CURRICULUM VITAE Prof. MARIA SASSI Department of Economics and Management University of Pavia V. S. Felice 5 – 27100 Pavia T. 0382986465 e-mail: msassi@eco.unipv.it Skype: msassi1 Associate Professor - Scientific Sector AGR/01 – Agricultural Economics and Rural Appraisal. PhD in Agricultural Economics and Policy - VIII cycle (Thesis on A Macroeconomic Approach to Development: The case of the Agri-based System of Botswana) (1996). Graduation in Economia e Commercio (Economics and Trade) – Faculty of Economics – University of Pavia (Accademic year 1990/1991).

1. Teaching activity

- Current teaching activity at the University of Pavia Egonomia e Gestione del Sistema Agroindustriale (Management of the Agibusiness System) (Department of Economics and Management). Food Economics and Agricultural Development (Department of Economics and Management). Quantitative Policy Analysis for development (Department of Economics and Management). Food Security and Agricultural Development - II level International Master Program in Cooperation and Development (IUSS and University of Pavia). Macroeconomics - II level International Master Program in Cooperation and Development (IUSS and University of Pavia). - Director and coordinator of master programs and schools From 2016 – Local Director - GLODEP – Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree in International Development Studies. 2016 Director of the NOHA (Network on humanitarian action - International association of universities) Winter School on Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development (NOHA, University of Pavia, CISP, and UNITWIN network) 2012 - Scientific coordinator of the Summer School on Food Security and Good Governance organized, at the University of Bethlehem - Palestine - from 2 to 7 July 2012, within the research and development project “Food Aid, cash aid and Perspectives for the Palestinian Agricultural Sector” (FAPPAS) promoted by University of Pavia – CICOPS, Pavia, Italy, IUSS – Institute for Advanced Study, Pavia, Italy, Bethlehem University – Master in International Cooperation and Development (MICAD), Palestine, under the patronage of Ministry of Agriculture, Palestinian National Authority, Palestine, with the financial support of Regione Lombardia, Italy – Bando a sostegno della cooperazione scientifica e tecnologica internazionale a

valere sul Fondo Promozione Accordi Istituzionali (2009) and the technical cooperation of Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS), Palestine, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations, Scuola Superiore della Pubblica Amministrazione, Rome, Italy, Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People, UNDP. 2011 – Coordinator with Dr Binayak Rajbhandari (Himalayan College of Agricultural Sceneries and Technology - Kathmandu) and Bharat Acharya (International School of Advance Studies - Kathmandu) of the second edition of the International Summer School in Food Security and Climate Change 26-30 June, 2010, Kathmandu, Nepal. 2010 – Coordinator with Dr Binayak Rajbhandari (Himalayan College of Agricultural Sceneries and Technology - Kathmandu) and Bharat Acharya (International School of Advance Studies - Kathmandu) of the first edition of the International Summer School in Food Security and Climate Change 26-30 June, 2010, Kathmandu, Nepal. - Teaching activity in international programs From the academic year 2014/2015 – International professor on Climate Change and Food Security at the Master of Economics (Cooperation and Human Development) – MECOHD, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya. 12-15 May 2014 – lecturer at the NOHA Spring School on Humanitarian Action: Quality of humanitarian work: criteria and measurement, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic. 2-7 July 2012 - Food security - Summer School Food Security and Governance - Bethlehem University - Palestine. 17-21 December 2011 - Food security and policy making - Training Workshop on Food security (Concept, Analysis and Climate Change) - University Education Development Center – University of Gezira - Sudan. 12-17 June 2011 - Food Security and Climate Change - International Summer School on Food Security and Climate Change – Kathmandu – Nepal. 4-6 October 2010 – Food security and climate change: the role of agriculture - University Cooperation Program “Multidisciplinary Intensive Course For Post-Graduate Palestinian And Lebanese Students” – University of Pavia – Pavia – Italy. July 2010 –Food security and climate change - Himalayan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology - Kathmandu – Nepal. 26-30 June 2010 - Food Security and Climate Change - International Summer School on Food Security and Climate Change – Kathmandu – Nepal. Luglio 2008 – CGE Models for Agricultural Policy Making - Summer School for Palestinian Officials in “CGE modeling” - IUSS (Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori) - Pavia. 1999/2000 - Faculty Member - Master in International Affaire - ISPI – Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale, Milan. - Other teaching activity at the University of Pavia and at other Universities

From the academic years 2001/2002 to2009-2010 – Instruments for the analysis of equal opportunities in Public and Private organizations – Faculty of Economics, University of Pavia. Academic years 2008/2009 – Teaching contract: Policy and Low for the Wine sector – Faculty of Agriculture – University of Milan. Academic year 2003/2004 and 2004/2005 - Teaching contract: Business Economics and Business Administration - Interfaculty Degree in Medical Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Faculty of Medicine - University of Pavia - Pavia. Academic year 2006/2007 - Teaching contract – II level Master Program in Market Analysis and Local Development – Faculty of Economics – University of Salento – Lecce – Italy. Academic year 2005/2006 - Teaching contract and coordinator of the Agricultural and Economic Development area – Master Program in Fair Trade, Organic and Ethical Certification of Agro-food Systems – Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bologna – Italy. Academic year 2005/2006 - Teaching contract – Master Program in Competitiveness of the Alpine Areas – Catholic University of S. Heart – Milan – Italy. Academic year 2003/2004 - Teaching contract – Master Program in Economics and Management of non-Profit Organizations – University of Pavia – Italy. Academic year 2002/2003 and 2003/2004 - Teaching contract – Master Program in Food Safety, Hygiene and Quality – Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Pavia – Italy. From academic year 1991/92 to 2009/20010 - Collaborator of the corse Development of the Agricultural Economies, Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Policy – Faculty of Economics, University of Pavia – Italy. - Teaching activity on agricultural economics and gender studies within European projects and projects supported by other stakeholders 24 February 2012 – Contract for seminars on “Agricultural Districts and the Pavian case” - Project “Oltrepò Rurale: un’ipotesi di accordo per la qualità tra operatori e territorio”, Measure 331 - Training and information for economic actors operating in the areas falling under Axis 3 (Submeasure B - Information) PSL GAL Oltrepò – Organised by: PAVIASVILUPPO Azienda Speciale Camera Commercio Pavia - Stradella – Pavia – Italy. 2006, Teaching contract - Post-graduate course " Youth: becoming an entrepreneur of Rural Development" – PIC LEADER PLUS ASSE II – Transnational Cooperation Project "Youth and rurality in Europe" – GAL Alto Oltrepò s.r.l. – Salice Terme – Pavia – Italy. 2005, Teaching contract - Project 234745 (ID MonitorWeb)/778 (ID Fondazione Luigi Clerici) on Techniques and Technologies for Food Safety – Fondazione Luigi Clerici, Università di Pavia – Pavia – Italy. 2004, Teaching contract - Course ESF Ob. 3 Measure D.2 on FSE Obiettivo 3 Misure D.2 su “Implementation of e-government system in the Pavian Public Administration”, Fondazione Luigi Clerici – Pavia – Italy. 2004, Teaching contract - Course in “Technical activities of a construction company” – ESEDIL – Pavia – Italy.

2003, Teaching contract – Course Id. Prog. N. 147974 in Techniques for local development management - Fondazione Luigi Clerici – Pavia – Italy. 2004, Teaching contract – Course in “Active citizenship” – Equal Initiative “Immaginazioni” IT-G-LOM-004 – Pavia – Italy. 2002, Coordinator and Teaching contract - Course in Gender gap: opportunities and Rights – Equal Initiative “Immaginazioni” – Pavia – Italy. 2002/2003, Teaching contract - Course in “Female agricultural entrepreneurship - Potentialities and Perspectives” - E.A.PR.AL. – Ente per l’addestrametno professionale in Agricoltura della Lombardia - Training Plan 2002/2003 – Project Framework – ID 74439 – Training as a resource for rural development and growth of professional skills – Broni – Italy. 2001, Teaching contract - Courses in “The linguistic and cultural mediator in public and private sector”, “Auxiliary social welfare in the territory of Pavia - Area seniors” e Organizational innovation for the Coop. Fai Pontevecchio” - CESVIP- Pavia – Italy. 2000/2001, Teaching contract - Advanced course for excellence State Institute for Tourism and Trade "A. Bordoni "on Development and Globalization, Pavia - Italy. 1997/98, Teaching contract - Enrichment course on Prospects for economic development – University of Pavia – Pavia - Italy. - International project in the teaching field 2011 Partner with Abdalla E. Abbas (University of Gezira – Sudan) e Mohamed Elgali (University of Gezira – Sudan) of the organization of the Training Workshop in Food security (Concept, Analysis and Climate Change) organized at the University Education Development Center – University of Gezira Sudan, 17-21 December. 2011 – Academic advisor Project Planning and Management (PPM) Crash Course - 3rd February- 4th March 2011, Kathmandu, Nepal – organized by International School of Advance Studies (ISAS), Nepal with the participation of the University of Pavia

2. VISITING 3 March 2014 - Visiting Guest Speaker - University of Nairobi (Kenya) - Food Crisis, Challenges and Opportunities 2011, Visiting Professor - University of Gezira, Sudan 1995, Visiting - African Consortium of Economic Research a Nairobi (Kenya - Africa). 1994, Professional attachment - National Institute of Development Research and Documentation - University of Botswana (Gaborone - Africa). 1994, Visiting – Development Center OECD – Paris (France). 1993, Visiting – Lithuanian Agricultural Economics Institute Vilnius (Lithuania).

1992-1993, Visiting - International Development Center QUEEN ELIZABETH HOUSE - Oxford (UK).

3. MEMBER OF THE PHD TEACHERS BOARD From 2012 – PhD in Development Economics and Local Systems – University of Florence and University of Trento – Italy.

4. MEMBER OF NETWORKS, CENTERS AND COMMISSIONS Appointed NOHA (Network on humanitarian action - International association of universities) director for the University of Pavia (http://www.nohanet.org/en/). Vice-President Centre for International Cooperation and Development (CICOPS) of the University of Pavia. Representative of the University of Pavia in the General Assembly of the Euro-Mediterranean University (EMUNI) (http://www.emuni.si/). Member - Technical and Scientific Committee of the International Master Program in Cooperation and Development, IUSS Pavia and University of Pavia. Member - Technical and Scientific Committee CERVIM - Centro di Ricerca, Studi e Valorizzazione per la Viticoltura di Montagna (http://www.cervim.org/en/mountain-and-steep-slope-vitigulture.aspx) Coordinator - Natural Resources, Agricultural Development and Food Security - INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH NETWORK (http://economia.unipv.it/naf/). Member - Technical and Scientific Committee del Interdepartmental Research Center "Gender Studies", representative of the Faculty of Economics, University of Pavia. Founder and Coordinator of the Pavian Unit (Food security and sustainable agricultural economies) and representative of the University of Pavia - Interuniversity Centre for Agro-food and Environmental Cooperation (University of Brescia, Milano and Pavia). Member - Technical and Scientific Committee as a representative of the Faculty of Economics - Centre for International Cooperation and Development, University of Pavia. Member - International Relations Committee – University of Pavia. Representative of the University of Pavia - Scientific Board of the Center for Studies on Economic Policies, Rural and Environmental (SPERA). Member – International Activity Commission – Faculty of Economics, University of Pavia. Representative of the University of Pavia the the MIUR- Italian official celebrations for the "World Food Day” Member till 2006 - Information Technology Commission – Faculty of Economics, University of Pavia. Member - Scientific Committee “Laboratory for the study of inequality and gender issues Anna Lindh” – University of Macerata.

5. MEMBERSHIP IN ASSOCIATIONS

Associazione Italiana di Economia Agraria e Applicata (Aieaa), Associazione Italiana Sistemi Regionali (AISRe), The Agricultural Economists Society (AES), European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE), International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE), Associazione Internazionale Economia Agroalimentare 2 (AIEA2), International Atlantic Economic Society (IAES), Società Italiana Economisti dello Sviluppo (Sites) – member of the Board till 2015.

6. MEMBER OF EDITORIAL BOARDS Journal of International Humanitarian Action (http://www.jhumanitarianaction.com/). Economia e diritto agroalimentare to 2012(http://www.fupress.net/index.php/eda). Editor of NAF - International Research Centre International Working Paper Series

(http://nafirn.weebly.com/working-paper-series.html).

7. REFEREE

Food policy, European Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agriregionieuropa, Rivista di Economia Agraria, Questione Agraria, Economia e diritto agroalimentare, Bio-based and Applied Economics.

8. SCIENTIFIC RESPONSIBLE OF THE FOLLOWING MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA AND

- Haramaya University - Ethiopia - Africa (2015); - Ambo University - Ethiopia - Africa (2015); - Dire Dawa University – Ethiopia – Africa (2013); - Himalayan College of Agricultural Sceneries and Technology – Kathmandu – Nepal (2010); - International School of Advance Studies – Kathmandu – Nepal (2010); - Applied Science Department – Mutare Polytechnic – Zimbabwe – Africa (2009); - Department of Botany - University of Zululand - South Africa – Africa (2009); - Catholic Relief Services - Palestine (2009); - Faculty of Agriculture – Hebron University – Palestine (2009); - Università di Pretoria (2008). PUBLIC LECTURES 26.02.2016 - Food Security and Sustainable Development Goals - Haramaya University - Ethiopia - Africa 27.02.2016 - Food Security and Sustainable Development Goals - Dire Dawa University - Ethiopia - Africa

9. RESEARCH PROJECTS - International Research Projects 2013 - project supported by a CICOPS scholarship on Public policy and human development in Kazakhstan in collaboration with dr Meruert Makhmutova - Public Policy Research Center - Republic of Kazakhstan.

