Deborah Bentivoglio is researcher and lecturer in Food Policy at Polytechnic University of Marche (UNIVPM) – Department of Agricultural, Food and environmental Sciences (UNIVPM-D3A). Degree in Agricultural Science and Technology at D3A with honours, she received her Ph.D in “Sustainable Management of hill and mountain systems” at the same University. From 2015 to 2019, she has been research fellow at D3A. In 2017 she obtained the National academic qualification of associate professor in 07/A1. Responsible person for Cluster Agrifood Marche (ClAM) from 2013 to 2018. She is a member of the Italian Society for Agricultural Economics (SIDEA). Her main fields of research are agricultural and resource economics, biofuels, agricultural and food policy, econometric modelling, agri-food innovation, precision agriculture and consumer behaviour. Her activity research is documented by national and international publications