Researcher (PhD) | Centre for Climate Change and Planetary Health | Epidemiology and Public Health | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Farm Resilience, Agricultural Transition and Policy for Food Security and Nutritional Adequacy in the UK. My project consist of three studies: 1) Evaluation of drivers of behavioural change and adoption of resilient practices among UK farmers (Systematic Review of qualitative studies) 2) Econometric analysis of the impact of DEFRA subsidies on resilience-enhancing attributes at the farm level and on food security dimensions (Propensity Score Approach with Farm Business Survey data) 3) Scenario modelling of resilient agriculture and food security pathways on the UK food system to evaluate the impact on supply risk and nutritional adequacy (System modelling approach with FABLE Consortium calculator) Happy to engage in any informal discussion around these topics and always happy to receive feedback and advice from professionals, researchers and practitioners in the field. I am also looking to start a series of informal discussion with farmers and producers to exchange about the theme of resilience, how it is perceived and how it shapes farming practices and where agricultural schemes could help more. Very interest in understanding what are the optimal shared pathways towards a sustainable and secure food system for farmers, producers and workers.
I am a second year PhD researcher looking into how the UK can achieve a just and sustainable agricultural transition without compromising equitable access to healthy food and distributional justice for those who actually put our food on the table. Strong quantitative background coming from years of graduate economics studies and several years as biostatistician for public health and health economics research in the private sector. For me, food is a personal ( and political) matter: I grew up in southern Italy, where food - and especially horticulture- has shaped my family’s identity and traditions. Today, that same world is under pressure, as climate change and rising socio-economic inequality jeopardise its future.
