Curriculum Vitae of Giacomo Branca
Curriculum Vitae of Giacomo Branca
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name and surname: Giacomo Branca
Born: Rome, 18th October 1969; Nationality: Italian; Status: Married, two children
Address: Via Vincenzo Tomassini, 48 – 00168 Roma, Italy; Tel. (+39) 320.4363635
E-mail: [email protected]; Home page: http://www.webalice.it/g.branca/
CURRENT POSITION
October 2006 to date: Professor (on Contract basis) of Environmental Economics, Department of
Economics, Università della Tuscia (Viterbo, Italy)
November 2006 to date: Consultant, PESAL Project (Payments for Ecosystem Services from
Agricultural Landscapes: Making Sure the Rural Poor Benefit), Agricultural and Development
Economics Division of FAO (Roma, Italy)
EDUCATION
May 1999: M.S. in Agricultural and Resource Economics, Department of Agricultural and
Resource Economics, University of Arizona (Tucson, USA)
February 1999: Ph.D. in Agricultural Policy, Department of Agricultural and Forestry Economics
(DEAR), Università della Tuscia (Viterbo, Italy)
February 1996: Master's Degree in Agricultural Economics and Policy, Centre for Research and
Specialisation in Agricultural Economics (CSREAM), Università Federico II (Portici-Napoli, Italy)
March 1994: M.A. (Laurea) in Agricultural Sciences, 110/110 magna cum laude, Università della
Tuscia (Viterbo, Italy)
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Italian: Mother tongue
English: Fluent (First Certificate in English of the University of Cambridge, June 1994; T.O.E.F.L.,
February 1996; G.R.E., April 1996).
Spanish: Good (D.E.L.E. Basico, University of Salamanca, Spain, November 2002).
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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
November 2006 – to date: FAO (ESAC), Rome, Italy – Research on: Payments for Ecosystem
Services from Agricultural Landscapes: Making Sure the Rural Poor Benefit.
October 2004 – August 2006: Università della Tuscia (DEAR), Viterbo and FAO, Rome, Italy –
Research on: The impact of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the EU on the sustainable use of
natural resources in the agricultural sector of Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, and Hungary.
January – April 2005: Università della Tuscia (DEAR), Viterbo, Italy – Research on: Fishing
activity in the Lake of Bolsena (Viterbo, Italy): environmental, economic and sustainable
development issues.
September – December 2004: Università della Tuscia (DEAR), Viterbo and Confagricoltura,
Rome, Italy –Research on: CAP Reform and the problems linked to its application in Member
Countries.
March – December 2003: FAO (AGLL), Rome, Italy – Research on: Land economics and policy
(economics of land degradation and conservation policies for a sustainable development).
January – February 2003: Università della Tuscia (DEAR), Viterbo, Italy – Research on
Economics of Tobacco’s Italian market and CAP Reform Issues for the Sector of Tobacco.
January 2002 – July 2003: Università della Tuscia (DEAR), Viterbo, Italy – Research on: Rural
development, resource conservation and sustainable use of public land.
January 1999 – December 2001: Università della Tuscia (DEAR) and Ce.F.A.S, Viterbo, Italy –
Research on: The Italian Agro-Industry System and the EU: Policy instruments for the dairy sector.
July 1998 – December 1998: INEA, Rome, Italy – Research on: The use of water in agriculture
(planning, management, conservation and sustainability of water resource).
November 2000 – April 2001: FAO (ESDG), Rome, Italy – Research on: The effects of land
degradation on crop yields. Background paper for the FAO study “Agriculture towards 2015/30”.
March - June 1994: Università della Tuscia (DEAR), Viterbo, Italy – Research on: The
relationship between land use and economic development in industrialized and developing
countries.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
May – August 2007: Università “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy and Presidency of Mercosur,
Montevideo, Uruguay– Educational Program for Officers of Mercosur Countries, Teaching and
tutoring: Environmental and resource economics for sustainable development in South America.
December 2006 – June 2007: Ismea, Rome, Italy – Study on: The Agrifood sector in Brazil, China
and India: an economic analysis.
March – December 2006: Ismea, Rome, Italy – Study on: National Experiences in Collection of
Agricultural Prices.
November – December 2006: Cogea spa, Rome, Italy – Evaluation of the Common Agricultural
Policy for withdrawals in the sector of fruits and vegetables, a study commissioned by the EU
Commission.
