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Prof. Benedetto Rocchi - Research Unit Leader
Prof. Benedetto Rocchi - Research Unit Leader
Benedetto Rocchi is an Associate Professor at the University of Florence, where he teaches Agricultural Economics. In 2005, he spent a period at the Department of Agricultural and Food Economics, University of Reading (UK) as a Visiting Academic. In 2006, he was a Visiting Researcher at the Regional Institute of Economic Planning, Florence (IT). From 2009 to 2011, he joined the editorial committee for the revision of the UN Statistic Division’s Handbook on Rural Household’s Livelihood and Well-Being. He is a member of the Italian Association of Agricultural and Applied Economics and the European Association of Agricultural Economists.
His main research fields are the analysis of agricultural policy and the economics of rural development and food supply chain. He studied the income distribution in agriculture and in the rural areas, the distributive impacts of agricultural policy, the impact non-renewable resource abundance on regional development, the impact of economic activities on resource use, the economics of alternative food supply chains and the social consequences of collective choices in bioethics.
Prof. Andrea Marescotti
Prof. Andrea Marescotti
Andrea Marescotti is an Associate Professor of Agricultural and Agro-Food Economics at the Department of Economics and Management (DISEI) of the University of Florence, Italy. The main research interests include agri-food marketing, inter-firm coordination, geographical indications, short food supply chains, and rural and food tourism. He also carries out consultancy activities for national and international public institutions.
Prof. Giovanni Belletti
Prof. Giovanni Belletti
Giovanni Belletti is a Full Professor of Agricultural and Agri-Food Economics and Policies at the Department of Economics and Management of the University of Florence. He is the author of over 120 scientific publications, and his main research interests include agri-food economics, farm organization, short and alternative food supply chains, geographical indications, rural development, and rural tourism.
Dr. Raphaël Porcherot
Dr. Raphaël Porcherot
Raphaël Porcherot is a French economist affiliated as post-doctoral researcher with the Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence, Italy. His research focuses on monetary economics and institutional approaches to money, classical and post-Keynesian economics, exchange rate theory, and ecological uneven exchange. He has also worked on Latin American political economy and monetary innovations.
Dr. Gino Sturla
Dr. Gino Sturla
Gino Sturla is a hydraulic engineer and holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chile. He is specialized in input–output modeling applied to water resources at the University of Florence. He is currently a professor of mathematical economics at Universidad Diego Portales in Chile. His research focuses on environmentally extended input–output models, water footprint assessment, hydrology, and the economic valuation of water-related ecosystem services.
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