Francesco Rampa
- Food Security
- Trade
- Agriculture
- Sustainable food systems
- Climate-resilience
Biography
Francesco Rampa, an Italian national, is Head of Programme at ECDPM. He heads the Sustainable Food Systems team of ECDPM’s Economic and Agricultural Transformation programme.
With a background in economics and international trade (graduated at Bocconi University and Master in Economics for Development at Oxford), his expertise and publications are in the fields of trade policies and development, political economy, innovation, food security and sustainable food systems.
He worked on trade policy and negotiations for two years as ODI Fellow at the Department of Trade and Industry of Papua New Guinea. He worked for ECDPM in the Economic and Trade Cooperation Programme from 2005 until 2008, and was seconded in 2008-2009 to the Prime Minister’s Office of Italy, G8 Sherpa Office, as technical advisor on Africa & Development dossiers within the G8, G20 and G8-G5 Dialogue processes. There he focused on ‘agriculture and food security’ as well as on ‘water and sanitation’. In 2010-11 he was a consultant for FAO, at the Land & Water Division, to support African countries on water management policies and strategic investment frameworks for agricultural water. At ECDPM he now leads the Sustainable Food Systems team, focusing on ‘regional value chain development for food security’ in Africa, climate-resilience in agriculture, as well as the economic, social and environmental sustainability of food systems.
All
Understanding and managing trade-offs in food systems interventions: The case of Nakuru county, Kenya
Adopting a sustainable food system approach: Implications for Ireland's development programming and policy influencing
EU trade policy for sustainable food systems
The food systems approach in practice: Our guide for sustainable transformation
The global institutional landscape of food and agriculture: How to achieve SDG 2
Finance to adapt: Making climate funding work for agriculture at the local level
Sustainable food systems through diversification and indigenous vegetables
Publications
Understanding and managing trade-offs in food systems interventions: The case of Nakuru county, Kenya
Adopting a sustainable food system approach: Implications for Ireland's development programming and policy influencing
EU trade policy for sustainable food systems
The food systems approach in practice: Our guide for sustainable transformation
The global institutional landscape of food and agriculture: How to achieve SDG 2
Finance to adapt: Making climate funding work for agriculture at the local level
Sustainable food systems through diversification and indigenous vegetables
Ending hunger and malnutrition: The role of public-private partnerships
Great Insights Magazine
Diversification for sustainable food systems and the role of ECDPM
Minister Martina and Italy's experience in green farming policies
Investing in agricultural transformation to achieve sustainable food systems
European farmers and African food security
Charting the way for a new decade of CAADP
Food and nutrition security: inclusive partnerships
COMESA fully behind CAADP Vision 2025
Food and nutrition security: inclusive partnerships
Francesco Rampa
Head of Programme Sustainable Food Systems | Economic and Agricultural Transformation Programme
Nationality
Italian
Languages
English, Italian, French
Location
Maastricht office
Onze Lieve Vrouweplein 21
6211 HE Maastricht