Page 1 / 9 Europass Curriculum Vitae Personal information Surname/ First name Solazzo Roberto Address Via Contessa di Bertinoro 13 00162 Rome (Italy) Telephone +39 3282861647 E-mail [email protected]Nationality Italian Date of birth 20 July 1977 Gender Male Occupational field Research Agricultural and environmental policies, food chain and markets analysis, economic modelling, rural development Work experience Dates (from - to) 09/2007 - ongoing Occupation or position held Researcher (from 2011- ongoing). Research Fellow (from 2007 to 2010) Main activities and responsibilities Research activities on agricultural and environmental policies, supply chain analysis, rural development, market of agri-food products, foreign trade of agri-food products. Impact assessment of European and national agricultural and environmental policies by developing farm-level mathematical programming models, using GAMS programming language. Quantitative analysis on agri-food sectors and development/maintenance of databases. - - development and maintenance of CREA database on foreign trade; - Responsible for the Action: "Analysis of regulations and proposals to improve the contractual conditions of the supply chain", within the National Cereal Plan funded by Italian Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies. - Member of Editorial - - Member of the CREA Observatory for quantitative methods and ex-ante models. - Contributing author of the Yearbook of the Italian Agriculture and Italian foreign trade in agri-food products. - Collaboration with Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies in drafting the National Strategy-CMO Fruit and Vegetables. - - policy support for productivity vs. sustainability in eu agriculture: towards viable farming and green growth (2017). Name and address of employer CREA - Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (former National Institute of Agricultural Economics - INEA) Via Po 14, 00198, Rome (Italy) Type of business or sector Public Research Institute
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EuropassCurriculum Vitae
Personal information
Surname/ First name Solazzo Roberto
Address Via Contessa di Bertinoro 13 00162 Rome (Italy)
Occupational field Research Agricultural and environmental policies, food chain and markets analysis, economic modelling, rural development
Work experience
Dates (from - to) 09/2007 - ongoing
Occupation or position held Researcher (from 2011- ongoing). Research Fellow (from 2007 to 2010)
Main activities and responsibilities Research activities on agricultural and environmental policies, supply chain analysis, rural development, market of agri-food products, foreign trade of agri-food products. Impact assessment of European and national agricultural and environmental policies by developing farm-level mathematical programming models, using GAMS programming language. Quantitative analysis on agri-food sectors and development/maintenance of databases.
- -development and maintenance of CREA database on foreign trade;
- Responsible for the Action: "Analysis of regulations and proposals to improve the contractual conditions of the supply chain", within the National Cereal Plan funded by Italian Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies.
- Member of Editorial -- Member of the CREA Observatory for quantitative methods and ex-ante models.- Contributing author of the Yearbook of the Italian Agriculture and Italian foreign trade in
agri-food products. - Collaboration with Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies in drafting the
National Strategy-CMO Fruit and Vegetables.-
- policy support for productivity vs. sustainability in eu agriculture: towards viable farming and green growth(2017).
Name and address of employer CREA - Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (former National Institute of Agricultural Economics - INEA) Via Po 14, 00198, Rome (Italy)
Type of business or sector Public Research Institute
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Dates 2018
Occupation or position held Consultant
Main activities and responsibilities Technical Assistance. Evaluation expert in agricultural economics.
Macedonia. Evaluation of the impact of IPA funds and national direct payments on the reforms in the sector of Agriculture and Rural Development. Gap analysis of current direct payments and development of alignment proposal to EU Acquis.
Name and address of employer Cardno Emerging Markets (UK) LTD
Type of business or sector Research
Dates 11/2013 - 12/2013
Occupation or position held Consultant
Main activities and responsibilities Research activities on impact assessment of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in some Italian regions, by developing a Positive Mathematical Programming model with GAMS. The study carried out within the EU project EPI-WATER "Evaluating Economic Policy Instruments for Sustainable Management in Europe" (FP7).
Name and address of employer Eni Enrico Mattei Foundation, Palazzo delle Stelline - Corso Magenta 63 -20123 Milan
Type of business or sector Research
Dates 6/2012 - 8/2012
Occupation or position held Consultant
Main activities and responsibilities Analysis of the main technical and economic information about EU mountain products
agricultural p , JRC-IPTS, Seville
Name and address of employer ISAGRI - Initiatives for the agribusiness development - Via J. Kennedy, 6 - 43125 Parma,(Italy)
Type of business or sector Research
Dates (from - to) 9/2007 12/2007
Occupation or position held Fellowship
Main activities and responsibilities Analysis of impact perceptions of the new CAP reform on Rural Development in Emilia-Romagna. Assessment of the CAP reform effects on the farms efficiency in the Parmigiano Reggiano and Grana Padano sectors; development of a DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis)model through the software GAMS (General Algebraic Modeling System), in order to evaluate the economic and technical efficiency of the analysed farms.
