of the Food Chain Research Department of the same Directorate. Her main areas of expertise are agricultural foreign trade, international trade agreements, and food chain economics and structures with special regard to food waste and loss. She holds a PhD in Economic Sciences from the Gödöllő University of Agricultural Sciences, Hungary. She participated in several international projects as an expert, consultant, or team leader, mainly in the field of organic farming.