2012 – Scientific coordinator for of the FAO project on “Support to policy consultation and actions to boost sustainable use of water and energy resources for agricultural production and livelihood improvement in the Near East and North Africa Region in the context of climate change” - TCP/INT/3301. 2011 project supported by a CICOPS scholarship on “Food prices and climate change in Sudan: a stochastic approach” in collaboration with Prof. Mohamed B. Elgadi of the University of Gezira – Sudan. 2011 – UNDP – Individual Contract - Research paper “Food price volatility over the last decade in Niger and Malawi extent, sources and impact on child malnutrition” with Giovanni Andrea Cornia and Laura Deotti. Dicembre 2010 – Scientific coordinator for the University of Pavia of the Academic Reseach Program for the University Staffs, Ministry of Education, Indonesia - Prof. Waridin – visiting professor. 2010 - project supported by a CICOPS scholarship on “Agricultural policy for agricultural development and improved food security in Africa” in collaboration with Johann Frederick Kirsten, Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development University of Pretoria South Africa 2009 - project supported by a CICOPS scholarship on “Impact of Veld Fires on Land on Smallholder Farmers in Cashel Valley in Zimbabwe” in collaboration with Gabriel Vusanimuzi Nkomo – Mutare Polytechnic Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe. - European research projects 2016 – Erasmus + Programme – Key Action 1 – Erasmus Kundus Joint Master Degree – Global development Policy 574440-EPP-1-2016-1-CZ-EPPKA1-JMD-MOB (Duration: 2016-2017). 2015 - Scientific Coordinator University of Pavia - UNICAH “Strategic Partnership for the implementation of the University International Cooperation and Human Action Network” - ERASMUS+ Program - Key Action 2 – Strategic Partnership in the Field of High Education (02/11/2015- 02/11/2017). 2014 – HORIZON2020 – Consolidating the economic sustainability and competitiveness of the European fisheries and aquaculture sectors to reap the potential of seafood markets (BG-10-2014). Project title: Developing innovative market oriented prediction toolbox to strengthen the economic sustainability and competitiveness of European seafood on loca and global markets. (Duration: 48 month). 2014 – Scientific coordinator University of Pavia (partner) - ERASMUS + “Strategic partnerships”. Project title: European Humanitarian Action Partnership (EUHAP). 2013 – Scientific coordinator University of Pavia (partner)- Energy – Agro-food Synergies in Africa: New Educational Models for Universities - ACP-EU Co-operation Programme in Higher Education (EDULINK II) – 3 years program 2011 – Intellectual works contract for a report on "Food Safety: objectives, policies and institutions" within the specific CAP R&D action "A new PAC for a better future – Agriregionieuropa seminars aimed at understanding the new reform proposals of the CAP in light of the new market and European community needs "(Agreement Number AGRI.2011-0104). 2011 – Contract for an occasional collaboration within the specific CAP R&D action "A new PAC for a better future – Agriregionieuropa seminars aimed at understanding the new reform proposals of the CAP in light of the new market and European community needs "(Agreement Number AGRI.2011-0104).

2011 (three years project) - Coordinator of the activity of the University of Pavia in the EUPHA, European Universities on Professionalization on Humanitarian Action (518362-LLP-1-2011-1-ES-ERASMUS-ENW); 2010 – Member of the staff involved in the project management of the Univeristy of Pavia (EU partner). Erasmus Mundus Project Action 2 (EM A2) – Strand 1 – MAHEVA (182825-EM-1-2010-1-FR-ERASMUSMUNDUS-EMA21-L12 – Coordinator Dr. Jerome Galy – University of Montpellier 2 Sciences et Techniques – durata: 36 mesi. 2006/2007 – Component – Unit of the University of Verona – VI Framework Program GENEDEC – A quantitative and qualitative assessment of the socio-economic and environmental impacts of decoupling of direct payments on agricultural production, markets and land use in the EU – Project n. 502184 – coordinator INRA. 2005 – Expert - Tender n. AGRI-2003-G2-02 – European Commission – Directorate- General Agriculture “Study on the CAP’S Contribution to EU Economic and Social Cohesion”. 2002 – 2004 - In charge of transnational evaluation for Italy and delegate of the Rector of the University of Pavia in the management team - EU Equal Initiative "Farmers, their environment and the rural economy in the EU", IT-G-LOM-020; 2002-2004, Scientific Coordinator for the University of Pavia - Equal Initiative “Con-Tempo: Le Città in Rete per la Conciliazione dei Tempi” – IT-G-LOM-016; 2002-2004, Scientific Coordinator for the Faculty of Economics - University of Pavia - Equal Initiative - “Immagin@zioni” – IT-IT-G-LOM-0046. - ESF and EAFRD Projects 2012 - Partner - Rural Development Programme 2007/13, Measure 124 - Project Production of potential “Varietà da Conservazione ortive e agrarie Lombarde Registrate”. Coordinator OP APOL Industriale. 2003-2004 - Scientific Coordinator for the Faculty of Economics - University of Pavia - Measure E1 – ID 159187 “Dalla filanda all’innovazione: azioni di sistema per promuovere lo sviluppo socio-economico del territorio landrianese in un’ottica di genere”. 2003-2004 – Member - Ob. 3 Measure E1 n. 157010 “Pavia Parity Net”. - Projects of National Interest 2001-2003 - Member - Progetto di Ricerca Scientifica di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale su “Long-term structural changes in the EU regions”, coordinator Prof. Roberto Fanfani. 1997-1999 – Member - Small firms, business networks, informal activities in the processes of industrialization in developing countries and of transition to the market", coordinator Prof. Francesco Volpi. 1995-1997 – Member - "Structural change and external constraint", coordinator Prof. Riccardo Faini. - Project FAR - funds for university research 2011, Coordinator – Food prices, climate change and household welfare in Sudan.

2010, Coordinator - Food and financial crisis and agricoltural development in Sub-Saharian Africa: the role of Government 2009, Coordinator - Spatial approach to territorial convergence across the EU-15 regions: agricultural and economics patterns of growth and the CAP 2008, Coordinator - Spatial models for the analysis of the growth paths of the agricultural sector 2007, Coordinator - Policy analysis models for the agricultural sector 2006, Coordinator - Competitiveness of agriculture and cohesion process. 2005, Member - Competitiveness of agriculture in European regions, coordinator Prof. Bernini Carri, C.. 2004, Member – Rural development policies, coordinator Prof. Bernini Carri, C.. 2003, Member – Determinants of Food Security, coordinator Prof. Bernini Carri, C.. 2002, Member - Food security: theoretical approaches and policies, coordinator Prof. Bernini Carri, C.. 2001, Member - Long-term trends in world agricultural growth: a country comparison, coordinator Prof. Bernini Carri, C.. 1999, Member - Processes of convergence of European regional agricultural economies, coordinator Prof. Bernini Carri, C.. 1998, Member - Determinants of agricultural productivity in the world: an analysis across countries, coordinator Prof. Bernini Carri, C.. 1997, Member - Agricultural trade policies and macroeconomic and sectoral effects in SSA, coordinator Prof. Bernini Carri, C.. 1995, Member - Trade agreements (GATT) and the likely effects on the agricultural sectors, coordinator Prof. Bernini Carri, C.. 1994, Member - Structural adjustment programs and agricultural performance in developing countries, coordinator Prof. Bernini Carri, C.. 1993, Member - The structural adjustment in SSA: an empirical analysis”, coordinator Prof. Bernini Carri, C.. - CARIPLO funded projects 2008, Coordinator - The rice production as a product of excellence for the development of the territory of Pavia” – Responsible of a scholarship awarded under the project. 2007, Coordinator - Quality wine production and territorial capital for the Oltrepò Pavese development - Responsible of a scholarship awarded under the project. 2004, Coordinator - The European Cohesion Policy. 2002, Coordinator - Traceability in the agro-food system. 2001, Coordinator - The agro-industry and economic development.

2001, Member - Evolution of food security in developing countries, coordinator Prof. Carlo Bernini Carri. 2000, Coordinator - Ricerca su “The agro-food system of Pavia: features and perspectives 2000, Member - The performance of the agro-food system in Lombardy, coordinator Prof. Carlo Bernini Carri. 1999, Coordinator - Rural-urban migration and analysis of the macroeconomic implications in Sub-Saharan Africa through a stylized CGE model. 1998, Member - Interdependencies and sectoral asymmetries in development theories, coordinator Prof. Caro Bernini Carri. 1997, Member - Redefining the role of agriculture in rural development, coordinator Prof. Carlo Bernini Carri. 1995, Member - Agricultural growth in SSA, coordinator Prof. Carlo Bernini Carri. 1994, Member - Aggregate agricultural supply in African countries: an assessment by the joint use of historical and sectional data by country, coordinator Prof. Carlo Bernini Carri. 1993, Member - Instability of agricultural exports and economic development”, coordinator Prof. Carlo Bernini Carri. - Other projects 2014 – Coordinator with professor Antonella Zucchella of the project VAL.RI.SO – Studio di fattibilità per lo sviluppo di una filiera dei sottoprodotti del riso nel territorio pavese. Funding: Consorzio per lo sviluppo di energia e sostanze chimiche da risorse rinnovabili. 2010, Contract for the preparation of technical report for the instance of accreditation of the Wine “Agri-Food Quality District of the Olterepò Pavese” and the “Rice chain District” promoted by the Chamber of Commerce of Pavia. Funding: Provincial Chamber of Commerce and Public Administration of Pavia. 2009-2010, Scientific coordinator for the University of Pavia - Project "Artemis. Bridges of autonomy for women "- Lead Agency Cooperative Social NPO LiberaMente – Funding: Cultural Foundation for Ethical Responsibility. 2008, Scientific coordinator for the CICOPS (University of Pavia) - Project CREA (Regional Centre for Environmental Education) "Environmental education and sustainable development". 2007, Member - Project "Analysis and dissemination of participated experience in the field of rural development and fisheries" - National Institute of Agricultural Economics. 2007, Member - Working Group on "Gender gap in Italian agriculture" activities in the Area Omogenea "System of knowledge" - National Institute of Agricultural Economics. 2006, Accreditation as a Unit Coordinator - National Technology Platform Food for Life - Supply Chain Management area.

2006, Coordinator - Research Group, "Marketing of Wine" - initiative VIN-DESIGN - "Design and Innovation of decorative supplies related to the wine industry" organized by PAVIAMOSTE – Special Agency of the Chamber of Commerce of Pavia. 2005, Assignment of collaboration contract - Provincial Offices of the Provincial Administration of Pavia for the implementation of the interventions in the field of equal opportunities. 2005, Contract - Professional Training Course “Culture of equality and the integration of women into social production environment". Funding: Fondazione Luigi Clerici – Pavia. 2005, Coordinator - Research Group, "Marketing of Wine" - initiative VIN-DESIGN - "Design and Innovation of decorative supplies related to the wine industry" organized by PAVIAMOSTE – Special Agency of the Chamber of Commerce of Pavia. 2002, Coordinator - Research project on "Gender gap in human resource management in twenty companies in the province of Pavia" developed under the project funded by the National Committee for Equality of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (under Law 125) to Sportello Donna ONLUS for the implementation of positive action aimed at preparing a "Guide to diagnose gender gap in business." 2000, Coordinator - Project "Provincial agri-food system," Chamber of Commerce of Pavia. 1999, Coordinator – Research Project IRER - Regional Research Institute of Lombardy "Promotion of rural development-oriented services." 1998, Component - Research Project IRER - Regional Research Institute of Lombardy "First Report on the agro-food system in Lombardy", coordinator Prof. Carlo Bernini Carri; 1996, Member - Research on "Updating estimates of water demand for irrigation, domestic and industrial in the Po Valley in 2011," coordinator G. Ghessi. Funding MiRAAF and Canale Emiliano Romagnolo. - VQR 2011-14 Revisore

10. PUBLICATION Cornia, G.A., Deotti, L., Sassi, M., 2016. Sources of food price volatility and child malnutrition in Niger and Malawi, Food Policy, Vol. 60: 20–30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2016.01.002. Sassi M., Lascano Galarza M.X. 2016. Biofuels and Food Security: Future Challenges and Opportunities. Setti M., Zizzola D. (eds), Bioenergies in East Africa between challenges and opportunities, Lungavilla: Edizioni Altravista: 49-65. Sassi, M., 2015. Seasonality and Trends in Child Malnutrition: Time-Series Analysis of Health Clinic Data from the Dowa District of Malawi, The Journal of Development Studies, 51(12), 1667-1682, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8268.12126. Sassi, M., 2015. A Spatial, Non-parametric Analysis of the Determinants of Food Insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa, African Development Review, Vol. 27, No. 2, 2015, 92–105. Sassi, M., 2015. The welfare cost of maize price volatility in Malawi, Bio-based and Applied Economics, 4(1): 77-100, http://dx.doi.org/10.13128/BAE-14996.

Sassi, M., 2015. Biocombustibili e sicurezza alimentare: rischi e possibili soluzioni, Agriregionieuropa, 11(40), http://agriregionieuropa.univpm.it/content/article/31/40/biocombustibiliesicurezzaalimentarerischiepossibilisoluzioni. Wordofa, M.G., Sassi, M., 2014. Examining Smallholder Farmers’ Intensity of Participation in Onfarm Agricultural Advisory Services: a Case Study in Haramaya District, Eastern Ethiopia. NAF International Working Paper Series 14/9, http://economia.unipv.it/naf/Working_paper/WorkingPaper/MOLSAS.pdf Wordofa, M.G., Sassi, M., 2014. Improving Smallholder Farmers’ Income through Farmer Training Centers: an Impact Evaluation in Haramaya District, Ethiopia, NAF International Working Paper Series 14/7, http://economia.unipv.it/naf/Working_paper/WorkingPaper/WPMWMS.pdf Sassi, M., 2014. Economic and Health Determinants of Child Nutritional Status in the Malawian District of Salima, European Journal of Development Research, 26(5), 761-782. doi:10.1057/ejdr.2013.62 Sassi, M., Cardaci, A., 2013. Impact of Climate Change on Cereal Market and Food Security in Sudan: Stochastic Approach and CGE Model, Food Policy, 43 (December), 321-331, DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2013.06.002. Rezitis, A.N., Gil, J.M., Sassi, M., 2013. Economics of Agricultural and Food Markets. Economics Research International, Article ID 154546, 2 pages, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/154546 Rezitis, A.N., Sassi, M., 2013. Commodity Food Prices: Review and Empirics. Economics Research International, Article ID 694507, 15 pages, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/694507 Sassi, M., Werner, H.A., 2013. Non commercial actors and recent futures prices of wheat, Economia e Diritto Agroalimentare, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.14601/EDA-13861. Sassi, M., 2013. Technical Issues for Modelling Economic Partial Equilibrium Problems with GAMS, NAF International Working Paper Series 13/01. Sassi, M., 2013. Impact of Climate Change and International Prices Uncertainty on the Sudanese Sorghum Market: A Stochastic Approach, International Advances in Economic Research, 1(19): 19-32, DOI 10.1007/s11294-012-9380-1. Sassi, M., 2012. Short-term determinants of malnutrition among children in Malawi, Food Security, 4(4): 593-606, DOI 10.1007/s12571-012-0221-0. Gutierrez, L., Sassi, M., 2012. Approcci spaziali e non spaziali all’analisi della convergenza in agricoltura in Europa, Economia e Diritto Agroalimentare, 1, 9-38 Cornia, G.A., Deotti, L., Sassi, M., 2012. Food price volatility over the last decade in Niger and Malawi extent, sources and impact on child malnutrition, UNDP – Regional Bureau for Africa, WP 2012-002, February. Sassi, M., 2011. Approccio per l’identificazione dei distretti agricoli: un’ipotesi di distretto interprovinciale di filiera del riso Lombardo (Approach to the identification of the rural districts: the case of the Inter-provincial district of the rice sector in Lombardy), Economia e Diritto Agroalimentare, 3, 333- 355.