Name and address of employer Department of Economics, University of Parma, Via Kennedy, 6 43125 Parma (Italy)
Type of business or sector University
Dates (from - to) 01/2007 02/2007
Occupation or position held Research Fellow
Main activities and responsibilities Evaluation of the structural and employment effects caused by the recent CAP reform in European rural areas.
Name and address of employer Department of Economics, University of Parma, Via Kennedy, 6 43125 Parma (Italy)
Type of business or sector University
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Dates (from - to) 9/2006 12/2006
Occupation or position held Fellowship
Main activities and responsibilities Application of a Socio-economic assessment of decoupling in some Italian regions. Impact analysis of decoupling on the major food chains in some Italian regions, using quantitative and qualitative methods (statistical methodology and Positive Mathematical Programming). Development of Positive Mathematical Programming (PMP) models using the software GAMS (General Algebraic Modeling System) for the estimation of the effects of CAP reform on the analyzed supply chains;
Name and address of employer Department of Economics, University of Parma, Via Kennedy, 6 43125 Parma (Italy)
Type of business or sector University
Dates (from - to) 05/2006 06/2006
Occupation or position held Research Fellow
Main activities and responsibilities Impact analysis of decoupling on agricultural production in European countries, through
quantitative and qualitative assessment of the socio-economic and environmental impacts of decoupling of directs payments on agricultural production, markets and land use in the
the Sixth Framework Programme.
Name and address of employer Department of Economics, University of Parma, Via Kennedy, 6 43125 Parma (Italy)
Type of business or sector University
Dates (from - to) 02/2006 03/2006
Occupation or position held Research Fellow
Main activities and responsibilities Analysis of food supply chains and food policies. Collaboration in EU project GENEDEC ( the socio-economic and environmental impacts of decoupling of directs payments on agricultural production, markets and land use
) within the Sixth Framework Programme.
Name and address of employer Department of Economics, University of Firenze. Via delle Pandette, 9 - 50127 - Firenze (Italy)
Type of business or sector University
Education and training
Dates 2013
Title of qualification awarded PhD in Economics
Principal subjectsAgricultural policies, evaluation of CAP reform impact through quantitative analysis with PMP model (in GAMS). Development of a PMP model for the impact assessment of the Common Agricultural Policy reform 2014-2020 on the Italian tomato sector.
Name and type of organisation providing education and training
Department of Economics, University of Parma, Via Kennedy, 6 43125 Parma (Italy)
Dissertation The impact of CAP reform Post-2013: the processing tomato sector (Supervisor: Prof. Filippo Arfini)
Dates 2005
Title of qualification awarded Degree in Political Economics
Principal subjects Agricultural economics
Name and type of organisation providing education and training
Department of Economics, University of Parma, Via Kennedy, 6 43125 Parma (Italy)
Dissertation Quality food products and transaction costs
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Dates 4/2017
Title of qualification awarded Certificate
Principal subjects Course in Structured Query Language (SQL) and ETL for Data Warehouse management.
Name and type of organisation providing education and training
CREA - Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Via Po, 14, 00198 Rome (Italy)
Dates 10/2016
Title of qualification awarded Certificate
Principal subjects Course in regression analysis, time series analysis and uni-multivariate prediction models.
Name and type of organisation providing education and training
CREA-NUT - Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Via Ardeatina, 546, 00178 Rome (Italy)
Dates (from - to) 1/2009 6/2009
Title of qualification awarded Certificate
Principal subjectsCourse in methods of multivariate statistical analysis, methods of optimization, political economics
Name and type of organisation providing education and training
Department of Economics, University of Parma, Via Kennedy, 6 43125 Parma (Italy)
Dates 1/2010
Title of qualification awarded Certificate
Principal subjects Course in statistical analysis with IBM SPSS software: - Descriptive statistics- Inferential statistics- Statistical models
Name and type of organisation providing education and training
University of Macerata, Le Scalette, 8, 62100 Macerata (Italy)
Dates 6/2008
Title of qualification awarded Certificate
Principal subjects Course in access, data processing and reporting with SAS.
Name and type of organisation providing education and training
SAS training center, Piazza della Repubblica, 68 00185 Rome (Italy)
Dates 9/2007
Title of qualification awarded Certificate
Principal subjectsCourse in General Algebric Modeling . Development of mathematical programming models for the agricultural economy through the GAMS software.