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March – July 2006: Cogea spa, Rome, Italy – Evaluation of the Common Agricultural Policy for
the Tomato sector, a study commissioned by the EU Commission.
October – Diecember 2005: Agromnia consulting srl, Rome, Italy – Study on: The international
orange and lemon juice market: the case of Argentina and Brazil.
June – December 2005: Procom Agr srl, Rome, Italy – Study on: The current WTO Negotiations
on Agriculture.
May – October 2004: Procom Agr srl, Rome, Italy – Cooperation on writing the book: Stoppa A.
(editor), “Risk management in agriculture: tools and policies”, Quaderni del Forum Internazionale
dell’Agricoltura e dell’Alimentazione, n.6, october 2004.
March – April 2004: Procom Agr srl, Rome, Italy – Study on: The CAP Reform of the EU,
published on the web site http://www.foruminternazionale.coldiretti.it.
September – October 2003: Procom Agr srl, Rome, Italy – Study on: Agricultural Policies in the
World, published on the web site http://www.foruminternazionale.coldiretti.it.
July – August 2003: FAO (TCAR), Rome, Italy – Project formulation mission to Rwanda and
Uganda. Consultancy on: The modernization of agriculture in Rwanda and Uganda.
November 2002– January 2003: FAO (SDAD), Rome, Italy – Consultancy on: Analysis and
evaluation of the activities of the Rural Development Division, with special reference to the
Forecast activities of 2002/3.
July 2002 – August 2002: FAO (AGPC), Rome, Italy – Consultancy on: Preparation of the three
year rehabilitation programme for the Plant Production sector in Iraq.
September – October 2001: Procom Agr srl, Rome, Italy – Study on: “gricultural Policies in USA,
published on the web site http://www.foruminternazionale.coldiretti.it.
May - June 2001: Agriconsulting Spa., Rome, Italy – Consultancy on: The market of fruits and
vegetables in the province of Naples (Italy).
May - October 2000: Agriconsulting Spa., Rome, Italy – Consultancy on: The Italian market of
fruits and vegetables.
December 1998 – February 1999: FAO (ESAC), Rome, Italy – Consultancy to prepare statistical
material on the main long-term tendencies in world and regional food and agriculture production,
productivity and factor use, to be published in the Special Chapter of the State of Food and
Agriculture 2000.
August – September 1998: FAO (ESCB), Rome, Italy – Consultancy on creating country and
regional spreadsheet commodity balances for the oilseeds, oil-meals, oils, and outlook work related
to the oilcrop complex.
June – July 1998: FAO (ESCB), Rome, Italy – Consultancy to identify and measure the impact on
global markets and international prices of some commodities affected by the 1998 Asian financial
crisis.
September - October 1997: FAO (ESCB), Rome, Italy – Consultancy to prepare base period data
and to revise FAO`s model to project Cassava supply, utilization, trade and prices to the year 2005.
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2004/05 to date: Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy – Department of Economics – Instructor:
Environmental Economics.
2004/05: Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy – Department of Economics – Special Course on:
Innovation and Enterprises. Instructor: Local Context and Global Markets.
2004/05: Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy – Department of Agriculture – Master in: Global
Environmental Protection and International Policies, Instructor: Environmental and Resource
Economics.
2004/05: Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy – Manager for teaching activities, Regional Course
(IFTS) on Agricultural markets.
2004/05: Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy – Regional Course (IFTS) on Agricultural markets
– Instructor: Economics.
2004/05: Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy – Manager for teaching activities, Regional Course
(IFTS) on Rural Tourism and Food Services.
2004/05: Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy – Regional Course (IFTS) on Rural Tourism and
Food Services – Instructor: Economics.
2003/04: Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy – Manager for teaching activities, Regional Course
(IFTS) on Trade and distribution of agricultural products.
2003/04: Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy – Regional Course (IFTS) on Trade and distribution
of agricultural products – Instructor: Economics.
2002/03: Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy – Department of Agriculture – Instructor:
Agricultural Economics and Policy II.
2002/03: Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy – Manager for teaching activities, Regional Course
(IFTS) on International trade of agricultural products.
2002/03: Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy – Regional Course (IFTS) on International trade of
agricultural products – Instructor: Economics and Agricultural Policy.
2002/03: Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy – Department of Agriculture – Teaching Assistant:
Trade of forest products.
2002/03: Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy – Department of Agriculture – Teaching Assistant:
Agricultural Economics.
