Academic positions

Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics (with National Scientific Qualification for Full Professor).

President of Italian National Coordination of Degrees Courses in Agricultural Sciences.

President of both first and second level degrees (BA and M-Sc.) in Agricultural Sciences and Technologies at University of Molise.

Georgofili Academician.

Member of the Italian Agricultural Economics Society (SIDEA) and member of the Board of Auditors of the Italian Food Economics Society (SIEA).

Member of PhD Committee in Sciences for Agri-Food Production (and Agricultural Technologies and Biotechnologies); University of Molise.

Organization, direction and/or participation in educational, editorial and research projects

Coordinator of POT project of Italian University and Reasearch Ministry "SISSA3EFG" 2023-2025.

Co-Director of "Perspectives on Rural Development" Series of Economic Sciences Department of University of Salento.

Member of International Scientific Board of Italian Review of Agricultural Economics (REA).

Vice-Director of the Scientific Committee of Centre of Research for Bio-Cultural Heritage and Local Development (BIOCULT).

Member of the research team of the H2020 project (RUR-01-2018-2019) "Mountain Valorization through Interconnectedness and Green Growth (MOVING)". Coordinator Maria del Mar Delgado (University of Cordoba) (2020 to present).

Local coordinator of the international research team: “Successes and failures in the practice of neoendogenous rural development in the European Union (1991-2013)”, funded by the Ministry of Competitiveness of Spain  and coordinated byEugenio Cejudo and Francisco Navarro (University of Granada).

Research Topics

Short food supply chains - Alternative food Markets - Neo-endogenous Rural Development - Territorial regeneration of Inner Areas - CAP and Leader Approach - Organic Districts - Rural diversification and farm tourism.

Public Engagement Activities

MAP-Moving Project in Alto Molise - Centre of re-generation of Castel del Giudice - Leader Projects (several LAGs).