Name and type of organisation providing education and training
Department of Economics, University of Parma, Via Kennedy, 6 43125 Parma (Italy)
Dates (from - to) 4/2007 6/2007
Title of qualification awarded Post-graduate course
Principal subjects Logistics and Supply Chain Management in the Food System.
Name and type of organisation providing education and training
Department of Economics, University of Parma, Via Kennedy, 6 43125 Parma (Italy)
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Personal skills and competences
Mother tongue Italian
Other languages
Self-assessment Understanding Speaking Writing
European level Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production
English B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
Levels: A1/2: Basic user - B1/2: Independent user - C1/2 Proficient user
Computer skills and competences Competent with:
- Software for quantitative analysis, modeling system for mathematical programming and optimization GAMS (General Algebraic Modeling System)
- Software packages for statistical analysis (SPSS and SAS), descriptive and inferential statistical skills (cluster analysis, PCA, regression and logistic models)
- Structured Query Language (SQL)
- Office automation packages
- European databases on agricultural farms (FADN, Eurostat) and foreign trade (Comext-Eurostat, Comtrade)
- Software for editing and analysis of geospatial information (QGIS)
Honours and awards European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE), Quality of Policy Contribution Award 2016, for the paper Solazzo R., Donati M., Tomasi L., Arfini
573: 1115-1124.
European Research Projects Carfì S., Pierangeli F., Solazzo R. (2018), Evaluation of the impact of IPA and national funds on the reforms in the sector of Agriculture and Rural Development. Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Report funded by the European Union, EuropeAid/132633/C/SER/multi. Specific Contract 2017/389748.
EP Research Project, Research for agri committee - policy support for productivity vs. sustainability in EU agriculture: towards viable farming and green growth, Study for the EU Parliament, Directorate General for Internal Policies, Dept. B: structural and cohesion policies, 2017
EP Research Project, The Liberalisation of Planting Rights in the EU Wine Sector, Study for the EU Parliament, Directorate General for Internal Policies, Dept. B: structural and cohesion policies, 2012
EU Research Project, Deriving from FADN data quantitative information on mountain agricultural products supply chains in the EU, Study for the JRC-IPTS, Seville, 2012
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EP Research Project, The EU Fruit and Vegetables Sector: Overview and Post 2013 CAP Perspective, Study for the EU Parliament, Directorate General for Internal Policies, Dept. B: structural and cohesion policies, 2011
Publications
Articles and book chaptersAbitabile C., Arzeni A., Solazzo R. (2017), The internationalization of the Italian organic enterprises. New Medit 3/2017.
Solazzo R. (2017 Il commercio agro-alimentare Yearbook of Italian Agriculture, Vol. LXIX, CREA. ISBN 978-88-9959-549-4;
Solazzo R., Donati M., Tomasi L., Arfini F. (2016). How effective is greening policy in reducing GHG emissions from agriculture? Evidence from Italy. Science of the Total Environment. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.08.066.
Solazzo R., Pierangeli F. (2016), How does greening affect farm behaviour? Trade-off between commitments and sanctions in the Northern Italy. Agricultural Systems. DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2016.07.013.
Arfini F., Donati M., Solazzo R., Veneziani M. (2016), Positive Mathematical Programming, in Shrestha S., Barnes A., Vosough Ahmadi B. (Edited by), Farm-level Modelling Techniques, Applications and Policy, CAB International Ed. ISBN 9781780644288.
Solazzo R., Pierangeli F. (2016), A two-step modelling approach for the impact assessment of greening in Italy, in Kaneva K. (Edited by), CAP Impact on Economic Growth and Sustainability of Agriculture and Rural Areas. ISBN 9789548612098.
Solazzo R. (2016 and Struttura sotto il profilo merceologico
in Italian foreign trade in agri-food products, 2015, CREA. ISBN 978-88-9959-5272;
Solazzo R., Donati M., Arfini F. (2015), Cap towards 2020 and the cost of political choices: The case of Emilia-Romagna region. Land Use Policy 11/2015; 48:575-587. DOI:10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.06.015.
Solazzo R., Donati M., Arfini F. (2015), Impact assessment of greening and the issue of nitrogen-fixing crops: Evidence from northern Italy. Outlook on agriculture 09/2015; 44(3). DOI:10.5367/oa.2015.0215.
Italian foreign trade in agri-food products, 2014, CREA. ISBN 978-88-9959-525-8;
Solazzo R. (2015), settore nella filiera del grano
duro edited by) Il comparto cerealicolo e le relazioni contrattuali nella filiera del grano duro, CREA 2015. ISBN 9788899595296.
