Our Mission
The vision of multifunctional agriculture acts as a prism able to “break” the various colors thatare permeated in the definition of “agricultural activity” carrying out its ability to deeplyimpact on various aspects of human life, from food to the environment, to the relationships among people, and culture and social cohesion of a community.
One of the features of the multiple functions of agriculture is that can take action together asintegrated activities of agricultural and rural development projects and interventions. This can be achieved through a careful planning and implementation of development project which assumes a “vision” aware of the technical, economic and social complexity of
agricultural systems. A specific aspect of multifunctionality in agriculture is in its social function that can promote actions
of acceptance, inclusion and job integration of persons or community group with a high risk of social marginalization.
The issue of social agriculture is receiving a strong interest in many European countries, including Italy.
In December 2012, the European Economic and Social Committee has expressed a very favorable opinion by inviting the European Parliament and Commission to consider the issue of social agriculture in its acts and interventions.
Our Story
IDEA 2020 is a Spin-off of the Tuscia University that fosters an agricultural and ruraldevelopment based on initiatives in which economic development, environmentalresponsibility and social inclusion are fundamental and integrated components of a long termsustainable growth.
IDEA 2020 stands for Innovation and Development for Agriculture, with reference to thestrategic document “Europe 2020” that indicates a path for the development combiningvirtuously innovation, environmental sustainability and social cohesion.
In this scenario, IDEA2020 carries out a multifunctional vision in agricultural and rural development projects and initiatives through a multidisciplinary expertises in our Team.
The definition of multifunctional agriculture used by the OECD associates multifunctionality with specific characteristics of the agricultural production process and its outputs, which mayor may not be full awareness. It is performed for agriculture both market oriented andlivelihoods or self-consumption.
IDEA 2020 cooperates in partnership with local, national and international relevant stakeholders to promote agricultural and rural development projects and initiatives based onthe principles of economic, environmental and social sustainability.
Meet Our Team
We are dynamic and we work with a network of partners and collaborators, doing what we love
Stefano Valle (Associate – President)
Stefano Valle brings over 15 years of professional experience in agricultural economics and rural development projects mainly in developing countries to foster a sustainable access to innovative services and appropriate technologies. Stefano is one of the founders of Idea 2020.
Saverio Senni (Associate)
Saverio Senni is associate professor at the Tuscia University where he teaches Rural Development Economics and Policy and ?Principles of Forestry Economics, and acts as Rector Delegate for disabled students. In 2012, he was among the founders of IDEA 2020.
Giacomo Branca (Associate)
Giacomo Branca works at the Department of Economics, Engineering, Society and Business Organization DEIM, Tuscia University (Viterbo, Italy). Giacomo does research on the economics of climate change applied to the agriculture sector of developing countries. He cooperates with various Partners, including Universities, Research Centres, FAO, IFAD, UNDP and other international organizations.
Lorenzo Traverso (Associate)
Lorenzo Traverso works as Programme Adviser at FAO supporting the development of agricultural projects, as well as supporting the selection of available extra-budgetary funding opportunities. In 2018, Lorenzo started his PhD in Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods at the Tuscia University.
Other consultants and collaborators
Marcella Barone (UNITUS)
Stefano Speranza (UNITUS)
Massimiliano Poli
Arturo Gianvenuti (FAO)
Massimo Romanelli
Marco Colangeli (FAO)
Matteo Bellotta (CMCC)
Andrea Renzulli (RES4Africa)
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