2001/02: Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy – Department of Agriculture – Teaching Assistant:
Animal Production Economics.
1999/00 – 2001/02: Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy – Department of Agriculture – Teaching
Assistant: Operations Research.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
November 2006 – to date: Agricultural and Development Economics Division of FAO (Roma,
Italy – Project: “Payments for Ecosystem Services from Agricultural Landscapes: Making Sure the
Rural Poor Benefit” (PESAL). Donor: FAO Netherlands Partnership Programme.
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Co-management of the research unit. Tasks performed: budget monitoring and reporting,
workplan monitoring and reporting, evaluation.
January 2006 – July 2007: Unaprol (Olive Oil Producers’ Association), Rome, Italy – Project:
“Integrated Approach to Sustainable Olive Oil and Table Olives Production” (Inasoop). Donor: EU
(6th Framework Programme).
Management of the research unit. Tasks performed: budget monitoring and reporting,
acquiring human and material resources, organizing the work and directing the activities,
reporting progress to central management unit, interacting with donor.
October 2004 – December 2006: Università della Tuscia (Distateq), Viterbo, Italy – Leonardo da
Vinci Project “New competencies for a competitive european agricultural machinery industry”.
Donor: EU.
Management of the research unit. Tasks performed: budget monitoring and reporting,
acquiring human and material resources, organizing the work and directing the activities,
reporting progress to central management unit.
October 2004 – May 2006: Università della Tuscia (DEAR), Viterbo and FAO, Rome, Italy –
Project: “The impact of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the EU on the agricultural sector in
Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, and Hungary”. Donor: Italian Government.
Project manager. Tasks performed: budget monitoring and reporting, acquiring human and
material resources, organizing the work and directing the activities, reporting progress to
central management unit, interacting with government officials and donor.
January – April 2005: Università della Tuscia (DEAR), Viterbo, Italy – Project: “Fishing activity
in the Lake of Bolsena (Viterbo, Italy): environmental, economic and rural development issues”.
Donor: EU through Regione Lazio.
Assistance to Project manager. Tasks performed: organizing the work and directing the
activities, assigning tasks, interacting with donor and with local organisations
August 2003 – December 2004: Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy – Manager for teaching
activities in the Department of Agriculture.
Tasks performed: analysis of organisational problems related to teaching activity at
university level and identification of possible solutions, reporting progress to central
management unit.
January 1999 – December 2001: Università della Tuscia (DEAR) and Ce.F.A.S, Viterbo, Italy –
Project: “The Italian Agro-Industry System and the European Union: Policy instruments for the
dairy sector”. Donor: EU through Inea (Italian Institute for Agricultural Economics).
Project manager. Tasks performed: budget monitoring and reporting, acquiring human and
material resources, assigning tasks, organizing the work and directing the activities,
reporting progress to scientific management, coordinating the activities of the different
research units, interacting with government officials and local organizations.
PUBLICATIONS
1) Branca G., Severini S., "Alcune considerazioni sull'uso dei suoli" (“Land use”) (parte 1), Linea
ecologica - Economia montana, n.3, 1995.
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2) Branca G., Severini S., "Alcune considerazioni sull'uso dei suoli" (“Land use”) (parte 2), Linea
ecologica - Economia montana, n.5, 1995.
3) Branca G., Severini S., "Alcune considerazioni sull'uso dei suoli" (“Land use”) (parte 3), Linea
ecologica - Economia montana, n.6, 1995.
4) Branca G., Severini S., "L'uso dei suoli" (“Land use”), Collana dispense didattiche, Dipartimento
di Scienze Economiche ed Estimative, Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, June 1994.
5) Branca G., “L’uso irriguo delle risorse idriche alla luce della legge Galli” (“The agricultural uses
of water resources in Italy”), Tuscia Economica, n.2, 1996.
6) Branca G., Book review, "Arrigo Serpieri e la sua costruzione teorica fra Economia politica e
realtà settoriale" a cura di A.Marinelli e P. Nanni, Italia forestale e montana, n.3, 1996.
7) Branca G., Book review, "Un modello economico-ambientale per la gestione delle risorse
forestali" a cura di A.Marinelli e L.Casini, La Questione Agraria, n.66, 1997.
8) Branca G., Book review, "Sviluppo sostenibile nei bacini idrografici: Po, Tevere, Isonzo e invasi
siciliani”, a cura di M.Polelli, La Questione Agraria, La Questione Agraria n.69, 1998.