Sassi, M., 2011. Global crisis and agricultural public spending in Kenya: a SAM Multiplier Approach, in Anthony N. Rezitis (ed.), RESEARCH TOPICS IN AGRICULTURAL AND APPLIED ECONOMICS, vol. 2, London, Bentham e-books, (121-142) ISBN :978-1-60805-243-1; ISSN: 1879-7415. Sassi, M., 2011. I mercati dei prodotti agricoli nei nuovi scenari mondiali (Markets for agricultural products in the new world scenarios), Agriregionieuropa, 7 (25), 25-39. Sassi, M., 2011. Convergence Across the EU Regions: Economic Composition and Structural Transformation, International Advances in Economic Research, 17, 101-115, DOI:10.1007/s11294-010-9286-8. Sassi, M., 2011. Riso e vino: l’opportunità dei distretti (Rice and wine: the opportunities offered by districts), Pavia economica, 1, 12-15 Sassi, M., 2010. Cambiamento climatico e agricoltura nei Paesi in via di sviluppo: nuove sfide per la povertà e l’insicurezza alimentare (Climate change and agriculture in developing countries: new challenges for poverty and food in security), Agriregionieuropa, 6(22), 7-10. Omodei Zorini, L., Sassi, M., 2010. I temi e la complessità del rapporto tra agricoltura e sviluppo economico (The issues and the complexity of the relationship between agriculture and economic development), Agriregionieuropa, 6(22), 3-4. Sassi, M., 2010. Global crisis and agricultural public spending in Kenya: A SAM Multiplier approach, NAF-International Working Paper Series, 10/03 (ISBN 978-88-96189-05-4). Sassi, M., 2010. Convergenza economica ed evoluzione strutturale: quale ruolo per l’agricoltura italiana (Economic convergence and structural change: what role for Italian agricolture), Economia e Diritto Agroalimentare, 3, 311-326. Sodano, V., Sassi, M., Marchini, A., 2010. Economia del Sistema Agroalimentare: Mercati e Politiche (Food System Economics: Markets and Policies), Milano, McGrow Hill (ISBN 978-88-386-7247-7) – M. Sassi is author of Ch. 2 e 10 and Par. 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8 (ISBN 9788838672477). Sassi, M., 2010. Processo di Convergenza Agricola tra le province italiane e Fondi di coesione e strutturali: il ruolo della dipendenza spaziale (Agricultural Convergence across the Italian provinces and the Cohesion and Structural Funds: the role of spatial dependance), in Cembalo L., Caracciolo F. (eds.), Politiche per i sistemi agricoli di fronte ai cambiamenti: obiettivi, strumenti, istituzioni (Policies for agricultural systems to cope with change: objectives, instruments, institutions), Napoli, Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane (CD, ISBN 978-88-495-1924-2). Sassi, M., 2010. Alimentazione e potere d’acquisto: come conciliare la qualità nutrizionale e il prezzo (Nutrition and purchasing power: how to balance nutritional quality and price), nutrimi La Rivista di Nutrizione Pratica, 1, Aprile, 86-89. Sassi, M., 2010. Distretto agroalimentare di qualità: una possibile prospettiva per il settore vitivinicolo Oltrepò pavese DOC (Food quality district: a possible prospective for the wine sector Oltrepò Pavese DOC), in S. Luraghi e A. Zucchella (eds) , Scoprire le identità - Un viaggio esperienziale attraverso i territori (Discover the identity - An experiential journey through the territories), Proceedings of the conference “Integrare e valorizzare il patrimonio culturale”, Pavia, 9-10 September 2008, Pavia, Pavia University press (ISBN979-88-96764-03-9), 69-82. Sassi, M., 2010. Determinanti locali e globali dell’insicurezza alimentare nell’Africa Sub-Sahariana (Local and global determinants of food in security in Sub-Saharan Africa), Boccaletti S. (ed.), Cambiamenti nel sistema

alimentare. Nuovi problemi, strategie, politiche (Changes in the food system. New problems, strategies, policie), Milano, Franco Angeli, 553-566 (ISBN 9788846486738). Sassi, M., 2010. Relazione tecnica di accompagnamento per l’accreditamento del distretto agroalimentare di qualita’ Oltrepò Pavese vini (Accompanying technical report for the accreditation of the Food Quality District Oltrepò Pavese wine), Pavia, CCIAA. Sassi, M., 2010. Relazione tecnica di accompagnamento per l’accreditamento del distretto di filiera riso (Accompanying technical report for the accreditation of the Rice Sector District), Pavia, CCIAA. Sassi, M., 2010. NAF –International Research Network: a web platform for facilitating and encouraging research co-operation and scientific exchange with African Universities on the international level, in Vaggi G., Colombo E., Migietta F. (eds), L’Università e i giovani per la cooperazione e la pace (The University and young people for cooperation and peace), Proceedings of the I Congress CUCS, 17-18 June 2009, Milan, Ciemme (ISBN 97888-6493-000-8). Sassi, M., 2010. OLS and GWR Approaches to Agricultural Convergence in the EU-15, International

Advances in Economic Research, 16(1), 96-108, DOI:10.1007/s11294-009-9246-3. Bernini Carri, C., Sassi, M., 2009. Scambi commerciali agricoli e accordi di partenariato tra Unione Europea e Africa (Agricultural trade and partnership agreements between the EU and Africa), Economia Agroalimentare, 2: 85-103, DOI: 10.3280/ECAG2009-002005. Sassi, M., 2009. Spatial Approach to Territorial Convergence Across the EU-15 Regions and the Common Agricultural Policy , in A. N. Rezitis (ed.), Research Topics in Agricultural and Applied Economics, London, Bentham Ebooks, 114-140 (ISBN: 978-1-60805-098-7). Sassi, M., 2008. Dipendenza ed eterogeneità spaziale nel processo di convergenza agricola tra le province italiani e fondi di coesione e strutturali (Spatial dependence and heterogeneity in convergence process across the Italian provinces and Structural and Cohesion Funds), Rivista di Economia Agraria, 2, 205-232 (number closed in July 2009). Sassi, M., 2009. Sicurezza alimentare e sovranità alimentare: aspetti tecnici ed impegno politico per la lotta contro la fame (Food security and sovereignty: technical and political aspects for fighting against hunger), D’Amico M., Lanfranchi M. (ed ), Produzioni agroalimentari tra rintracciabilità e sicurezza. Analisi economiche e politiche d’intervento (Food production, traceability and safety. Economic analysis and policy intervention), Proceedings of the XLIV SIDEA Conference, Taormina, 8-10 November 2007, Milano, Franco Angeli, 371-381 (ISBN 9788856812831). Sassi, M., 2009. Crisi finanziaria e crisi alimentare: nuove sfide per i paesi in via di sviluppo (Financial and food crisis: new challenges for Developing Countries), Agriregionieuropa, 5(18), 18-21. Sassi, M., 2009. Agricultural Convergence and CAP in the EU-15: A Territorial Approach, Atlantic Economic Journal, 37, 3, 449-450, DOI 10.1007/s11293-009-9187-5. Sassi, M., 2009. Politica agricola comunitaria e approccio territoriale alla coesione economica e sociale europea (EU agricultural policy and regional approach to economic and social cohesion), Economia & Diritto Agroalimentare, 2, 17-21 . Sassi, M., 2009. La normativa sui distretti rurali e agroalimentari di qualità: indicazioni operative e stato di attuazione (The legislation on rural and agri-food quality districts: implementation and operational

guidelines), Collana Working Paper Economia Alimentare e Agroindustriale, Università degli Studi di Pavia - Dipartimento di Ricerche Aziendali “Riccardo Argenziano”, n. 2 (ISSN 1826-4719) Vusanimuzi Nkomo, G., Sassi, M., 2009. Impact of Veld Fires on Land on Smallholder Farmers in Cashel Valley in Zimbabwe, NAF-International Working Paper Series, 09/2, http://economia.unipv.it/naf/ (ISBN 978-88-96189-01-06). Sassi, M., 2009. I distretti agroalimentari di qualità e rurali nella letteratura economico-agraria italiana (Food quality and rural districts in the Italian agricultural economic literature), Collana Working Paper Economia Alimentare e Agroindustriale, Università degli Studi di Pavia - Dipartimento di Ricerche Aziendali “Riccardo Argenziano”, n.1 (ISSN 1826-4719). Sassi, M., 2008. Prezzi agricoli ed emergenza alimentare (Agricultural prices and food crisis), F. De Filippis (ed.), Prezzi agricoli ed emergenza alimentare – Cause, effetti, implicazioni per le politiche (Agricultural prices and food crisis - causes, effects, policy implications), Roma, Edizioni Tellus (73-84) (ISBN 978-88-89110-06-5). Sassi, M., 2008. The agricultural export-growth nexus in the EU-27 and the country risk, C. Csaki, C Forgacs (eds.), Agricultural economics and transition: What was expected, what we observed, the lessons learned, Halle, Iamo (560-570) (ISSN 1436-221X; ISBN 978-3-938584-31-6). Sassi, M., 2008. Modello di sviluppo rurale e nuove sfide di programmazione territorial (Rural development model and new challenges to local planning), Economia & Diritto Agroalimentare, 1, 55-70. Sassi, M., 2008. Has Competitiveness Supported Agricultural Cohesion Across the Eu-15 Regions? The Last Decade Experience, Fanfani R., Ball E., Gutierrez L., Ricci Maccarini E. (eds), Competitiveness in Agricolture and Food Industry: US and EU Perspectives, BUP, Bologna, pp. 35-54 (ISBN 9788873953593). Sassi, M., 2008. Legami territoriali della vitivinicoltura di qualità per una strategia di sviluppo delle aree rurali. Il caso Oltrepò Pavese (Territorial linkages of quality wine sector for a rural development strategy. The case Oltrepò Pavese), Roma, Aracne (ISBN 9788854818002). Pecci, F., Sassi, M., 2008. Le regioni dell’Europa a 25 e lo sviluppo rurale (The EU-25 and Rural Development), AISRe (ed.), EU regional development - objectives, strategies, policies - Proceedings of the XXVIII Italian Conference of AISRe, Bolzano, September, 2007 (ISBN: 88-87788-08-1 OR 978 -88-87788-08-2). Pecci, F., Sassi, M., 2008. A Mixed Geographically Weighted Approach to Decoupling and Rural Development in the EU-15, Lubica Bartova, Robert M‘barek, Tomas Ratinger (edit by), Modelling Agricultural and Rural Development Policies, Proceedings of the 107th Seminar of the European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE) Sevilla, Spain 29 January - 1 February, 2008, Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities (ISBN 978-92-79-08068-5)CD. Randazzo, M., Sassi, M., 2007. Bioenergy an food security in developing countries perspectives, Economia & Diritto Agroalimentare, 3, 57-71. Sassi, M., 2007, L’attività di cooperazione allo sviluppo della Facoltà di Economia dell’Università degli Studi di Pavia (The development cooperation activities of the Faculty of Economics, University of Pavia), Collivignarelli C. (ed.), Università e cooperazione internazionale. La collaborazione con le istituzioni e le opportunità per i giovani (Universities and international cooperation. The collaboration among institutions and opportunities for young people), Roma, Aracne (ISBN 9788854813878).

Pecci, F., Sassi, M., 2007. Il processo di convergenza agricolo tra le regioni italiane attraverso i dati Agrefit: ciò che le statistiche ufficiali non dicono (The convergence process across the Italian regions through agricultural data Agrefit: what the official statistics do not tell), Politica Agricola Internazionale, n. 1, January-March, 57-68 (printed December 2007). Sassi, M., 2007. Occupazione e sviluppo rurale: il ruolo dell’agricoltura (Employment and rural development: the role of agricolture), INEA (ed), Donne e sviluppo rurale (Women and rural development), Quaderni Rete Nazionale per lo Sviluppo Rurale, dicembre, 23-42 (ISBN 978-88-8145-100-5). Sassi, M., 2007. Fattori territoriali e vitivinicoltura di qualità: il caso dell’Oltrepò Pavese DOC Bonarda (Territorial factors and quality wine sector: the case Oltrepò Pavese Bonarda DOC), Italus Hortus, 14, 279-283. Montresor, E., Sassi, M., 2007. Dallo sviluppo agricolo allo sviluppo rurale: il ruolo delle donne nella ricerca economico-agraria (From agricultural development to rural development: the role of women in agricultural economics literature), Rivista dello Sviluppo Rurale, 10, INEA, 11-15. Randazzo, M., Sassi, M., 2007. Bioenergy and Developing Countries Perspective – Energy vs. Food Security. Quaderno di Ricerca – VI, Facoltà di Economia, Dipartimenti di Ricerche Aziendali (ISBN: 978-88-548-1313-7). Sassi, M., 2007. Agricoltura e cambiamento strutturale: la convergenza economica nelle regioni europee (Agriculture and structural change: the economic convergence across the European regions), La Questione Agraria, n. 2, 2007 (pp.45-70) – (printed September 2007). C. Bernini Carri, M. Sassi, 2007. Il commercio dell’olio d’oliva: attori, dinamiche, prospettive e bisogni di ricerca (The olive oil trade: actors, dynamics, prospects and research needs), Agriregionieuropa, 10. Sassi, M., 2006. Recensione: Pan A. Yotopulos, Donato Romano, The Asymmetries of Globalization, Londra, Routledge, 2007. La Questione Agraria, giugno, n. 2, 302-306, published in March 2007. Sassi, M., 2007. I vini DOC e il territorio dell’Oltrepò Pavese: primi elementi per uno sviluppo sinergico (The quality wine and the Oltrepò Pavese territory: elements for a synergistic development), Cesaretti G.P., Ragazzi D. (eds.), Leve strategiche per lo sviluppo dei sistemi territoriali a vocazione agro-alimentare (Strategic determinants for the development of territorial systems with an agro-food vocation), Milano, Franco Angeli (pp. 67-78)(ISBN 9788846486738). Randazzo, M., Sassi, M., 2007. Le biomasse: una prospettiva internazionale (Biomass: an international perspective), Agriregionieuropa, 3, 9. Montresor, E., Pecci, F., Sassi, M., 2007. Decoupling and Rural Development Policy: Possible Implications on Agricultural Production in Old and New Member States, Tomic, D., Sevarlic, M. (edit by), Development of agriculture and Rural Areas in Central and Eastern Europe, Zemun: Kuca Stampe (ISBN 978-86-86087-03-4). Sassi, M., 2007. Vitivinicoltura di qualità e capitale territoriale nell’Oltrepò Pavese (Quality wine production and territorial capital in Oltrepò Pavese). Stroppa C. (ed), Cibo, società e scienza dell’alimentazione (Food, society and food science), Roma, Aracne (ISBN 9788854810556). Sassi, M., Bernini Carri, C., 2007. Trade and Competitiveness of the Mediterranean Countries on the Olive Oil Market, paper presented at the I Mediterranean Conference of Agro-Food Social Scientists “Adding Value to the Agro-food Supply Chain in the Future Euromediterranean Space, EAAE, Barcellona (AGECON 25930).

