Prof. Giuseppe Timpanaro

Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Timpanaro is an Associate Professor at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, Catania, Italy. He completed his PhD studies in Agricultural Economics and Policy at the University of Palermo. In addition, he is a member of the Italian Society of Agricultural Economics (SIDEA), a member of the Italian Association of Regional Science (AISRe) and a member of “The Society for Economic Botany” (SEB). His research interests include (1) agricultural economics; (2) agricultural policy, with particular reference to the analysis of common agricultural policy; analysis of market and prices; agri-environment and rural development policies in the EU; protection and promotion policies of agri-food quality and typical production; tutelage and promotion of agrobiodiversity; agrisocial farms (a model of sustainable local development); and (3) agri-food economics, with particular reference to the analysis of consumer behavior; agri-food supply chain; and logistics, food and ICT.