The main research subjects dealth with relate to the following
areas:
- macroeconomic analysis of international institutions and policy;
studies of sectoral policies, trade flows and related impacts on
the agri-food system at European, National and Regional level, with
special attention to the Mediterranean Basin area;
- studies on markets, entrepreneurial strategies and the
competitiveness of agricultural and food production and marketing,
economic and territorial development ;
- industrial organization analysis in the agri-food system and
agriculture-industry relationships; supply chain analysis, study of
integration and contractual coordination forms; agricultural inputs
demand and supply.
The main sectors of interest are:
- mediterranean agri-food productions, such as fisheries, wine,
fruit and vegetables;
- agricultural inputs: chemicals, seeds, machinery and agri-food
biotechnologies;
- oil seeds.
July 2007 - Feb. 2008
Research project executor for Emilia Romagna Regional Authority.
Project name: CORIN - Coordinating Regional Primary Sector Policies
for Boosting Innovation. Trans-regional project, financed under the
auspices of the 6th EU Framework Programme for research, in order
to promote greater and better investment in research and
development in the regions involved in the primary sector, by means
of activities aimed at the promotion, implementation and
exploitation of innovation. Regions involved in the project: Emilia
Romagna (IT), Veneto (IT), Friuli Venezia Giulia (IT), Slovenia,
Croatia, Bulgaria, Greece.
2006
Member of the research team “Osservatorio Permanente sul Sistema
Agroalimentare dei Paesi del Mediterraneo” [“Permanent Observatory
on the agri-food system in Mediterranean Countries”] by ISMEA
[National Institute for Agricultural Markets Studies] and IAMB
[Agri-Mediterranean Institute of Bari] and financed by the Italian
Ministry of Agriculture. Research project: Sistemi di qualità,
rapporti commerciali e cooperazione euromediterranea
[Quality systems, trade relations and euro-mediterranean
partnership].
2005 -2006
Member of the research team “Osservatorio del Mercato del Pecorino
Romano e dei prodotti ovicaprini” [“Observatory on Pecorino Romano
and dairy products market”] sponsored by Consorzio di Tutela del
Formaggio Pecorino Romano [Consortium for the Safeguarding of
Pecorino Romano cheese];
Apr. 2004 – Jan. 2005
Research contract recipient at the Department of Agricultural
Economics and Agricultural Engineering, University of Bologna.
Project title: Effetti dell'allargamento UE sui flussi
commerciali di prodotti agroalimentari dei Paesi del Bacino
Mediterraneo. [Effects of the EU enlargement to CEECs on
Mediterranean Countries agri-food trade flows]
Apr. 2002 – Sept. 2003
Research contract recipient at the Department of Agricultural
Economics and Agricultural Engineering, University of Bologna.
Project title: Competitività e prospettive del settore dei
semi oleosi in provincia di Ferrara: aspetti economici,
istituzionali e organizzativi. [Oil seeds sector
competitiveness and perspectives in Ferrara province: economic,
institutional and organizational issues]
2003
Member of the research team “Osservatorio Permanente sul Sistema
Agroalimentare dei Paesi del Mediterraneo” [“Permanent Observatory
on the agri-food system in Mediterranean Countries”] by ISMEA
[National Institute for Agricultural Markets Studies] e IAMB
[Agri-Mediterranean Institute of Bari] and financed by the Italian
Ministry of Agriculture. Research project: Le dinamiche
commerciali dei prodotti agroalimentari nel Mediterraneo
[Agri-food trade dynamics in the Mediterranean Basin] -
Sistemi di qualità, rapporti commerciali e cooperazione
euromediterranea.