Sassi, M., 2006. L’agriturismo come volano per lo sviluppo sostenibile nella provincia di Pavia e prospettive di genere (The agritourisme as a factor for sustainable development in the province of Pavia and a gender perspectives), Agribusiness Paesaggio & Ambiente, vol. IX, n. 3, 229-234. Sassi, M., 2006. Agricultural Convergence and Competitiveness in the EU-15 Regions, paper presented to the International Conference IAAE2006, Gold Coast (Australia) (AGECON 22413). Pecci, F., Sassi, M., 2006. Effetti territoriali del decoupling nelle Regioni Europee (Territorial effects of decoupling in European Regions). Aisre (a cura di), Impresa, Mercato, Lealtà Territoriale (Company, Market, Geographic Loyalty). AISRe, CD ISBN 88-87788-07-3. Pecci, F., Sassi, M., 2006. Una possibile interpretazione del processo di convergenza tra le agricolture delle regioni italiane con la banca dati Agrefit (A possible interpretation of the convergence process across the agricultures of the Italian regions with the database Agrefit). Agriregionieuropa, 2(7). Sassi, M., 2006. Agricultural competitiveness in the EU regions: indicators and a preliminary classification. Politica Agricola Internazionale, n. 1, 31-42. Sassi, M., 2006. An Introduction to Food Security Issues and Short Term Responses. Roma: Aracne (ISBN 9788854803961). Sassi, M., 2005. UN Millennium Project 2005, Investing in Development. A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals, Earthscan, London - UN Millennium Project 2005, Halving Hunger: it can be done, Earthscan, London – Fao 2004, The state of Food Insecurity in the World 2004. Monitoring Progress towards the World Food Summit and the Millennium Development Goals, Fao Roma. La Questione Agraria, n. 1. Sassi, M., 2005. L’agricoltura femminile nell’Unione Europea (Farming women in the European Union), Agriregionieuropa, 1(3). Sassi, M., 2005. Contributo del fenomeno agrituristico allo sviluppo turistico sostenibile nella provincia di Pavia e approccio di genere (Contribution of the phenomenon of agritourism development to sustainable tourism in the province of Pavia and a gender approach), Cioccarelli, G., Morandotti, M., Sassi, M. (eds.), Turismo sostenibile – Modelli di implementazione e strategie di sviluppo (Sustainable Tourism - Models of implementation and development strategies). Pavia, La Goliardica Pavese, 313-369 (ISBN 9788878904079). Sassi, M., 2005. La competitività dell’agricoltura nelle regioni dell’Unione Europea (Agricultural competitiveness in the EU regions). AISRe (ed.), Città e regioni del sud Europa, trasformazioni coesione e sviluppo (Cities and regions of southern Europe, cohesion and development changes), Proceedings of the XXVI AISRe Conference, CD (ISBN 88-8788-06-5). Sassi, M., 2005. Il processo di convergenza nel sistema agro-alimentare italiano tra il 1980 e il 2000 e il processo del tasso di accumulazione e della produttività totale (The process of convergence in the Italian agro-food system from 1980 to 2000 and the process of accumulation rate and the total productivity), C. Brasili (ed.), Cambiamenti strutturali e convergenza economica nelle regioni dell’Unione Europea (Structural change and economic convergence across the EU regions). Bologna, CLUEB 243-268 (ISBN 8849123248). Sassi, M., 2005. L’approccio parametrico alla convergenza economica (The parametric approach to economic convergence), C. Brasili (ed.), Cambiamenti strutturali e convergenza economica nelle regioni dell’Unione Europea (Structural change and economic convergence across the EU regions). Bologna, CLUEB, 31-56 (ISBN 8849123248).

Pecci, F., Sassi, M., 2005. La convergenza delle province italiane nel periodo 1991-2000: un’analisi spaziale (The convergence across the Italian provinces in 1991-2000: a spatial analysis), C. Brasili (ed.), Cambiamenti strutturali e convergenza economica nelle regioni dell’Unione Europea (Structural change and economic convergence across the EU regions). Bologna, CLUEB, 269-309 (ISBN 8849123248). Sassi, M., 2005. A Food Security Box: For which Developing Countries. AES (ed.), Submitted Abstract of Contributed and Duscussion Papers, 79° Annual Conference Agricultural Economics Society, Nottingham, AES. Brasili, C., Fanfani, R., Gutierrez, L., Sassi, M., 2005. A pseudo-Panel Approach to the Analysis of the Agricultural Convergence: The European Case. F. Arfini (ed.), Modelling Agricultural Policies: State of the Art and New Challenges, Parma, CD. Sassi, M., 2004. Impatto del miglioramento dell’efficienza e del progresso tecnico nell’agricoltura del Malawi sulla povertà (Impact of efficiency improvement and technical progress in agriculture on poverty in Malawi). Rivista di Economia Agraria, n. 4, 615-631. Sassi, M., 2004. La competitività dei prodotti agricoli negli scambi commerciali mondiali e il ruolo dell’UE (The competitiveness of agricultural products in world trade and the role of the EU), Politica Agricola Internazionale, 3-4. Sassi, M., 2004. Differenze di genere: una sfida per il territorio pavese (Gender gap: a challenge for the territory of Pavia), EUROPOLIS (ed.), Le donne tra lavoro, formazione e famiglia (Women between work, training and family), Pavia, Il Giovane Artigiano. F. Pecci, Sassi, M., 2004. L’analisi dei differenziali di sviluppo delle province italiane in una nuova prospettiva metodologica (The analysis of the development gaps of the Italian provinces in a new methodological perspective), AISRE (ed.), Knowledge, innovation and territorial development - XXV AISRe Conference Abstracts, Orbassano, Grafica Esse. Sassi, M., 2004. Improving efficiency in the agricultural sector as an answer to globalization, growth and equity: the case of Tanzania, EAAE (ed.), Agricultural Development and Rural Poverty under Globalization: Asymmetric Processes and Differentiated Outcomes, EAAE, CD. Sassi, M., 2004. Struttura, localizzazione e specializzazione dell’industria e della manifattura del landrianese (Structure, localization and specialization of industry and manufacturing of Landriano), P. La Monica, S. Sciamanna (eds.), Azioni di sistema per promuovere lo sviluppo soci-economico del territorio landrianese in un’ottica di genere (System actions to promote local socio-economic development of Landriano with a gender perspective), Milano, Galli Thierry. Sassi, M., 2004. Per un nuovo ruolo dell’agricoltura nella società: la 25° Conferenza internazionale degli economisti agrari (For a new role of agriculture in society: the 25 th International conference of agricultural economists), La Questione Agraria, 1, 147-158. Leonardi, I., Sassi, M., 2004. Il modello di sviluppo rurale definito dall’UE. Dalla teoria all’attuazione: una sfida ancora aperta (The EU rural development model. From the theory to implementation: a challenge still open), Quaderni di ricerca n. 6. Pavia: Università degli Studi di Pavia, Facoltà di Economia, Dipartimento di Ricerche Aziendali. Sassi, M., 2004. Improving Efficiency in the Agricultural Sector as an Answer to Globalization, Growth and Equity: the Case of Tanzania. Quaderni di ricerca n. 4. Pavia: Università degli Studi di Pavia, Facoltà di Economia, Dipartimento di Ricerche Aziendali.

Sassi, M., 2003. Liberalizzazione del commercio agricolo e sicurezza alimentare: una ipotesi di classificazione dei PVS (Agricultural trade liberalisation and food security: a hypothesis of classification of developing countries), Rivista di Economia Agraria, 3, 401-423. Sassi, M., 2003. Struttura, Localizzazione, Specializzazione e Performance dell’Industria Alimentare Lombarda (Structure, Location, Specialization and Performance of the Lombard Food Industry), Pavia, La Goliardica Pavese (ISBN 9788878303515). Bernini Carri, C., Sassi, M., 2003. The process of economic and agricultural convergence within the EU regions: a parametric and non-parametric approach. Politica Agricola Internazionale, n. 1. Basile, E., Franceschetti, G., Marescotti, A., Romano, D., Sassi, M., 2001. Il contributo dell’economia agraria nella formazione degli operatori dello sviluppo (The agricultural economics contribution in the training of development workers), Rivista di Economia Agraria, 4, 713-742. Bernini Carri, C., Sassi, M., 2003. Processi di convergenza e divergenza nei sistemi agricoli territoriali dell’UE (Processes of convergence and divergence across the EU regional agricultural systems) Casati, D. (ed.), La competitività dei sistemi agricoli italiani (The competitiveness of Italian agricultural systems), Milano, Franco Angeli (ISBN 8846435532). Sassi, M., 2002. Una simulazione dell’impatto macroeconomico della migrazione agricola dal settore rurale a quello urbano nell’Africa centrale attraverso un approccio di CGE (A simulation of the macroeconomic impact of agricultural migration from the rural to the urban sector in Central Africa through a CGE approach), Rivista di Economia Agraria, n. 2-3, 354-382. Sassi, M., 2003. Stima dell’evoluzione dei legami tra economia agricola, agroalimentare e crescita economica nelle regioni italiane e della loro possibile convergenza (Assessment of evolution of the links between agricultural, agribusiness and economic growth in the Italian regions and their possible convergence), Quaderno di Ricerca n. 1. Bologna: Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche “Paolo Fortunati” – Università di Bologna. Sassi, M., 2003. Contributi al Green Paper su Enterpreneurship in Europe (Contributions to the Green Paper on Enterpreneurship in Europe), Università di Pavia. CCIAA di Pavia - Sportello Donna, available at www.immaginazioni.it. Sassi, M., 2002. The role of agro-industrial system in the economic development process: the case of Botswana and Kenya. serie Working Paper, n. 1, Pavia: Università degli Studi di Pavia - Fac. di Economia, Dipartimento di Ricerche Aziendali. Ricci, D., Sassi, M., 2002. La FAO e l’approccio partecipativo alla sicurezza alimentare: il caso della delimitazione della terra nella comunità di Kacua (The FAO and the participatory approach to food security: the case of the land delimitation in the community of Kacua), Serie Working Paper, n. 2. Pavia: Università degli Studi di Pavia - Fac. di Economia, Dipartimento di Ricerche Aziendali. Sassi, M., 2002. La competitività dei prodotti agricoli negli scambi commerciali mondiali e il ruolo dell’Unione Europea (The agricultural products competitiveness in world trade and the role of the European Union), serie Working Paper, n. 3. Pavia: Università degli Studi di Pavia - Fac. di Economia, Dipartimento di Ricerche Aziendali. Sassi, M., 2002. Il mercato dei prodotti agricoli biologici e le prospettive per la filiera vino (The wine industry organic market and its prospectives), Serie Working Paper, n. 4. Pavia: Università degli Studi di Pavia - Fac. di Economia, Dipartimento di Ricerche Aziendali.

Sassi, M., 2002, The agricultural convergence hypothesis on regional base in Europe. A parametric and non parametric approach, X Congresso della European Association of Agricultural Economists, EAAE Zaragoza (Spagna) (AGECON 21642). Sassi, M., 2001. La performance dell’industria alimentare lombarda nel complesso e per settore strategico (The performance of the Lombard food industry as a whole and by strategic sector), Serie Working Paper, n. 1. Pavia: Università degli Studi di Pavia - Fac. di Economia, Dipartimento di Ricerche Aziendali. Sassi, M., 2001. Il sistema agroalimentare della provincia di Pavia – Filiere produttive e tipologie territoriali (The food system in the province of Pavia - the chains and territorial types), Pavia, Camera di Commercio Industria Agricoltura e Artigianato di Pavia. Sassi, M., 2001. Studi di genere nell’economia agraria (Gender studies in agricultural economics), Serie Working Paper, n. 4. Pavia: Università degli Studi di Pavia - Fac. di Economia, Dipartimento di Ricerche Aziendali. Bernini Carri, C., Sassi, M., 2001, La valutazione delle misure di miglioramento delle condizioni di trasformazione e commercializzazione dei prodotti agricoli. Una metodologia orientativa (Assessing the measures to improve the processing and marketing of agricultural products. An indicative methodology), Milano, IRER. Bernini Carri, C., Sassi, M., 2000. Interazioni ed asimmetrie settoriali nelle teorie dualistiche dello sviluppo delle economie arretrate (Interactions and sectoral asymmetries in dualistic theories of development). Milano, Giuffrè Editore (di M. Sassi is author of sections I and II)(ISBN 9788814082115). Sassi, M., 2000. L’analisi degli effetti della migrazione dall’agricoltura rurale nell’Africa Centrale attraverso un modello di CGE (The analysis of the effects of migration from rural agriculture in Central Africa through a CGE model), Serie Working Paper, n. 1. Pavia: Università degli Studi di Pavia - Fac. di Economia, Dipartimento di Ricerche Aziendali. Sassi, M., 2000. Il valore aggiunto dell’industria alimentare nelle province lombarde: una stima per classe dimensionale e settore merceologico (The value added of food industry in the provinces of Lombardy: an analysis by size and sector), Serie Working Paper, n. 2. Pavia: Università degli Studi di Pavia - Fac. di Economia, Dipartimento di Ricerche Aziendali. Sassi, M., 2000. La migrazione rurale-urbana nei PVS. Approcci teorici ed implicazioni di politica economica (The rural-urban migration in developing countries. Theoretical approaches and policy implications), Pavia, SE.A.G.. Bernini Carri, C., Sassi, M., 1999. I sistemi agricoli territoriali dell’UE tra processi di convergenza e tipologie di crescita (The agricultural systems of EU between convergence processes and growth typologies), Serie Working Paper, n. 2. Pavia: Università degli Studi di Pavia - Fac. di Economia, Dipartimento di Ricerche Aziendali. Sassi, M., 1999. L’industria alimentare lombarda (The food industry in Lombardy), Pavia Economica, n. 4. Sassi, M., 1999. Agricoltura (agricolture). CCIAA (ed.), Rapporto sull’economia della provincia di Pavia (Report on the economy of the province of Pavia.), Pavia, P-ME. Sassi, M., 1999. L’evoluzione del sistema agroalimentare lombardo attraverso i conti economici regionali (The evolution of the agrifood system in Lombardy through the regional economic accounts), Pavia Economica, n. 3.

