My research activities deal with:
- Assessing the impact of the Agricultural Policy (both pillars) on economic, environmental and social dimensions;
- Modelling structural changes in agriculture and use of productive factors;
- Simulating adoption and diffusion of new technology and innovation;
- Understanding the provision of public good by agriculture;
- Understanding organisation of supply chain with focus on contracting and integration;
- Assessing impact of bioeconomy on sustainability and organisation of non-food supply;
- Assessing impact of agroenergy on sustainability;
- Understanding farmers marketing strategies and diversification;
- Assessing the contribution of research in agriculture on productivity and the on sustainability.
My research activities are pursued by applying quantitative or mixed methods: a) mathematical programming; b) econometrics; c) spatial econometrics; d) multicriteria analysis; e) contract theory; f) system dynamics.
Main EU projects:
- SUFISA – Sustainable finance for sustainable agriculture (H2020) 2014-2018
- SALSA – Small farms, small food businesses and sustainable food security (H2020) 2015-2019
- TRANSMANGO – Assessment of the impact of global drivers of change on Europe’s food security (FP7) 2015- 2018
- IMPRESA Measurement of research impact in European agriculture (FP7) 2013-2016
- SPARD Spatial Analysis of Rural Development Measures (FP7) 2010-2012
- FACTOR MARKET Comparative Analysis of Factor Markets for Agriculture across the Member States (FP7) 2010-2012
- Farm Investment Behaviour Under the CAP Reform Process tender J05/25/2008 (TENDER)
- CAP-IRE Assessing the multiple impact of the Common Agricultural Policies (CAP) on rural economies (FP7) 2008-2010
- Study on the Functioning of Land Markets in the EU Member States under the Influence of Measures applied under the Common Agricultural Policy (tender DG AGRI/2007-G4-14) 2008
- STRIDE 4 Développement d’un nouveau Master en Management Agricole, (TEMPUS programme) 2004-2007
- ITAES Integrated Tools to design and implement Agro Environmental Schemes (FP6) 2004-2006
- WADI The sustainability of European Irrigated Agricultural Under Water Directive and Agenda 2000 (FP5) 2003 -2004