Principal themes of researchs :
- The profitability of pig, dairy, beef and poultry farms in the Po- Valley
- Economic aspects of environmental problems caused by intensive animal production
- Profitability analysis of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese dairies
- Economic performance and strategies of pork processing firms in Italy
- Interaction between rural development policies and farmer's initiatives
- Economic analysis of quality assurance schemes in the beef industry
- Economic impact of organic livestock farming systems.
Education
June 1977: B.Sc. Degree in Agricultural Economics at the Agricultural
University, Wageningen
June 1977 - January 1978 : Stage at the Institute of Farm Income Research at Tel-Aviv, Israel
Sept. 1980 : M.Sc. Degree in Agricultural Economics at the Agricultural University, Wageningen with Agricultural Sociology and Development Economics as sub-topics
November 2000: Ph.D. Degree in Agricultural Economics at Wageningen University with the Ph.D. thesis: "The production of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese: the force of an artisanal system in an industrialised world"
Professional Work Experience
Sept. 1980 - January 1982 :Research Assistant at the Institute of
Animal Production of the Faculty of
Agriculture of the University of Udine,Italy
Subject: A technical and economical analysis of the dairy systems in Lombardy
and the Netherlands
January 1982 - July 1983
Civil service at the Department of Agriculture of the province of Gelderland,
Arnhem (NL)
Subject: Research on the possibilities of energy saving in the agriculture
of the province of Gelderland
October 1983 - October 1984
Reseacher of the Association for Agricultural Education and Extension
(AIPA), Bologna
November 1984 - onwards
Head of Research Unit Economics of the Centre of Research on Animal Production
(CRPA) at Reggio Emilia, Italy