Sassi, M., 1999. L’iniziativa comunitaria LEADER: un’opportunità per le aree rurali (The Community Initiative LEADER: an opportunity for rural areas), Pavia Economica, n. 2. Sassi, M., 1999. L’imprenditoria giovanile nell’agricoltura italiana (The youth entrepreneurship in Italian agricolture), Pavia Economica, n. 1. Sassi, M., 1999. Il sistema agrimonetario dell’UE: dall’Unità di Conto all’Euro (The agri-monetary system of the EU). serie Working Paper, n. 1. Pavia: Università degli Studi di Pavia - Fac. di Economia, Dipartimento di Ricerche Aziendali. Sassi, M., 1997. La biomassa agricola come nuova frontiera produttiva per il settore agricolo (The agricultural biomass as a new frontier for agricultural production), Pavia Economica, n. 4. Bernini Carri, C., Sassi, M., 1998. Dinamiche nell'allocazione della risorsa territoriale tra uso agricolo ed extra agricolo in area padana (Dynamic of land allocation between agricultural and non agricultural uses in the Po valley), Milano, Consiglio Regionale della Lombardia. Sassi, M., 1998. Il sistema agromonetario e l’Euro: vincoli ed opportunità per l’agricoltura italiana (he agri-monetary system and the Euro: constraints and opportunities for the Italian agricolture), Pavia Economica, n. 3. Bernini Carri, C., Sassi, M., 1998. Determinanti dell’offerta e della produttività agricola: un confronto tra paesi (Determinants of agricultural supply and productivity: a country comparison), Rivista di Politica Agraria, n. 4, 19-33. Sassi, M., 1998. Misure di accompagnamento: strumenti di orientamento dell’agricoltura italiana (Accompanying measures: guidance tools of Italian), Pavia Economica, n. 4. Sassi, M., 1998. Agenda 2000: possibili scenari di politica agricola comunitaria (Agenda 2000: possible scenarios for the EU agricultural policy), I Temi, n. 13. Bernini Carri, C., Sassi, M., 1998. Primo rapporto sul sistema agroalimentare lombardo (First report on the argifood system in Lombardy), Pavia, Consorzio Pavese Studi Post-Universitari. Bernini Carri, C., Sassi, M., Ghessi, G., Massarutto, A., Pompili, T. 1998. L'importanza della risorsa idrica nella pianura padana: previsioni al 2011 (The importance of water resources in the Po valley: forecasts to 2011), Milano, Consiglio Regionale della Lombardia. Sassi, M., 1997. Price incentives in the agribased system of Botswana: a CGE Model. Ankara, erc/METU. Sassi, M., 1997. L’agricoltura mediterranea nel processo di integrazione europea (The Mediterranean agriculture in the process of European integration), Pavia Economica, n.3. Bernini Carri, C., Sassi, M., 1997. Determinanti dell’offerta e della produttività agricola: un confronto tra paesi (Determinants of agricultural supply and productivity: a country comparison), Serie Working Paper, n. 4. Pavia: Università degli Studi di Pavia - Fac. di Economia, Dipartimento di Ricerche Aziendali. Sassi, M., 1997. La disoccupazione femminile in Pavia e provincia nel triennio 1994-1996 (The female unemployment in Pavia province over the time period 1994-1996), Pavia Economica, n. 2. Sassi, M., 1997. Incentivi prezzo nel sistema agri-based del Botswana: un modello di CGE (Agricultural price incentives in the agri-based system of Botswana: a CGE model), serie Working Paper, n. 3. Pavia: Università degli Studi di Pavia - Fac. di Economia, Dipartimento di Ricerche Aziendali.

Sassi, M., 1997. L’agricoltura dei Paesi dell’Europa Centro Orientale nel processo di integrazione Europea (Agriculture of Central and Eastern Europe in the process of European integration), Pavia Economica, n. 1. Sassi, M., 1997. Evoluzione e prospettive della cooperazione agricola nello sviluppo rurale italiano (Evolution and future trends of the Italian agricultural cooperatives in rural development), Serie Working Paper, n. 2, Pavia: Università degli Studi di Pavia - Fac. di Economia, Dipartimento di Ricerche Aziendali. Sassi, M., 1996. Incentivi prezzo e shock di prezzo nel sistema agri-based del Botswana: un’analisi di CGE (Price incentives and price shocks in the agri-based system of Botswana: an analysis of CGE), Rivista di Economia Agraria, n. 4, 467-498. Sassi, M., 1996. Impatto delle politiche commerciali e di tasso di cambio sugli incentivi di prezzo al produttore nell'agricoltura dell'Africa Sub-Sahariana (Impact of trade and exchange rate policies on price incentives to agricultural producers in Sub-Saharan Africa.), serie Working Paper, n. 4. Pavia: Università degli Studi di Pavia - Fac. di Economia, Dipartimento di Ricerche Aziendali. Chelli, F., Sassi, M., 1996. Part-time e capitale nell'agricoltura italiana: un'analisi statistica a livello comunale dei dati censuari (Part-time and capital in the Italian agriculture: a statistical analysis at the municipal level based on census data), La Rivista di Politica Agraria, n. 5. Sassi, M., 1996. Politica salariale nell'agricoltura del Botswana: effetti dell'introduzione del minimo salariale (Wage policy in Botswana agriculture: effects of the introduction of a minimum wage), Serie Working Paper, n. 1. Pavia: Università degli Studi di Pavia - Fac. di Economia, Dipartimento di Ricerche Aziendali. Sassi, M., 1996. Il vertice mondiale sull’alimentazione di Roma (The World Food Summit of Rome), Pavia Economica, n. 3. Sassi, M., 1996. Evoluzione dei principali indicatori agricoli dell'area Padana (Evolution of the main agricultural indicators in the Po valley), G. GHESSI (ed.), Aggiornamento delle stime della domanda d'acqua per usi irrigui, civili e industriali nella padania al 2011 (Updating estimates of water demand for irrigation, domestic and industrial consumption in the Po Valley in 2011), Pavia, Unicrea. Sassi, M., 1996. Cooperazione agricola in Lombardia (Agricultural cooperation in Lombardy), Pavia Economica, n. 2. Bernini Carri, C., Sassi, M., 1996. Produzione agricola e risposta ai prezzi nei paesi dell'Africa Sub-Sahariana (Agricultural production and price response in Sub-Saharan Africa countries), La Questione Agraria, n. 62. Sassi, M., 1996. L’agricoltura biologica (Organic farming), Pavia Economica, n. 1. Sassi, M., 1996. Strumenti per l'analisi dell'economia delle aziende agricole e dei mercati (Instruments for the economic analysis of farms and markets), second edition, Pavia: ISDAF (ISBN 8879210270). Chelli, F., Sassi, M., 1995. Part-time e capitale nell'agricoltura italiana: un'analisi econometria (Part-time and capital in Italian agriculture: an econometric analysis), Quaderni del Dipartimento di Economia Politica e Metodi Quantitativi, Università di Pavia, n.25. Bernini Carri, C., Sassi, M., 1995. Produzione agricola e risposta ai prezzi nei paesi dell'Africa Sub-Sahariana (Agricultural production and prices in response in Sub-Saharan Africa countries), AISSC (ed.), Proceedings of the X Associazione Italiana per lo Studio dei Sistemi Comparati Conference, Torino, University of Torino.

Sassi, M., 1995. Il ruolo dell'agricoltura nell'economia del Botswana: un analisi dei flussi di risorse intersettoriali tramite le matrici dei conti sociali (The role of agriculture in Botswana: an intersectoral resource flows analysis through SAM). AISSC (ed.), Proceedings of the X Associazione Italiana per lo Studio dei Sistemi Comparati Conference, Torino, University of Torino. Bernini Carri, C., Sassi, M., 1995. Produzione agricola e risposta ai prezzi nei paesi dell'Africa Sub-Sahariana (Agricultural production and price response in Sub-Saharan Africa countries), Serie Working Paper, n. 8. Pavia: Università degli Studi di Pavia - Facoltà di Economia, Dipartimento di Ricerche Aziendali. Sassi, M., 1995. Agricoltura lituana: problemi e prospettive alla luce di una possibile cooperazione Est-Ovest (Lithuanian agriculture: problems and prospects in light of a possible East-West cooperation), Vaccai V. (ed.), Lituania una possibile cooperazione Est-Ovest in Europa - Lietuva: galimas Rytu-Vakaru bendradarbiavimas Europoje. Padova, CEDAM. Sassi, M., 1995. I seminativi nella riforma della Politica Agricola Comunitaria (Cereals in the CAP reform), Pavia Economica, n. 1. Sassi, M., 1995. The agri-based system of Botswana: a systemic approach to development. Serie Working Paper, n. 2. Pavia: Università degli Studi di Pavia - Facoltà di Economia, Dipartimento di Ricerche Aziendali. Sassi, M., 1994. The role of agriculture in the economy of Botswana: an intersectoral resource flows analysis. Serie Working Paper, n. 14. Pavia: Università degli Studi di Pavia - Facoltà di Economia, Dipartimento di Ricerche Aziendali. Sassi, M., 1994. Lithuanian Agriculture in transition. Serie Working Paper, n. 11. Pavia: Università degli Studi di Pavia - Facoltà di Economia e commercio, Dipartimento di ricerche Aziendali. Sassi, M., 1994. Agricoltura Lituana: problemi e prospettive (Lithuanian Agriculture: Problems and prospects), Pavia Economica, n. 2. Sassi, M., 1994. Impatto degli aggiustamenti strutturali sull'agricoltura dei Paesi in Via di Sviluppo (Impact of structural adjustment on agriculture in developing countries), La Rivista di Politica Agraria, n. 2. Sassi, M., 1993. Effetti delle politiche di aggiustamento sul settore agricolo nei PVS e strumenti di analisi (Effects of adjustment policies on the agricultural sector in developing countries and analyitical instruments), Serie Working Paper, n. 5. Pavia: Università degli Studi di Pavia, Fac. di Economia e Commercio. Sassi, M., 1993. GATT e agricoltura (GATT and agricolture), Pavia Economica, n. 3. Bernini Carri, C., Sassi, M., 1993. Determinanti della produzione agricola nell'Africa Sub-Sahariana: un'analisi statistica 1980-1985 (Determinants of agricultural production in Sub-Saharan Africa: a statistical analysis 1980-1985), Serie Working Paper, n. 2. Pavia: Università degli Studi di Pavia, Facoltà di Economia e Commercio. Sassi, M., 1993. La politica comunitaria dei prezzi agricoli (The Community policy of agricultural prices), Pavia Economica, n. 1. Sassi, M., 1993. Sviluppo sostenibile, programmi di aggiustamento strutturale e sviluppo agricolo (Sustainable development, structural adjustment programs and agricultural development), C. Bernini Carri, M. Sassi (ed.), Elementi di economia dello sviluppo. Alcuni nessi con lo sviluppo agricolo (Elements of development economics. Some links with agricultural development), Pavia, SE.A.G..

Sassi, M., 1992. Il sistema agro-alimentare italiano (The Italian agri-food system), Pavia, SE.A.G.. Sassi, M., 1992. La dinamica dell’occupazione femminile nell’agricoltura lombarda (The female employment trend in Lombard agriculture), Pavia Economica, n. 2. Sassi, M., 1992. Sviluppo sostenibile e interventi di cooperazione nel Terzo Mondo (Sustainable development and cooperation and development in the Third World), O. Gravello e D. Velo (a cura di), Le relazioni commerciali e finanziarie nell'economia mondiale degli anni '90 (Trade and financial relations in the global economy of the '90s), Padova, CEDAM. Sassi, M., 1991. Indirizzi di politica agraria: gli interventi legislativi CEE (Agricultural policy: the legislative interventions at the European level), Pavia Economica, n. 3. Sassi, M., 1991. Indirizzi di politica agraria: gli interventi legislativi dello Stato (Agricultural policy: the legislative interventions at the State level) Pavia Economica, n. 2. Sassi, M., 1991. La spesa pubblica nell’agricoltura italiana (Public expenditure in the Italian agricolture), Pavia Economica, n. 1.

11. CONFERENCES - Program commetee and organiser 2012 – Member of the programme commetee of the 1st conference of the Associazione Italiana di Economia Agraria e Applicata (AIEAA) on Towards a Sustainable Bio-economy: Economic Issues and Policy Challenges - Trento, June, 4-5 2012. 2016 – Organiser of the parallel session on Monitoring agricultural development policies and agricultural investment (private and public investment statistics) of the Seventh International Conference on Agricultural Statistics (ICAS VII) organised by the ISTAT and the FAO, Rome (Italy), 26-28 October 2016. - Public lectures e keynote speaker 3-4- May 2016 – paper on Geography, policies and perspective of food security – 1st Geoprogress Global Forum on Food, geography and security politics, Tourin, Italy (keynote speaker). 26 February 2016 - Food Security and Sustainable Development Goals - Haramaya University - Ethiopia – Africa (Public lecture). 27 February 2016 - Food Security and Sustainable Development Goals - Dire Dawa University - Ethiopia – Africa (Public lecture). 20 ottobre 2009 – paper on Prezzi agricoli, crisi finanziaria e insicurezza alimentare (Agricultural prices, financial crisis and food in security)- Celebrazioni Ufficiali Italiane Giornata Mondiale dell’Alimentazione 2009 – Sicurezza alimentare e crisi economica: aspetti economici, tecnologici e nutrizionali, Università degli Studi del Molise, Campobasso, Italy. - Papers presented at conferences 29-30 September 2016 – Vertical Price Transmission in White Teff market in Ethiopia (with Yonas Abera, University of Dire Dawa, Ethiopia). Paper presented at the conference onModels and policies for human development and sustainable growth - SITES/IDEAS Annual Conference, SITES/IDEAS. Florence, Italia.

