Dr. Claudia Di Bene is a Senior Researcher at the Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment (CREA-AA), Rome, Italy. She holds a Degree in Agricultural Sciences and Biological Technologies from University of Pisa, Italy; and a PhD degree in Agriculture, Food, and Environment from Sant'Anna School for Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy. Her main research focuses on crop diversification strategies, the effect of climate change on agriculture, potential carbon sequestration in agricultural soils, soil quality indicators, agroecology, conservation agriculture, and RothC and EPIC models.