TECHNOLOGIST

0984 841474

nicola.ricca@cnr.it

Degree in Forest Sciences. Hired on a permanent basis as 3rd level Technician profile on 01 January 2008, at ISAFOM-U.O. in Cosenza. The activity I carried out concerned plant management and equipment control, the determination of the chemical-physical properties of soils, and the analysis and processing of environmental data using G.I.S. software. I enriched my skills through specific training courses and took on various positions of responsibility. I have various computer skills and languages. The projects I currently work on are:

ü Project 'Adaptation scenarios of Italian agriculture to climate change - AGROSCENARI funded by MIPAF (period 2008-2013). The Institute is responsible for 2 of the 6 Italian agricultural systems to be investigated: the one representing irrigated lowland crops (Piana del Sele) and the one representing hilly agriculture in central-southern Italy (Vite/Olivo/Grano duro in Beneventano).

ü Project "Multifunctional Soil Conservation and Land Management through the Development of a Web Based Spatial Decision Supporting System - SOILCONS-WEB" financed by the Europ. Comm. Direct.-General Env. Direct. E-Intern. Affairs, LIFE ENV.E-4 - Life + (period 2010-2014), Ref: ENV/E-4/Ares (2009)196639-Proposal LIFE08 ENV/IT/000408.

ü Project 'Managing forests for multiple purposes: carbon, biodiversity and socio-economic wellbeing (ManFor C.BD.)' financed by the Europ. Comm. Direct. - General Env. Direct. E-Intern. Affairs, LIFE ENV.E-4 - Life + (period 2010-2014), Proposal LIFE09 ENV/IT/078.

ü Laboratory for Food Quality, Safety and Origin (QUASIORA) - Action 2 - Inter-sector "mission oriented" public research laboratories and Action 3 - Support to the demand for innovation in the agri-food sector of the Framework Programme Agreement - APQ on Scientific Research and Technological Innovation - I Integrative Act signed between the Ministry of Economic Development, the Ministry of Education, University and Research and the Region of Calabria. CONV. REP. N. 99/2010 1.

ü Project 'Integrated Knowledge for the Sustainability and Innovation of Made in Italy Agribusiness', (CISIA). The crop under study in the project is the olive tree due to its importance in the economy of the Calabria and Campania regions.