9) Branca G., “The effect of land degradation on crop productivity: a literature survey”, Economic
and Social Department, FAO, Roma, April 2001.
10) Branca G., Sorrentino A., “Zootecnia da latte e problemi di gestione delle quote nelle Regioni
Meridionali” (“The problem of milk quotas in Southern Italy”), Unalat informa, n.49,
October 2001.
11) Branca G., “Verso la scadenza del Fair Act: il dibattito intorno alla legge agricola USA del
2002” (“The debate on the US Fair Act of 2002”), Università della tuscia, Viterbo, Italy,
working paper, November 2001.
12) Branca G., Chapters 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9 in: Perone-Pacifico C. e Sorrentino A. (a cura di) “Il sistema
di produzione del latte nel Mezzogiorno d’Italia: il caso di Basilicata, Puglia e Sardegna.
Un’analisi economica ed una metodologia d’indagine” (“The Economics of Milk
Production in Southern Italy”), Final Report of the Project Strumenti conoscitivi e di
analisi a sostegno di una politica per la zootecnia da latte in regime di quote, Ce.F.A.S.,
Viterbo, Italy, November 2001.
13) Branca G., Chapters 4, 12 in: Perone-Pacifico C. e Sorrentino A. (a cura di) “Il sistema di
produzione del latte in Basilicata” (“The Economics of Milk Production in Basilicata,
Italy”), Regional Report of the Project Strumenti conoscitivi e di analisi a sostegno di una
politica per la zootecnia da latte in regime di quote, Ce.F.A.S., Viterbo, Italy, November
2001.
14) Branca G., Chapter 12 in: Perone-Pacifico C. e Sorrentino A. (a cura di) “Il sistema di
produzione del latte in Puglia” (“The Economics of Milk Production in Puglia, Italy”),
Regional Report of the Project Strumenti conoscitivi e di analisi a sostegno di una politica
per la zootecnia da latte in regime di quote, Ce.F.A.S., Viterbo, Italy, November 2001.
15) Branca G., Chapters 4, 12 in: Perone-Pacifico C. e Sorrentino A. (a cura di), “Il sistema di
produzione del latte in Sardegna” (“The Economics of Milk Production in Sardinia, Italy”),
Regional Report of the Project Strumenti conoscitivi e di analisi a sostegno di una politica
per la zootecnia da latte in regime di quote, Ce.F.A.S., Viterbo, Italy, November 2001.
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16) Branca G., “Terre pubbliche nell’Alto Lazio: ipotesi di conservazione e valorizzazione.
L’esperienza di un progetto di ricerca” (“Public Lands in the Lazio Region, Italy”), Acts of
the Seminar Censire gli Usi Civici, Provincia di Viterbo, Italy, March 2002.
17) Branca G., Sorrentino A., “Ancora sei anni di quote latte …e poi ? Il percorso verso un
rafforzamento della competitività dei sistemi produttivi regionali nel Meridione” (“The
future of the Italian Dairy Sector and of Milk Quotas”) Unalat informa, n.56, May 2002.
18) Branca G., “La protezione delle acque da inquinamento agricolo: un modello economico a scala
di bacino” (“The Protection of Water Resources from Agricultural Pollution”) Rivista di
Economia Agraria, n.3, 2001.
19) Branca G., Sorrentino A., “Le Politiche per il settore lattiero-caseario in Italia: le quote latte ed
il loro destino” (“Agricultural Policies for the Italian Dairy Sector”), Quaderni di
Agricoltura, Alimentazione, Economia, Ecologia (AE), n.1, supplemento al n.2/2002 della
rivista AE, Edizioni Lariser, Roma, 2002.
20) Branca G., Perone-Pacifico C., “Le terre collettive nel Lazio” (“Public lands in the Lazio
Region”), Collana Quaderni di Informazione Socioeconomica della Regione Lazio, DEAR,
Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy, n.6, June 2003.
21) Branca G., Cory D., and E. Monke, “Agricultural and control of environmental risk: a case
study of Lago di Vico (Italy)”, Southwestern Journal of Economics, November 2004, Vol.
VI, No.2, pagg. 68-100.
22) Branca G., Dono G., “Il futuro della zootecnia bovina da latte meridionale dopo la Riforma
Fischler: un’analisi in termini di redditività aziendale. Il caso di Basilicata, Puglia e
Sardegna” (“The Future of the Italian Dairy sector after the CAP Reform”), Politica
Agricola Internazionale, n. 3-4, July-December 2004.