29-30 September 2016 – Conflict and Household Food Resilience Threshold in Afghanistan (with Hamid R. Oskorouchi – University of Florence). Paper on Models and policies for human development and sustainable growth - SITES/IDEAS Annual Conference, SITES/IDEAS. Florence, Italia. 12-14 September 2016 – Cash-based programmes on poor agro-pastoral households in the Bay region of Somalia: A structural path analysis. Paper presented at the Conference on Politics in Development - DSA2016 – Development Studies Association conference, Development Studies Association. Oxford, UK. 19 February 2016 - Biofuel and food security: risks and possible solutions. Paper presented at the Conference on the Energy _Agro–Food Nexus in East Africa: Engineering, Economics and Policy Perspectives. Edulink Project, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Africa 12 December 2015 - Sicurezza alimentare e sviluppo sostenibile (Food security and sustainable development). Paper presented at the Scuola di cittadinanza e partecipazione, Diocesi di Pavia. Pavia. Italy. 26-27 November 2015 - Crisi alimentare e sicurezza alimentare (Food crisis and food security). XIII Convegno AISSA su Nutrire il pianeta con l'agricoltura: il punto di vista dei ricercatori. Associazione Italiana Società Scientifiche Agrarie - AISSA e Università degli Studi di Torino. Torino Italy.

24-25 Settembre 2015 - Determinants of food consumption status among subsistence, smallholder farmers in Mzimba District, Malawi (in collaboration with R. Msyali). P Second SITES/IDEAs Annual Conference SITES/IDEAS, Florence, Italy. 23-25 Ottobre 2014 – paper on “Welfare cost of maize price volatility in Malawi”. 55° annual conference of the Società Italiana degli Economisti, Trento. Italy. 17-20 Sepember 2014 – paper on “Are Farmer Training Centers Improving Smallholder Farmers’ Income? Evidence from an Impact Evaluation in Haramaya District, Ethiopia” (with Muluken Wordofa). ASAI Third Conference “Africa on the Move”, Associazione Italiana per gli Studi Africani/Italian Association for African Studies (ASAI), Macerata, Italy. 11-12 September 2014 - paper on “Improving Smallholder Farmers’ Income throught Farmer Training Centers: an Impact Evaluation in Haramaya District Ethiopia” (with Muluken Wordofa), SITES-IDEAS First Annual Conference, Società Italiana degli Economisti dello Sviluppo (SITES)/Italian Development Economists Association (IDEAs), Florence, Italy. 25-27 giugno 2014 – Discussant of “How to feed the world in 2050? Vhallanges for production, resources and malnutrition” by Josef Schmidhubert – Plenary section 2, Conference on Feeding the Planet and Greening the Agriculture: Challenges and Opportunity for the Bio-economy, AIEAA, Alghero. 25-27 giugno 2014 – paper on Improving Smallholder Farmers’ Income throught Farmer Training Centers: an Impact Evaluation in Haramaya District Ethiopia (with Muluken Wordofa), conference on Feeding the Planet and Greening the Agriculture: Challenges and Opportunity for the Bio-economy, AIEAA, Alghero. 3-4 June 2014 – Paper on “Humanitarian Action Country Profiles and Map of Educators: Short Country Profile”, conference on The Humanitarian Action Qualification Framework. A useful tool for the quality of the humanitarian sector?, NOHA, EUPRHA, Bruxelles. 17-23 June 2013 – Paper on “Cooperazione e sviluppo nell’alimentazione: sfide aperte (Cooperation and Development in the food sector: Open challenges)”, La cooperazione e la solidarietà internazionale: un ponte tra le comunità del mondo, Provincia di Pavia, Comune di Pavia, Tavolo della Cooperazione Internazionale Pavia, Pavia – IT.

6-7 June, 2013 – Paper on “Child Nutritional Status in the Malawian District of Salima: A Capability Approach”, 2nd AIEAA Conference “Between Crisis and Development: which Role for the Bio-Economy”, AIEAA, Parma - IT 3-6 April 2013 – Paper on “Non commercial actors and recent futures prices of wheat” (Co-author Werner H.A.), 75th International Athlantic Economic Conference, International Athlantic Economic Society, Vienna. 18-20 Ottobre 2012 – Paper on “Impact of climate change on wheat market and food security in Sudan: stochastic approach and CGE model”, (Co-author Cardaci A.), 53° Conference SIE, Matera – IT. 4-5- June 2012 – Paper “Impact of climate change on wheat market and food security in Sudan: stochastic approach and CGE model” (Co-author Cardaci A.), 1st Conference AIEAA, Associazione Italiana di Economia Agraria e Applicata (AIEAA), Trento - IT 4-5- Jiune 2012 – Paper “Sorghum prices and climate change in Sudan: a stochastic approach”, 1st Conference AIEAA, Associazione Italiana di Economia Agraria e Applicata (AIEAA), Trento - IT 16-18 April - Paper “Food prices, climate change and food security in Sudan” (co-author Alberto Cardaci), Annual Conference of the Agricultural Economics Society, Agricultural Economics Society, Warwick University – UK. 29-31 March 2012 - Paper su “Food prices and climate change in Sudan: A stochastic approach”, 73rd International Atlantic Economic Conference, International Atlantic Economic Society, Istanbul –Turkey. 10 February 2012 - Paper “Cooperazione per lo Sviluppo: l’esperienza dell’Ateneo Pavese” (Cooperation for Development: the Experience of the University of Pavia), Quale ruolo delle Università nella Cooperazione per lo Sviluppo? Esperienze a confronto (What is the role of University Cooperation in Development? Comparing experiences), University of Sassari – Centro Interdipartimentale di Ateneo Nucleo di Ricerca sulla Desertificazione, Sassari - Italy. 29 September – 1 October 2011 - Paper “Mercati internazionali delle materie prime e sicurezza alimentare in Kenya” (International commodity markets and food security in Kenya), XLVIII SIDEA Conference “Il modello agroalimentare europeo di fronte ai mutamenti dello scenario economico globale” (The European agrifood model and the changes in the global economic scenario), Sidea, Udine, Italy. 28 aprile 2011 - Paper “I mercati dei prodotti agricoli nei nuovi scenari mondiali” (Markets for agricultural products in the new world scenarios) Lezione Alessandro Bartola, Associazione “Alessandro Bartola”, Ancona – Italy. 16-19 March 2011 - Paper “Spatial and non-spatial approaches to convergence in Europe” (co-author L. Gutierrez), 71st International Atlantic Economic Conferences, International Atlantic Economic Conferences, Athens, Grecia. 17-18 February 2011 - Paper “Spatial and non-spatial approaches to agricultural convergence” (co-author L. Gutierrez), 122nd EAAE Seminar on “Evidence-Based Agricultural and Rural Policy Making – Methodological and Empirical Challenger of Policy Evaluation”, EAAE, Università Politecnica delle Marche, SPERA, Associazione “Alessandro Bartola”, Ancona – Italy. 3 October 2010 - Paper “Lo strumento distrettuale per la promozione del vino e del riso in provincia di Pavia” (The District as instrument for the promotion of the wine and rice sectors in the province of Pavia), I distretti a tutela della produzione agroalimentare di italiana di qualità (Districts to protect the Italian food production quality), Camera di Commercio of Pavia, Pavia

22-25 September 2010 - paper “Crisi alimentare e spesa pubblica agricola in Kenya: un’analisi basata sui moltiplicatori SAM” (Food Crisis and Agricultural public spending in Kenya: an analysis based on SAM multipliers), XLVII SIDEA Conference “Agriculture beyond crisis”, SIDEA, Campobasso - Italy. 20-22 September 2010 - Paper “Approccio per l’identificazione dei distretti in agricoltura: il distretto di filiera del riso in Lombardia” (Approach for identifying districts in agriculture: the district of the rice sector in Lombardy), XXXI AISRe Conference “Identità, qualità e competitività territoriale. Sviluppo economico nei territori alpini” (Identity, quality and territorial competitiveness. Economic development in alpine areas), AISRe, Aosta - Italy. 28-29 April 2010 - Paper “Alimentazione e potere d’acquisto: come conciliare la qualità nutrizionale e il prezzo” (Nutrition and purchasing power: how to balance the nutritional quality and price), International conference of “Nutrizione Pratica”, Nutrimi, Milano. 30-31 March 2010 - Paper “A country perspective of the determinants of food insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa”, 84th AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS SOCIETY ANNUAL CONFERENCE, AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS SOCIETY, Edinburgh, Scotland. 24-27 March 2010 - Paper “Productivity Growth and Convergence Across Sectors and Regions in the EU-15”, 69th International Atlantic Economic Conference, International Atlantic Economic Society, Prague, Czech Republic. 2-4 March 2010 - paper “A spatial non-parametric analysis of the determinant of food insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa”, International Conference on “Food security in the Arab Countries: New challenges and opportunities in the context of global price volatility”, Sultan Qabuus University, Muscat – Oman. 20 October 2009 - Paper “Prezzi agricoli, crisi finanziaria e insicurezza alimentare” (Agricultural prices, financial crisis and food insecurity), Celebrazioni Ufficiali Italiane Giornata Mondiale dell’Alimentazione 2009 “Sicurezza alimentare e crisi economica: aspetti economici, tecnologici e nutrizionali” (2009 World Food Day celebrations), University of Molise, Campobasso - Italy. 8-11 October 2009 - Paper “Regional agricultural and economic convergence patterns across the EU-25 regions”, Sixty-eighth International Atlantic Economic Conference, International Atlantic Economic Society, Boston – USA. 16-19 September 2009 - Paper “Determinanti dell’insicurezza alimentare nei paesi in via di sviluppo” (Determinants of food insecurity in developing countries), XLVI SIDEA conference “Cambiamenti nel sistema agroalimentare: nuovi problemi, strategie, politiche” (Changes in the agrifood system: new problems, strategies, polizie), SIDEA, Piacenza – Italy. 5 June 2009 - paper “Donne, lavoro e famiglia” (Women, work and family), conference “Parole in Ateneo. Conversazioni in università fra donne di successo”, University of Pavia, Pavia. 5 June 2009 - Paper “Sistema pavese dalla cooperazione nel campo della formazione e della ricerca” (Pavian cooperation system in the training and research field), CICSAA seminars, University of Milan – CICSAA, Milan – Italy. 30 March – 1 April 2009 - ppaper “CAP and Agricultural Convergence across the EU-15 regions: Neoclassical vs. Economic geography and New endogenous growth approach”, AES 83rd Annual Conference, Agricultural Economic Society, Dublin – Ireland.

27 March 2009 - Paper “La dimensione economica della insicurezza alimentare” (The economic dimensiono f food insecurity), Conference Mondo in-fame, University of Pavia, Pavia – Italy. 11-14 March 2009 - Paper “Agricultural Convergence across the EU_15 Regions and the Role of the CAP”, Sixty-Seventh International Atlantic Economic Conference, International Atlantic Economic Society, Rome – Italy. 26 November 2008 - Paper “Donna-madre: la sfida della conciliazione” (Woman-mother: the challenge of reconciling), Conference “Donne: famiglia, maternità, lavoro e carriera. A che punto siamo” (Women: family, motherhood, work and career. Where are we), Amministrazione Provinciale di Pavia, Pavia – Italy. 19 November 2008 - Paper “Prezzi ed emergenza alimentare” (Prices and food emergency), Conference “Globalizzazione dei mercati, protezionismo agricolo ed emergenza alimentare: quali legami?” (Globalization of markets, agricultural protection and food emergency: which links?), Centro Interuniversitario per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo Agro-Alimentare e Ambientale, Milano – Italy. 9-10 October 2008 - Paper “Territorio e prodotti agroalimentari di qualità in provincia di Pavia” (Food quality producds in the Pavian Province and “territoir”), conference “Integrare e valorizzare il patrimonio culturale” (I)ntegration and enhancememnt of the cultural heritage), University of Pavia, Pavia – Italy. 24-26 September 2008. Paper “ Convergenza agricola ed economica tra le regioni europee. Gli effetti dell’allargamento stimati con un approccio spaziale” (Agricultural and economic convergence across the European regions.A spatial approach to the effects of enlargement) (co-author F. Pecci), XXIX AISRe Annual conference “Conoscenza, Sviluppo Umano e Territorio” (Knowledge, Human Development and Territory), AISRe, Bari - Italy. 25-26 September 2008. Paper “ Processo di convergenza agricola tra le province italiane e Fondi di coesione e strutturali: il ruolo della dipendenza spaziale” (Agricultural convergence process across the Italian provinces and the Cohesion and Structural Funds: the role of spatial dependance), XLV SIDEA Conference “Politiche per i sistemi agricoli di fronte ai cambiamenti: obiettivi, strumenti, istituzioni” (Policies for agricultural systems to cope with change: objectives, instruments, institutions), SIDEA, Portici (Napoli) - Italy. 26-29 August 2008 - Paper “Agricultural And Economic Convergence in the EU Integration Process: Do Geographical Relationships Matter?” (co-author F. Pecci), XII EAAE Congress “People, Food and Environments: Global trends and European Strategies”, EAAE, Gent - Belgium. 8 July 2008 - Paper “Prezzi agricoli ed emergenza alimentare” (Agricultural prices and food emergency), Conference “Prezzi agricoli ed emergenza alimentare: cause, effetti, implicazioni per le politiche” (Agricultural prices and food crisis: causes, effects, implications for policy), Gruppo 2013 - Forum Internazionale dell’agricoltura e dell’alimentazione, Roma - Italy. 15-20 June 2008 - Paper “Qualità ed identità locale nel segmento vitivinicolo: elementi strategici per uno sviluppo sinergico di aziende e territorio” (Quality and local identity in the wine sector: strategic elements for a synergistic development of firms and territory), VI World Conference “Della vigna e del vino” (Of Vine and Wine), OIV, Verona – Italy. 5-6 June 2008 - Paper “Scambi commerciali agricoli e accordi di partenariato tra Unione Europea e Africa” (Agricultural trade and partnership agreements between the EU and Africa) (coautore Carlo Bernini Carri), XVI SIEA conference “Le dinamiche del commercio agro-alimentare tra commodities e prodotti differenziati” (The agrifood trade dynamics between commodities and differentiated products) SIEA Conference, Trieste – Italy.

