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Independent experts nominated by country party

Guido Bonati

Title
Mr.
First name
Guido
Last name
Bonati
Gender
M
Nominating Country
Date of Nomination
Discipline of Expertise
Desertification
Other Disciplines
Agricultural economics
Agricultural Sciences
Climate change and adaptation
UN languages spoken

English

Spanish

French

Geographical Focus
Italy
Job function
Research Director
Division
Agricultural Economics, National Institute of Agricultural Economics (INEA)
Email
bonati@inea.it
Work experience
Development of agricultural information systems, including decision support systems for farm management_x000D_
Co-ordination of a research project in the field of irrigation in the regions of southern Italy, with a budget of 7 million Euros._x000D_
Co-ordination of the project CLEMDES to implement a clearing house mechanism on desertification for the northern Mediterranean basin._x000D_
Co-ordination of activities in the field of desertification, both as a responsible for research within INEA on this topic and as a member of the national committee to combat drought and desertification (focal point for the UNCCD – United Nations convention to combat drought and desertification). The main activities consist of:_x000D_
O Evaluation of projects;_x000D_
O Reparation of reports on desertification, with specific reference to the impact on agriculture;_x000D_
O Development of cartography on risk of desertification in Italy;_x000D_
o Participation to international events organized by the United Nations.
Number of Publications
30
Publication titles
Bonati G. et al – national atlas of areas with risk of desertification_x000D_
Bonati G. et al. – atlas of irrigation in southern Italy - INEA – 2001_x000D_
Bonati G. - electronic commerce of agricultural products in italy – in “e-commerce and electronic markets in agribusiness and supply chain”, edited by Schiefer, G., Helbig, R., Rickert, U. - Bonn (Eermany) - 2001_x000D_
Bonati G. et al. - factors affecting the uptake of information technologies in extension services in south Italy: the Sila experience - proceedings of ICCTA '96 (Wageningen, the Netherlands)_x000D_
Bonati G. et al. - guidelines for the development of the local agricultural information system - INEA - 1996
Other activities
Member of the Italian association of agricultural economists_x000D_
Consultant in FYR Macedonia as a consultant Estonia for the implementation of the AIS – agriculture information systems (ear – European agency for reconstruction project)_x000D_
Consultant in Estonia for the implementation of the IACS system (PHARE project)_x000D_
Consultant in the Czech Republic for the implementation of the national system for technology transfer in agriculture /PHARE project)_x000D_
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CONSULTANT IN FYR MACEDONIA AS A CONSULTANTANT ESTONIA FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AIS – AGRICULTURE INFORMATION SYSTEMS (EAR – EUROPEAN AGENCY FOR RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT)_x000D_
CONSULTANT IN ESTONIA FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IACS SYSTEM (PHARE PROJECT)_x000D_
CONSULTANT IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL SYSTEM FOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IN AGRICULTURE /PHARE PROJECT)
Awards
1. President of the Italian association of information and communication technologies (1999-2006)_x000D_
2. Member of the board of the European federation for information technologies in agriculture
Organisation name
National Institute of Agricultural Economics
Organisation street address
Via barberini 36, 00187
Organisation city
Rome
Organisation country
Italy