23) Branca G., Sorrentino A., Opportunità e vincoli per uno sviluppo locale dell’Alto Lazio
(“Constraints and Opportunities for the Local Development in the Province of Viterbo,
Italy”), Tuscia Economica, November 2004, forthcoming.
24) Branca G., Chapter 2 in: Sorrentino A.(a cura di), Riforma della PAC e applicazione del Regime
di Pagamento Unico in Italia: aspetti economici e giuridici relativi alle modalità di
trasferimento dei diritti (“CAP Reform and application of Single Payment Scheme in
Italy”), Report, Università della Tuscia, Viterbo and Confagricoltura, Roma, January 2005.
25) Branca G., Scoppola M., Sorrentino A., “Distributional Issues in the New Cap. An Analysis of
the Impacts of Regionalisation in Italy”, Poster presented at the 89th Seminar of the
European association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE), Parma, Italy, 3-5/2/2005.
26) Branca G., “La struttura della domanda del pescato del lago di Bolsena e le esigenze dei canali
di commercializzazione” (Structure and Problems of the Italian Fish Market: the case of
the Bolsena Lake (Viterbo, Italy), Chapter 12 in: Dono G. (a cura di), Promozione e
ricerca di nuovi sbocchi per il pescato delle acque interne, Final Report, DEAR,
Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, April 2005.
27) Branca G., Dono G., “Redditività della zootecnia bovina da latte meridionale” (“Profitability of
Dairy Activity in Southern Italy”), L’Allevatore, year LXI, n. 9-10, 15-30 May 2005.
28) Branca G., Dono G., Mazzapicchio G., “Problemi della pesca nelle acque interne e
valorizzazione del suo pescato: il caso del lago di Bolsena” (Problems of the Fish Markets
and Opportunities for the Fishing Activity: the case of the Bolsena Lake (Viterbo, Italy),
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paper presented at the Workshop: L’apporto degli economisti agrari alla ricerca
scientifica nel settore ittico, Università Ca’ Foscari, Venezia, May 27th, 2005.
29) Branca G., Macrì A., “Strutture agrarie e forme giuridiche: problemi della rilevazione a fini
statistici delle proprietà collettive e delle connesse forme di gestione” (Farm Activity on
Private and Public Lands: an Analysis of Available Data from the Statistical Surveys), Acts
of the Congress: AGRI@STAT - Verso un nuovo sistema di statistiche agricole, Firenze, 30
- 31 May 2005, to be published.
30) Branca G., “Market access” (chapter 3) and “Export competition” (chapter 4), in: De Filippis F.
Salvatici L., (editors), Wto e agricoltura da Doha a Hong Kong, (Wto and agriculture from
Doha to Hong Kong) edizioni Procom, Roma, January 2006.
31) Branca G., Book review, “AA.VV., L’Agricoltura nella Rete Ecologica Nazionale (Agriculture
in the Italian Ecological Network)”, risultati dello studio affidato dal Ministero
dell’Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio all’Istituto Nazionale di Economia Agraria, con
la collaborazione della Federazione Italiana Parchi e dell’Associazione Legambiente, 2005,
La Questione Agraria, n. 3, 2006.
32) Branca G., Sorrentino A., “Il capitale naturale nei sistemi locali: il caso dell’Alto Lazio (Natural
Capital and Local System: a case study in Italy”, in Garofalo G. (editor) La via italiana
allo sviluppo: distretti industriali e sistemi locali, Collana di Pubblicazioni del Distateq,
Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, to be published.
AFFILIATION/MEMBERSHIP
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Department of Economics, Università della Tuscia (Viterbo, Italy).
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SIDEA, Italian Association of Agricultural Economists.
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Official National List of Italian Agronomists (“Albo Dottori Agronomi e Forestali”).
AWARDS AND GRANTS
1996-1998: Department of Agriculture, Università della Tuscia (Viterbo, Italy), 3-years grant for
PhD course
1999-2001: Department of Agriculture, Università della Tuscia (Viterbo, Italy), research fellowship
COMPUTER SKILLS
Microsoft Office (Access, Excel, Outlook, Power Point, Word), Gams, STATA, Internet Browsers.
OTHER
June 2004: Research and study experience in the Department of Forest Resources, College of
Forestry, Oregon State University, Corvallis (OR), USA.
June 1997: Reviewer for the European Review of Agricultural Economics.
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