23 May 2008 - Paper “Consumi alimentari: costi privati e sociali” (Food consumption: private and social costs), conference “Alimentazione è Prevenzione” (Nutrition is prevention), Associazione “Giuseppe Dossetti: i Valori”, Camera dei Deputati, Roma - Italy. 18-19 April 2008 - Paper “Città e campagna o mosaico paesistico culturale? Nuovi rapporti da definire” (Town and country landscape or cultural mosaic? New relationships to be defined), national conference “Dove va la civiltà contadina? I nuovi termini del rapporto città-campagna” (What is the future of the peasant? The new terms of the urban rural nexus), Dipartment of Political and Social Studies, University of Pavia, Belgioioso (PV) - Italy. 31 March – 2 April 2008 - Paper “Rural-urban Migration and Poverty in Kenya: The Contribution of Technical Efficiency Change in Agriculture”, AES 82nd Annual Conference, AES, Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester - UK. 29 Jenuary - 1 February 2008 - Paper “A Mixed Geographically Weighted Approach to Decoupling and Rural Development in the EU-15” (co-author F. Pecci), 107th EAAE seminar “Modelling Agricultural and Rural Development Policies”, EAAE, Sevilla - Spain 8-10 November 2007 - Paper “Sicurezza alimentare e sovranità alimentare: aspetti tecnici e impegno politico per la lotta contro la fame” (Food security and food sovereignty: the technical and political commitment to fight hunger), XLIV SIDEA conference “Produzioni agroalimentari tra rintracciabilità e sicurezza: analisi economiche e politiche d’intervento” (Agrifood production from traceability to safety: economic analysis and policy interventions), SIDEA conference, Taormina - Italy. 22 October 2007 - Paper “Rural-urban Migration and Poverty in Kenya: is Agriculture the Answer?”, SPERA International Seminar “General Equilibrium Approaches to Development”, SPERA, Department of Management, University of Pavia and Department of Economics University of Verona, Pavia - Italy. 26-28 September 2007 - Paper “Le regioni dell’Europa a 25 e lo sviluppo rurale” (The UE-25 regions and the Rural Development) (Co-author: F. Pecci), XXVIII AISRe Conference “Lo sviluppo regionale nell’Unione Europea: Obiettivi, strategie, politiche” (Regional development in the EU: Objectives, strategies, polizie), AISRe, Bolzano - Italy. 17 September 2007 - Paper “Mercato del lavoro pavese e politiche di conciliazione” (Pavian labour market and reconciliation policies), Conference “Conciliazione dei Tempi e Responsabilità Sociale delle Imprese” (Reconciliation of the Times and Corporate Social Responsibility), Amministrazione Comunale di Pavia, Europolis, Pavia, Itlay. 6-8 September 2007. Paper “The Agricultural Export-growth Nexus in the EU-27”, EAAE seminar “Agricultural Economics in Transition: What was expected, what we observed, the lessons learned”, European Association of Agricultural Economists – International Association of Agricultural Economists, Budapest, Hungary. 18 May 2007. Paper “Dimensione internazionale della sicurezza alimentare e della sovranità alimentare” (The international dimension of food security and food sovereignty), Conference “La sovranità alimentare nell’ambito del primo Obiettivo del Millennio (sradicare la povertà estrema e la fame)” (Food sovereignty under the first MDG (eradicating extreme poverty and hunger), Faculty of Agriculture, University of Padua and Aes, Padua - Italy. 23-25 April 2007 - Paper “Trade and Competitiveness of the Mediterranean Countries on the Olive Oil Market” (Co-author: Carlo Bernini Carri), I Mediterranean Conference of Agro-Food Social Scientists

“Adding Value to the Agro-food Supply Chain in the Future Euromediterranean Space”, EAAE, Barcellona – Spain. 23-25 April 2007 - Paper “Is the CAP Reform and Opportunity for the Mediterranean Regions?” (Co-authors: Elisa Montresor, Francesco Pecci), I Mediterranean Conference of Agro-Food Social Scientists “Adding Value to the Agro-food Supply Chain in the Future Euromediterranean Space”, EAAE, Barcellona - Spain. 2-4 April 2007 - Paper “Structural Change And Economic Convergence Across the Eu-15 Regions: Can The Agricultural Sector Play A Role?”, 81st Annual Conference of the Agricultural Economics Society, Agricultural Economics Society, Reading - UK. 26 January 2007 - Paper “WTO e PAC” (WTO and CAP), Conference “La Politica agricola tra negoziato WTO e aspetti internazionali” (The CAP, WTO and International challenges), Coldiretti Pavia, Pavia – Italy. 21 December 2006 - Paper “L’attività di cooperazione allo sviluppo della Facoltà di Economia dell’Università degli studi di Pavia” (The development cooperation activities of the Faculty of Economics of the University of Pavia), International conference “Università e cooperazione internazionale: la collaborazione con le istituzioni e le opportunità per i giovani” (Universities and international cooperation: cooperation with the institutions and opportunities for young people), CETAmb, Desenzano del Garda - Italy. 12 - 14 October 2006 - Paper “Effetti territoriali del decoupling nelle Regioni Europee” (Territorial effects of decoupling in European Regions ) (coautore F. Pecci), XXVII AISRe Conference “Impresa, mercato, lealtà territoriale” (Company, market, regional loyalty), AISRe, Pisa - Italy. 12- 18 August 2006 - Paper “Agricultural Convergence and Competitiveness in the EU-15 Regions”, International Conference IAAE2006, Gold Coast - Australia. 22-24 June 2006 - Paper “Territorio e vitivinicoltura di qualità” (Territory and viticulture of quality), XIV SIEA conference “Leve strategiche per lo sviluppo dei sistemi territoriali a vocazione agro-alimentare” (Strategic elements for the development of agro-food vocated territorial systems), SIEA conference, Napoli - Italy. 21-23 June 2006 - Paper “Il ruolo del territorio per la valorizzazione della vitivinicoltura di qualità: il caso Oltrepò Pavese DOC Bonarda” (The role of the “territoir” for the development of the Quality wine sector: The case Oltrepò Pavese Bonarda DOC), I SOI National conference, SOI, Ancona - Italy. 15-16 June 2006 - Paper “Has Competitiveness Supported Agricultural Cohesion Across the EU-15 Regions? The Last Decade Experience” (and Chair Session 8 – Performance and Competitiveness in Agriculture), USDA and AIEA2 International Meeting “Competitiveness in Agriculture and the Food Industry: US and EU Perspectives“, USDA and AIEA2, Bologna - Italy. 30-31 March 2006 - Paper “The competitive profiles of agriculture in the EU-15 regions”, 80th Annual Conference of the Agricultural Economics Society, Agricultural Economics Society, Paris - France. 25 March 2006 - Paper “Contributo del fenomeno agrituristico allo sviluppo turistico nella provincia di Pavia” (Contribution of the agritourism phenomena to turism development in the province of Pavia), 1° Conferenza lombarda sull’agriturismo “Cibo di qualità, realtà culturale del territorio e promozione del turismo” (Food quality, cultural identity and tourism divelopment), Comune di Belgioioso, CERSTRUT, University of Pavia, Regione Lombardia, Touring Club Italiano, Provincia di Pavia, Belgioioso (PV) - Italy. 2 December 2005 - Paper “Il sistema economico pavese” (The Pavian economic system), Conference “Con l’agricoltura per lo sviluppo del paese. Il contributo dell’impresa agricola pavese” (Agricultural and economic development in Italy. The contribution of the Pavian agriculture), Confederazione Italiana Agricoltori e Unione agricoltori of Pavia, Pavia - Italy.

3-4 November 2005 - Paper “L’agriturismo come volano per lo sviluppo sostenibile sostenibile nella provincia di Pavia e prospettive di genere” (Agritourism as driver of the sustainable development in the Province of Pavie and gender perspective), X IPSAPA/ISPALEM National Interdisciplinary Conference, IPSAPA/ISPALEM, Udine - Italy. 17-19 October 2005 - Paper “La competitività dell’agricoltura nelle regioni dell’Unione Europea” (Agricultural competitiveness in the European Union), XXVI AISRe conference “Città e regioni del sud Europa, trasformazioni, coesione e sviluppo” (Cities and regions of southern Europe, changes, cohesion and development), AISRe, Napoli - Italy. 8 October 2005 - Paper “I prodotti tipici: una sfida per il territorio”( Typical products: a challenge for the territory), conference “Civiltà contadina e prodotti tipici. Un viaggio alla ricerca della genuinità” (Rural culture and local products. A journey in search of authenticity), Comune di Canneto sull’Oglio, Amministrazione Provinciale of Mantova, Regione Lombardia, University of Pavia, Canneto sull’Oglio - Italy. 22-24 September 2005 - Paper “Il processo di convergenza nel sistema agro-alimentare italiano e l’influenza delle disomogeneità strutturali settoriali” (The convergence process in the Italian agro-food system and the effect of sectoral structural features), XLII SIDEA conference “Biodiversità e tipicità. Paradigmi economici e strategie competitive” (Biodiversity and typicality. Economic paradigms and competitive strategies), SIDEA, Pisa - Italy. 4 June 2005 - Paper “Il ruolo della donna nell’economia Contadina”( The role of women in the peasant economy), conference “Donne di terra” (Women and territory), Istituto Ciro Pollini, Mortara - Italy. 4-6 April 2005 - Paper “A Food Security Box: For which Developing Countries”, 79° Annual Conference Agricultural Economics Society, AES, Nottingham - UK. 8 March 2005 - Paper “La condizione femminile nell’agricoltura dell’UE: un rinnovato impegno della politica” (The women in the EU agriculture: a renewed policy commitment), conference “Le donne, i cavalieri, l’arme e gli amori – Riflessioni sul pensiero femminile” (Women, the knights, the arms and loves - Reflections on feminist thought), Partnership EQUAL “Immaginazioni”, Pavia - Italy. 3-5 February 2005 - Paper “A pseudo-Panel Approach to the Analysis of the Agricultural Convergence: The European Case”, 89th EAAE Seminar “Modelling Agricultural Policies: State of the Art and New Challenges”, EAAE, Parma - Italy. 29 November 2004 - Paper “La filiera del riso a Pavia e le sue prospettive”( The rice industry in Pavia and its prospects), conference “Rice marketing”, Pavia Export, Amministrazione Provinciale of Pavia, CCIAA Pavia, University of Pavia, Mortara - Italy. 18 November 2004 - Paper “Differenze di genere: una sfida per il territorio pavese” (Gender gap: a challenge for the territory of Pavia), conference “Pavia Parità Net”, Fondazione Luigi Clerici, Amministrazione Provinciale of Pavia, Europolis, Pavia - Italy. 4-6 November 2004 - Paper “The challange of the rural development model for the CEECs: The Hungarian case”, IAMO-Forum 2004 “The role of agriculture in Central and Eastern European rural development: Engine of change or social buffer”, IAMO, Halle - Germany. 21 October 2004 - Paper “La politica di cooperazione allo sviluppo dell’UE”( The EU development cooperation policy), conference “Europa e Terzo Mondo: successi e insuccessi sulla via dell’unità” (Europe and the Third World: Successes and failures on the road to unity), ACRA, ICEI and COSV, Milano - Italy.

15 October 2004 - Paper “Prospettive dell’agricoltura del Malawi”(Agricultural Prospectives in Malawi), conference “L’agricoltura del Malawi” (Malawian agricolture), Faculty of Agriculture, University of Perugia, Perugia - Italy. 6-8 October 2004 - Paper L’analisi dei differenziali di sviluppo delle province italiane in una nuova prospettiva metodologica (The analysis of the development gaps across the Italian provinces in a new methodological perspective), XXV AISRe conference, AISRe, Novara - Italy. 29 September 2004 - Paper “Struttura, localizzazione e specializzazione dell’industria e della manifattura del landrianese” (Structure, localization and specialization of industry and manufacturing of Landriano), Closure Conference of the ESF Project FSE ob. 3 meas. E1 n.159187 “Azioni di sistema per promuovere lo sviluppo soci-economico del territorio landrianese in un’ottica di genere” (System actions to promote local socio.economic development of Landriano in a gender perspective), Amministrazione Comunale of Landriano, University of Pavia, Pavia - Italy. 16-18 September 2004 - Paper “Riforma del commercio agricolo e sicurezza alimentare nei PVS” (Agricultural trade reform and food security in developing countries), XLI SIDEA conference “Diritto all’alimentazione, agricoltura e sviluppo” (Right to Food, Agriculture and Development), SIDEA, Roma - Italy. 8-11 September 2004 - Paper “Improving efficiency in the agricultural sector as an answer to globalization, growth and equity: the case of Tanzania”, 85th EAAE Seminar “Agricultural Development and Rural Poverty under Globalization: Asymmetric Processes and Differentiated Outcomes”, EAAE, Firenze - Italy. 18 June 2004 - Paper La competitività dei prodotti agricoli nel commercio mondiale e il ruolo dell’Africa (Agricultural products competitiveness in world trade and the role of Africa), conference “Nord chiama Sud: l’area africana” (North calls South: the African area), University of Valle d’Aosta, Aosta - Italy. 10 June 2004 - Paper Miglioramento della produttività e dei redditi in agricoltura e impatto sul benessere rurale ed urbano (Improving the agricultural productivity and incomes and rural and urban welfare impact), conference “Città, campagna, sviluppo: problemi teorici ed esperienze a confronto” (City, countryside, development: theoretical issues and experiences), SIDEA, University of Padova, Padova - Italy. 27 May 2004 - Paper “Risultati empirici e riflessioni sulle politiche di Pari Opportunità” (Empirical findings and reflections on policies for Equal Opportunities), conference “Le problematiche di conciliazione tra famiglia e lavoro: donne e uomini a confronto” (The problems of reconciling work and family: a gender comparison), University of Pavia, Pavia - Italy. 6 May 2004 - Paper “La politica di sviluppo rurale dell’Unione Europea: un possibile programma di scambio tra Italia e PECO nel campo della formazione”( The European Union's rural development policy: a possible exchange program between Italy and CEECs in training), conference “L’impatto dell’allargamento dell’Unione Europea nel settore agricolo e rurale” (The impact of the EU enlargment on agricolture and rural areas), Carrefour Europeo Lombardia, Pontevecchio di Magenta (MI) - Italy. 4 May 2004 - Paper “La filiera del vino a Pavia e le sue prospettive” (The wine industry in Pavia and its prospects), conference “Wine Marketing. Sfide ed opportunità per i prodotti tipici” (Wine Marketing. Challenges and opportunities for local products), University of Pavia, Amministrazione Provinciale of Pavia – Paviaexport, Pavia - Italy. 16 April 2004 - Paper “Le politiche di sviluppo rurale dell’UE e le opportunità per lo sviluppo locale” (The EU rural development policies and opportunities for local development), conference “La nuova ruralità: una sfida per il futuro. La multifunzionalità sociale-economica-ambientale”( The new rurality: a challenge for

