Prof. Dr. Jan Žukovskis holds a doctoral degree and is a Professor at the Department of Business and Rural Development Management, Faculty of Bioeconomy Development, Vytautas Magnus University, in Lithuania. He has around three decades of university teaching experience and has also worked as a visiting professor at several universities abroad. His research focuses mainly on improving agricultural and rural development administration, business and process management, productivity, and the development of cooperatives and producer groups and organisations. His recent publications address such topics as the resilience of family farms, organic agriculture in the European Union, e-commerce and digital technologies in agriculture, and rural and organisational management.