Solazzo R., Tomasi L., Donati M., Arfini F. (2015), Il contributo del Greening alla riduzione delle emissioni di CO2. Agriregionieuropa 11 n°41.
Abitabile C., Arzeni A., Solazzo R. (2015), tori che influenzano il processo di edited by)
, CREA.
Solazzo R., Petriccione G., Perito M. (2015), Lo strumento contrattuale nella filiera del grano duro in Italia: i motivi della scarsa diffusione. Agriregionieuropa n. 43.
Solazzo R. (2015), Il settore ittico in cifre-2015, CREA. ISBN: 9788881453894.
Solazzo R., Donati M., Arfini F., Petriccione G. (2014), A PMP model for the impact assessment of the Common Agricultural Policy reform 2014-2020 on the Italian tomato sector. New Medit 2/2014.
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la questione delle colture azotofissatrici. Agriregionieuropa n. 38.
Solazzo R., Vanni F. (2014), Le pratiche agricole del greening, in Gli effetti del greening , INEA.
Solazzo R., Donati M., Arfini F. (2014),attraverso un modello di PMP, in , INEA.
a riforma della Pac 2014-2020". Agriregionieuropa n. 35.
Piesu greening e convergenza dei pagamenti diretti". Agriregionieuropa n. 35.
-2013 sulla regione Emilia proposte presentate al Trilogo.
Agriregionieuropa n. 34.
Solazzo R., Donati M. (2013), Pac, in Emilia Romagna è la zootecnia a pagare., 31/2013, pp. 32-36.
Solazzo R. (2012) in Arzeni A. (edited by), Il sistema agricolo e alimentare nelle Marche, Rapporto 2012.
competitività in chiave di filiera, RRN Magazine n.5.
Arfini F., Donati M., Petriccione G., Solazzo R., (2011), An impact assessment of the future CAP reform on the Italian tomato sector, in Sorrentino A., Henke R., Severini S. (edited by), The Common Agricultural Policy After the Fischler Reform: National Implementations, Impact Assessment and the Agenda for Future Reforms, Ashgate Publishing.
Solazzo R. (from 2008 to 2015 andINEA - Yearbook of Italian Agriculture, Vol. LXI-LXVIII, Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane;
Il commercio agroal in INEA Italian foreign trade in agri-food products, 2007-2012, Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane;
in General Report on Italy's economy, 2008 volume II, The Analysis of Ministry for the Economy and Finance, pp. 18-25;
INEA -supplement of Agrisole n. 35/2009, 11/09/2009, pp.
57-62;
INEA - Il Sistema Agricolo Italiano Agrisole n. 19/2009, 15/05/2009, pp. 61-71;
INEA - Socioeconomic impact of decoupling and food-chain perspective: some indications from Italy, Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, pp.150-157 e pp. 208-211. ISBN: 978-8849515565;
Conferences contributions Pierangeli F., Solazzo R. (2016), The redistributive policy of direct payments in Italy towards the next CAP reform, Paper prepared for presentation at the 158th EAAE Seminar "Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security: Policies,
Chania (Greece) 8-9 September 2016.
Donati M., Solazzo R., Veneziani M., Arfini F. (2016), The future of alfalfa after the CAP reform: an institutional interpretation matter. Paper prepared for presentation at the 158th EAAE Seminar "Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation in Sustainable Agriculture and Food
Greece) 8-9 September 2016.
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Solazzo R., Perito M., Petriccione G. (2016), The contractual relationships in the Italian durum wheat chain: Some evidences from an empirical survey, Paper prepared for presentation at the 153rd EAAE Seminar "New dimensions of market power and bargaining in the agri-food sector: Organisations, policies and models. Gaeta (Italy) June 9-10, 2016.
Solazzo R., Pierangeli F. (2015), A two-step modelling approach for the impact assessment of greening in Italy, Paper prepared for presentation at the 147th EAAE Seminar "CAP Impact on Economic Growth and Susta -8 October 2015, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Solazzo R., Tomasi L., Donati M., Arfini F. (2015), Assessing the Greening contribution to climate change mitigation in Italy, Paper prepared for presentation at the 4th AIEAA Conference "Innovation, productivity and growth: towards sustainable agri-food production", 11-12 June 2015, Ancona.
Solazzo R., Perito M., Petriccione G. (2015), The contractual relationships in the Italian Durum Wheat Chain: empirical evidences from a survey, Paper prepared for presentation at the 4th AIEAA Conference "Innovation, productivity and growth: towards sustainable agri-food production", 11-12 June 2015, Ancona.
Solazzo R., Perito M., Petriccione G. (2015), Italian High Quality Pasta and the Role of Production Contracts in the Durum Wheat Chain, Paper prepared for presentation at the 145th EAAE Seminar "Intellectual Property Rights for Geographical Indications: What is at stake in the TTIP?", 14-15 April 2015, Parma.
