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LEONARDO CEI
Position
Ricercatore a tempo det. art. 24 c. 3 lett. A L. 240/2010
Address
VIALE DELL'UNIVERSITA', 16 - LEGNARO PD
Telephone
Master degree in Agricultural Science and Technology in 2015 at the University of Florence. PhD in "Land, Environment, Resources and Health" at the University of Padova in 2021. During his PhD, he carried out learning and research activities at the School of Agriculture, Policy and Development - University of Reading (UK).
Council member, since 2017, of the professional order of Agricultural and Forestry Doctors of Prato province.
From 2016 to 2017 he had a research grant at the DISEI Department, University of Florence, working on two projects concerning local wheat supply chains in Italy and in Europe. From 2020 to 2022 he had a research grant at the TESAF Department, University of Padova, working on a project concerning local sheep supply chains in the Veneto mountains. From 2022 he is employed as a Resercher in the Agricultural Economy sector at the TESAF Department, University of Padova.
His main research interests are the study of local supply chains, rural development, the evaluation of agricultural policies, the use and the role of quality policies in agriculture.
He is a member of the European Association of Agricultural Economics (EAAE), of the Italian Association of Agricultural and Applied Economics (AIEAA), and of the Italian Society of Agricultural Economics (SIDEA).
Notices
Office hours
at Ufficio - Agripolis, Prima Stecca, terzo piano
Su appuntamento (via mail)
Teachings
- FROM TERROIR TO THE WORLD: TOOLS AND STRATEGIES FOR THE EXPORT OF EUROPEAN QUALITY WINES, AA 2024 (AVQ4106481)
- VALUE ADDING QUALITY SCHEMES AND CONSUMER DEMAND, AA 2024 (AVP5070061)
- VALUE ADDING QUALITY SCHEMES AND CONSUMER DEMAND, AA 2023 (AVP5070061)
- AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, AA 2022 (AVP7078077)
- LABORATORY OF SUSTAINABILITY, MARKETS AND MARKETING OF ORGANIC PRODUCTIONS, AA 2022 (AVQ1095081)
Publications
Pagliacci, F., Cei, L., Defrancesco, E., Gatto, P., 2022. The EU Mountain Product Voluntary Quality Term as a Valorization Tool for Livestock Farms: Challenges and Opportunities in an Alpine Context. Sustainability, 14: 3292. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su14063292
Cei, L., Defrancesco, E., Stefani, G., 2021. What topic modelling can show about the development of agricultural economics: evidence from the Journal Citation Report category top journals. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 49 (2): 289-330. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbab055
Cei, L., Stefani, G., Defrancesco, E., 2021. How do local factors shape the regional adoption of geographical indications in Europe? Evidences from France, Italy and Spain. Food Policy, 105, 102170. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2021.102170
Cei, L., Stefani, G., Defrancesco, E., 2020. The role of group-time treatment effect heterogeneity in long standing European agricultural policies. An application to the European geographical indication policy. Bio-based and Applied Economics, 9 (1): 85-107. DOI: 10.13128/bae-8464.
Sacchi, G., Cei, L., Stefani, G, Lombardi, G.V., Rocchi, B., Belletti, G., Padel, S., Sellars, A., Gagliardi, E., Nocella, G., Cardey, S., Mikkola, M., Ala-Karvia, U., Macken-Walsh, À., McIntyre, B., Hyland, J., Henchion, M., Bocci, R., Bussi, B., De Santis, G., Hurtado, I.R.Y., de Kochko, P., Riviere, P., Carrascosa-García, M., Martínez, I., Pearce, B., Lampkin, N., Vindras, C., Rey, F., Chable, V., Cormery, A., Vasvari, G., 2018. A multi-actor literature review on alternative and sustainable food systems for the promotion of cereal biodiversity, Agriculture, 8 (11). DOI: doi:10.3390/agriculture8110173.
Cei, L., Defrancesco E., Stefani G., 2018. From Geographical Indications to Rural Development: A Review of the Economic Effects of European Union Policy, Sustainability, 10:3745. DOI: 10.3390/su10103745.
Sofi, F., Dinu, M., Pagliai, G., Cei, L., Sacchi, G., Benedettelli, S., Stefani, G., Gagliardi, E., Tosi, P., Bocci, R., Bussi, B., de Santis, G., Rodriguez Y Hurtado, I., de Kochko, P., Riviere, P., Carrascosa-García, M., Martínez, I., 2018. Health and nutrition studies related to cereal biodiversity: A participatory multi-actor literature review approach, Nutrients, 10 (9). DOI: 10.3390/nu10091207.
Cei, L., Defrancesco E., Stefani G., Lombardi G.V., 2018. Geographical Indications: A first assessment of the impact on rural development in Italian NUTS3 regions, Land Use Policy, 75: 620-630. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.01.023.
Stefani, G., Tiberti, M., Lombardi, G.V., Cei, L., Sacchi, G., 2017. Public Food Procurement: A Systematic Literature Review, International Journal on Food System Dynamics, 8(4):270-283. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18461/ijfsd.v8i4.842
Stefani, G., Lombardi, G.V., Romano, D., Cei, L., 2017. Grass Root Collective Action for Territorially Integrated Food Supply Chain: A Case Study from Tuscany, International Journal on Food System Dynamics, 8(4), 346-361.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18461/ijfsd.v8i4.847
Defrancesco, E., Perito, M.A., Bozzolan, I., Cei, L., Stefani, G., 2017. Testing Consumers’ Preferences for Environmental Attributes of Pasta. Insights from an ABR approach, Sustainability, 9(10):1701-1713. DOI: 10.3390/su9101701
Stefani, G., Cei, L., 2015. I pagamenti compensative per le zone svantaggiate. Le ragioni dello svantaggio nel caso della Toscana, Agriregionieuropa, 11(43).
Thesis proposals
Possible fields of research:
- Study of consumer preferences
- Evaluation of agricultural policies
- Economic aspects of agricultural activities in less favored and marginal areas
- Quality policies in the agricultural and food sectors (PDO, PGI)
- Organic productions and organic districts
