In 1986 he got his degree in agricultural sciences at the University of Bologna, where he also obtained his PHD in Economy and Agricultural Policy in 1991. After examining the consumption models and the agricultural systems of the Western economic societies, he studied the transfer processes from a planned to a market economy - dealing, in particular, with all agricultural systems in the ex-socialist countries. In this field, he had a pioneer role. He carried out several missions in the countries of Eastern and Balkan Europe as well as in the former Soviet countries on behalf of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and different International Governmental Organisations and from 1990 to 1999 he represented Italy in the OECD in Paris.
His research activity over the last few years has been very detailed, ranging from the critiques he wrote in the volume I signori della transizione (Stampa alternativa, 1999) and Il laboratorio albanese (Besa, 1999), to welfare and international food as well as the agricultural system. In the late Nineties he focused his applied studies and research on waste management in developed and developing countries. Concerning this matter, he promoted the Last Minute Market projects aiming at recovering the food surplus, where he had a leading role in Segrè in favour of waste management - as several TV programmes and books defined him.
Since 2010 he has been part of the initiatives "A year against waste" promoted by the European Parliament and the Agricultural and Rural Development Committee: the first European day against waste took place in Brussels on the 28th October 2010, with a view to raising people's awareness about the causes and consequences of food waste, how to reduce it, and promoting a common culture based on sustainability.
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