the future. The social-economic-environmental multifunctionality), Amministrazione Provinciale of Cremona, Regione Lombardia, University of Pavia, Cremona - Italy. 15 March 2004 - Paper “L’agricoltura pavese, il sistema agroalimentare e le potenzialità del territorio” (Pavian agricolture, food system and the potential of the province), conference “Le nuove sfide per l’impresa agricola: la riforma della Politica Agricola Comune”( The new challenges for the agricultural enterprise: the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy), Unione Agricoltori della Provincia di Pavia, Garlasco (PV) - Italy. 19 February 2004 - Paper “Globalizzazione e agricoltura nei PVS” (Globalization and agriculture in developing countries), conference “Commercio internazionale e agricoltura nel terzo mondo: un problema dalle mille sfaccettature” (International trade and agriculture in the Third World: a multifaceted problem), Acra-Icei-Cosv, Milan - Italy. 15 November 2003 - Paper “La riforma della Pac e l’OCM riso” (The reform of the CAP and CMO rice), conference “La revisione di medio termine della Politica Agricola Comunitaria: regime unico per gli agricoltori europei disaccoppiato dalla produzione; Organizzazione Comune del Mercato del Riso”. (The mid-term review of the Common Agricultural Policy: decoupling for EU farmers; Common Market Organisation of Rice), CIA – Lombardy, Cipa.@ Lombardy, Mortara - Italy. 6-7 November 2003 - Paper “La competitività dei prodotti agricoli negli scambi commerciali mondiali e il ruolo dell’Unione Europea” (The competitiveness of agricultural products in world trade and the role of the European Union), confrence “Cambiamenti Strutturali di lungo periodo nelle regioni dell’Unione Europea” (Long-term structural changes in the EU regions), University of Sassari, Sassari - Italy. 24 October 2003 - Paper “Il ruolo dell’imprenditrice agricola tra lavoro e famiglia”( The role of the woman farmer between work and family), 1st conference on “Lombard Agroturism”, Regione Lombardia, University of Pavia, Turismo Verde Lombardia, Besate (MI) – Italy. 3 October 2003 - Paper “La riforma della PAC e le implicazioni per l’agricoltura europea”( The CAP reform and the implications for European agricolture), conference “Dalla riforma della PAC agli accordi di commercio internazionale: sfide e opportunità per il settore agricolo”. (From the CAP reform to international trade agreements: challenges and opportunities for agriculture), Prefettura di Pavia, Bereguardo (PV) - Italy. 22 September 2003 - Paper “L’evoluzione dell’OCM riso nell’attuale fase storica” (The evolution of the CMO rice in the current period), conference “Le terre del riso: storia, paesaggio e ambiente” (The rice lands: history, landscape and environment), Associazione Irrigazione Est Sesia, Promoriso, Ente Nazionale Risi, FAN, Novara - Italy. 19 September 2003 - Paper La competitività dei prodotti agricoli nel commercio mondiale e le implicazioni per i PVS (The competitiveness of agricultural products in world trade and the implications for developing countries), XL SIDEA conference, SIDEA, Padova - Italy. 16-22 August 2003 - Paper “The competitiveness of agricultural products in world trade and the role of the EU”, 25th IAAE International Conference “Reshaping Agriculture’s Contribution to Society”, IAAE, Durban - South Africa. 8 July 2003 - Paper “Differenze di genere nella disoccupazione” (Gender gap in unemployment), conference “Comitato Etico Scientifico per la Responsabilità Sociale degli Imprenditori nella provincia di Pavia” (Scientific Ethics Committee for Social Responsibility of Entrepreneurs in the province of Pavia), Sportello Donna – University of Pavia, Pavia - Italy.

23-26 June 2003 - Paper “The Competitiveness of Agricultural Products in World Trade and the Role of the EU”, International Conference on “Agricultural Policy Reform and the WTO: where are we Heading?”. University of Calabria-ERS-IATRC, Capri - Italy. 14 June 2003 - Paper “Il mercato del lavoro locale e le differenze di genere nella disoccupazione”( The local labor market and gender gap in unemployment), conference “8 marzo tutto l’anno”( March 8th round), Sportello Donna, Vigevano (PV) - Italy. 14 May 2003 - Paper “Differenze di genere nella disoccupazione in provincia di Pavia” (Gender gap in unemployment in the province ofPavia), conference Equal Initiative Project “Immaginazioni”, Sportello Donna – Faculty of Economics – University of Pavia, Pavia - Italy. 9 May 2003 - Paper “Proposte agroalimentari e modelli territoriali” (Agrifood and territorial models), conference “La cultura della campagna - Modelli innovativi e valori tradizionali nella realtà urbana” (The culture of the countryside - Innovative models and traditional values in urban areas), Consiglio Regionale della Lombardia, Amministrazione Comunale of Mantova, Amministrazione Provinciale of Mantova, University of Pavia, Mantova - Italy. 4 April 2003 - Paper “Le problematiche dello sviluppo rurale nei PVS” (Rural development issues in developing countries), conference “Lo sviluppo rurale: Regione di Ziguinchor e Provincia di Pavia” (Rural Development: Region of Ziguinchor and the Province of Pavia), Comitato Pavia Senegal, ACRA/KDES, Pavia - Italy. 29 January 2003 - Paper Donne ed Economia (Women and the Economy), conference “Libera Libertà – La donna nel Novecento” (Free Freedom - The woman in the twentieth century), Amministrazione Provinciale of Pavia, Pavia - Italy. 14 December 2002 - Paper “Differenze di genere nella gestione delle risorse umane in venti aziende della provincia di Pavia”(Gender gap in human resource management in twenty companies in the province of Pavia), conference “L. 125/91 e azioni positive”, Amministrazione Provinciale of Pavia, Faculty of Economics – University of Pavia, Sportello donna, Pavia - Italy. 10 October 2002 - Paper “Prospettive economico-sociali della risicoltura nella strategia della politica comunitaria nell’attuale fase storica” (Economic and social prospects of rice production in the current CAP), conference “Il riso e le sue terre. Un progetto di sviluppo economico, culturale, etico-ambientale” (Rice and its lands. An economic, cultural, ethical and environmental development project), Amministrazione Provinciale of Pavia, Regione Lombardia, Pavia - Italy. 12-13 September 2002 - Paper “Il fabbisogno formativo delle organizzazioni non governative italiane e della FAO” (The training needs of the Italian non-governmental organizations and the FAO), XXXIX SIDEA conference, SIDEA, Firenze - Italy. 8 September 2002 - Paper “Il mercato del biologico e le prospettive per la filiera vino”( The organic market and prospects for the wine industry), conference “OCM, OGM, Biologico – Problemi e prospettive per una vitivinicoltura di qualità in Oltrepò Pavese” (CMO, GMO, Organic - Problems and prospects for quality winemaking in Oltrepò Pavese), Federazione Provinciale Coltivatori Diretti di Pavia, Casteggio (PV) - Italy. 28-31 August 2002 - Paper “The agricultural convergence hypothesis on regional base in Europe. A parametric and non parametric approach”, X EAAE conference, EAAE, Zaragoza - Spain. 7 February 2002 - Paper “FAO e globalizzazione: l’approccio partecipativo al problema alimentare”. (The FAO and globalization: a participatory approach to the food problem), conference “Riflessioni sulla

Globalizzazione” (Reflections on Globalization), IUSS, Unicef, University of Pavia, Cafe and Collegio S. Caterina, Pavia - Italy. 26 September 2001 - Paper “Il sistema agroalimentare della provincia di Pavia” (The agri-food system in the province of Pavia), conference “Economia pavese e ruolo dell’agro-industria” (Economy of Pavia and the role of agro-industry), CCIAA Pavia, Pavia - Italy. 1 September 2001 - Paper “La terra delle donne: imprenditoria agricola femminile, potenzialità e prospettive”(The land of women: female agricultural entrepreneurship, potential and prospects), conference XIII Festa del Riso Violone, Amministrazione Comunale of Sant’Alessio con Vialone, Sant’Alessio con Vialone (PV) - Italy. 15 June 2001 - Paper “Studi di genere nell’economia agraria” (Gender studies in agricultural economics), conference “Università di Pavia e studi di genere: i contributi disciplinari della Facoltà di Economia”( University of Pavia and gender studies: Disciplinary Contributions of the Faculty of Economics), Faculty of Economics, University of Pavia, Pavia – Italy. 14 June 2001 - Paper “Implicazioni della migrazione agricola rurale nell’Africa Centrale: un approccio di equilibrio economico generale calcolabile”( Implications of rural agricultural migration in Central Africa: a computable general equilibrium approach), XXXX SIDEA conference SIDEA, Firenze - Italy. 6-9 April 2001 - Paper “Convergence across territorial agricultural systems within the regional economic cohesion in the European Community”, AES Conference, AES, Newport - UK. 16 March 2000 - Paper “Donne nel mondo” (Women in the World), conference “Le donne nel Terzo Mondo: povertà, diseguaglianza, sottosviluppo” (Women in the Third World: poverty, inequality, underdevelopment), ICEI (Istituto Cooperazione Economica Internazionale), Milan - Italy. 9-11 September 1999 - Paper “Processi di convergenza e divergenza nei sistemi agricoli territoriali dell’UE” (Processes of convergence and divergence across the EU agricultural systems), XXXVI SIDEA conference “La competitività dei sistemi agricoli italiani” (The competitiveness of Italian agricultural systems), SIDEA, Milan - Italy. 3 July 1999 - Paper “Processi di convergenza e divergenza nei sistemi agricoli territoriali dell’UE” (Processes of convergence and divergence across the EU agricultural systems), SISSEC conference, Aissec, Certosa di Pontignano - Italy. 11 March 1999 - Paper “Storia ed evoluzione del concetto di sottosviluppo: povertà, squilibri economici e sociali nei Paesi del Sud del Mondo”( History and evolution of the concept of underdevelopment: poverty, economic and social imbalances in developing countries), CESPI conference, CESPI, Busto Arsizio - Italy. 15 May 1998 - Paper “Evoluzione e prospettive della cooperazione agricola nello sviluppo rurale italiano” (Evolution and prospects of the Italian agricultural cooperatives in rural development), conference “I prodotti della civiltà contadina come continuum tra passato e futuro” (The products of civilization as a continuum between past and future), University of Pavia, Pavia - Italy. 21-24 March 1997 - Paper “Trade Policy and Price Incentives in the Agribased Sector: A CGE Model for the Economy of Botswana”, Agricultural Economics Society's Annual Conference, AES, Edimburgo - UK. 21-22 February 1997 - Paper “Politiche commerciali e incentivi prezzo nel sistema agribased: un modello di CGE per il Botswana”( Trade policies and price incentives in the agribased system: a CGE model for Botswana), conference “Crescita endogena nelle aree arretrate” (Endogenous growth in underdeveloped areas), University of Brescia and University of Milan, Milan - Italy.

29 October 1996 - Paper “L'agricoltura dei paesi dell'Europa Centro Orientale e l'Unione Europea”( The Central Eastern Europe Agricolture and the European Union), conference "Prime giornate di studio sull'integrazione economica internazionale" (First reflection days on international economic integration), University of Pavia, Varese - Italy. 15 October 1996 - Paper “L'importanza della risorsa idrica nella pianura padana: previsioni al 2011” (The importance of water resources in the Po valley: forecasts to 2011), conference "La pianura padana e le ragioni degli insediamenti umani" (The Po Valley and the reasons of human settlements ), University of Pavia and Consiglio Regionale della Lombardia, Pavia - Italy. 27-30 March 1996 - Paper “A systemic approach to development of Botswana based on the agribusiness system”, AES conference, AES, Newcastle Upon Tyne - UK. 12-13 October 1995 - Paper “Il ruolo dell'agricoltura nell'economia del Botswana: un analisi dei flussi di risorse intersettoriali tramite le matrici dei conti sociali” (The role of agriculture in Botswana: intersectoral resource flows analysis through the social accounts matrix), conference X AISSEC conference, Aissec, Torino - Italy. 12-13 October 1995 - Paper “Produzione agricola e risposta ai prezzi nei paesi dell'Africa Sub-Sahariana”( Agricultural production and pricesresponse in Sub-Saharan Africa), X AISSEC conference, Aissec, Torino - Italy. 5-7 October 1995 - Paper “Introduzione del minimo salariale nell'agricoltura del Botswana” (Introduction of minimum wage in agriculture in Botswana), X AIEL conference, Aiel, Bologna - Italy. 7-10 April 1995 - Paper “The role of Botswana's agriculture: an intersectoral resource flows analysis”, AES conference, AES, Cambridge - UK. 8-10 September 1994 - Paper “Agricultural Transition in Lithuania”, 3rd European Association For Comparative Economic Studies conference "Transformation of Economic System", Eaces, Budapest - Hungery. 27-28 January 1994 - Paper “Agricoltura lituana: problemi e prospettive alla luce di una possibile cooperazione est-ovest” (Lithuanian agriculture: problems and prospects in light of a possible east-west cooperation), International conference "Lituania: una possibile cooperazione est-ovest in Europa" (Lithuania: a possible east-west co-operation in Europe), University of Pavia, Pavia – Italy. 27 September 1991 - Paper “Il ruolo della donna nell'agricoltura lombarda”( The role of women in Lombard agriculture), conference “Le condizioni sociali e di lavoro in Italia e in Israele” (The social and working state in Italy and Israel), Regione Lombardia, Pavia – Italy. 17 June 1991 - Paper “Sviluppo sostenibile: cooperazione e agricoltura nel Terzo Mondo” (Sustainable Development: Cooperation and agriculture in the Third World), International conference "Le relazioni commerciali e finanziarie nell'economia mondiale degli anni '90" (The commercial and financial relations in the global economy of the 90s), University of Pavia, Pavia – Italy.