Solazzo R., Donati M., Arfini F. (2014), The impact assessment of the CAP reform post-2013: from the proposals to the agreement, Paper prepared for presentation at the 14th EAAE Congress "Agri-food and Rural Innovations for Healthier Societies ", 26-28 August2014, Lubiana, Slovenia.
Solazzo R., Donati M., Arfini F. (2014), CAP towards 2020: effects of the new reform in Italy , Paper prepared for presentation at the 3rd AIEAA Conference "Feeding the Planet and Greening Agriculture: Challenges and opportunities for the bio-economy", 25-27 June 2014, Alghero.
Solazzo R., Arfini F., Donati M., Petriccione G. (2013), The CAP reform post-2013: an impact assessment on the Italian processed tomato sector, Paper prepared for presentation at the 133rd EAAE Seminar developing modeling tools for agricultural and environmental policy analysis , 15-16 June 2013, Chania.
Solazzo R., Arfini F., Donati M., Petriccione G. (2013), A Pmp Model For The Impact Assessment Of The Cap Reform 2014-2020 On The Italian Tomato Sector, Paper prepared for presentaDevelopment: Which Role For The Bio- -7 June 2013, Parma.
Henke, R; Pierangeli, F.; Solazzo, R. and Vanni, F (2010), Agricultures in Europe: Changing roles and functions of the primary sector in the regional economic systems, Poster presented at 114th Seminar of the EAAE
-Universität zu Berlin, April 15 -16, 2010.
Arfini F., Donati M., Petriccione G., Solazzo R. (2008), An impact assessment of the future , Paper presented at
CAP after the Fischler Reform: National Implementations, Impact Assessment and the bo, Italy, November 20 - 21 2008.
Arfini F., Donati M., Petriccione G., Solazzo R. (2008),presented at
Tomato World Forum International Conference on the processing tomato, Piacenza, Italy, November 27 29 2008.
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Arfini F., Donati M., Solazzo R., Belletti G., Marescotti A., Neri T., Cerruti R., Giaré F., Aguglia L., Tudini L. (2006), Socioeconomic evaluation of the single payment schemetrough an experimental approach. Some evidences from Italy, Paper presented at 93rd
-Compliance on Agriculture in the New - workshop IDEMA-GENEDEC, Prague, Czech Republic, September
22 23 2006.
Reports and working papers Zezza A., Henke R., Lai M., Petriccione G., Solazzo R., Sturla A., Vagnozzi A., Vanino S., Viganò L., Smit B., van der Meer R., Poppe K., Lana M.s, Weltin M., Piorr A. (2017), Research for agri committee - policy support for productivity vs. sustainability in eu agriculture: towards viable farming and green growth, Study for the EU Parliament, Directorate General for Internal Policies, Dept. B: structural and cohesion policies. ISBN 978-92-846-0519-4.
Antimiani A., Castellotti T., Solazzo R. (edited by) (2014), . Working Paper, Pubblicazioni congiunturali e ricerche
macroeconomiche INEA. ISBN 978-88-8145-445-7.
P., Solazzo R., Coelho A.M., Montaigne E., Boatto V., Dal Bianco A., Galletto L., Rossetto L., Albisu L.M., Del Rey R., Pomarici E., Sidlovits D. (2012), The Liberalisation of Planting Rights in the EU Wine Sector, Study for the EU Parliament, Directorate General for Internal Policies, Dept. B: structural and cohesion policies. ISBN 978-92-8233-933-6.
ISAGRI (2012), Deriving from FADN data quantitative information on mountain agricultural products supply chains in the EU, Study for the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS). Contribution: co-author.
Petriccione G., C., Perito M.A., Solazzo R., Cioffi A., Garcia-Alvarez-Coque J.M. (2011), The EU Fruit and Vegetables Sector: Overview and Post 2013 CAP Perspective, Study for the EU Parliament, Directorate General for Internal Policies, Dept. B: structural and cohesion policies. ISBN 978-92-8233-462-1.
Arfini F., Donati M., Solazzo R., Gigante R., Cernicchiaro S.,(2008) A Report on the Effects on the Farming Activities and Employment Levels, Project: The Impact of CAP Reform on the Employment Levels in Rural Areas, Task 3, Deliverable 9;
Le OP e il valore della produzione commercializzataStrategy 2009-2013 CMO Fruit and Vegetables of Italian Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies;
Arfini F., Donati M., Solazzo R. (2006), (Policy and market prices impact) -Working paper, Genedec project.
