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PIETRO TONINI

Venecia

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Startup Founder

TECTUM GARDEN S.L.
10.2021 - Current
  • Increased company growth by developing and implementing innovative business strategies.
  • Writing research projects proposal for European and national tenders.

Ph.D. Researcher

Universidad Autonoma De Barcelona
12.2019 - Current
  • Investigate strategies for preventing and redistributing food loss and waste within the horticultural sector at the regional level.
  • Realize co-creation processes with consumer organization, small-medium enterprise, researcher to establish sustainability-related indicators for initiatives in the food sector.
  • Develop a certification to endorse local and sustainable initiatives in the food sector.
  • Collaborate with the following research projects: FoodE (HORIZON 2020, 862663), MOVE4EDU (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación España, PID2021-126845OB-C21), BINAFET (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación España, TED2021-130047B-C21).

External Advisor on Urban Agriculture

Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations
03.2022 - 07.2022
  • Lead the collection and analysis of data (from literature and interviews of at least six different companies representing six different business models) on food loss and waste in urban farming systems.
  • Contribute to the analysis of recent publications (maximum ten years old) on life cycle assessments (LCA) – including the analysis of GHG emissions – of products (e.g. leafy greens) that can be produced in urban farming operations, as identified in the FAO/EBRD study on urban farming.
  • Contribute to the assessment of the impacts of the environmental factors identified in the LCAs in both open fields and controlled environment from farm to fork, considering fresh (lettuce, basil) and farm-to-industry (processed basil) products;
  • Contribute to the preparation of detailed infographics on LCAs describing the data obtained from the literature review and from the case studies identified for the LCAs;
  • Support the organization of at least two e-dialogues ( the Economy of Urban Farms and LCA), including the filming of a video of the e-dialogue that will take place in Angers on 18 August 2022;

Research Advisor

SerenDPT
03.2019 - 09.2019

Project ITALIS (INN Veneto - POR-FSE 2014-2020)

  • Realization of feasibility study related to start up involved in urban agriculture sector in Venice Island;
  • Organization of workshop related to urban agriculture sector to promote the sector in Venice and raise the awareness in the city;
  • Plan and organization of experiments link to urban agriculture sector ( growing mushroom in to the tower bell, study on farm bot system, open source system for automatization of horticulture production [microgreens], use of Black soldier Fly to enhance the organic waste management in Venice Island);


Agronomist

Terres Des Hommes Italia
02.2018 - 12.2018
  • Management of an experimental field (0.4 hectare) related agroecological practices in horticultural production to promote good practices in a semi-arid area of Myngyan, Dry Zone, Myanmar;
  • Workshop on construction and management of water-saving system to increase the consumption of horticulture product in the Internal Displacement camp in Lashio, Shan State, Myanmar. The workshop was delivered in collaboration with the International Red Cross Committee (ICRC).
  • Organization of a Farmer Field School in Myngyan Township (600 beneficiaries);


Project Assistant

Berlin Italian Comunication S.R.L.
10.2017 - 02.2018
  • Assisted project managers in achieving timely completion of projects through diligent monitoring and tracking of deadlines.
  • Enhanced team communication by organizing and maintaining accurate documentation of meeting notes, action items, and followups.

Education

Master of Science - International Master Of Horticultural Science

Universitá Alma Mater Studiorum
Bologna, Italia
03.2019

Bachelor of Science - Agribusiness

Universitá Alma Mater Studiorum
Bologna,Italya
10.2016

Skills

  • Data visualization (Rawgraph,Tableau,Sankey)
  • Data analysis (Phyton, Rstudio)
  • Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point)

Publications

First author:


1. Tonini, P., Odina P.M., Orsini F. and Gabarrell Durany X. (2022) Economic benefit and social impact derived by food loss prevention strategy in the vegetable sector: A spatial and temporal analysis at the regional level. Frontier Sustainability Food System. Volume 6:1043591. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2022.1043591


2. Tonini, P., Odina, P. M., and Gabarrell Durany, X. G. (2023). Predicting food waste in households with children: socio-economic and food-related behavior factors. Frontiers in Nutrition, 10, 1249310. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2023.1249310


3. Reales-Moreno, M. & Tonini, P., Escorihuela, R.M., Solanas, M., Fernández-Barrés, S., Romaguera, D., Contreras-Rodríguez, O. Ultra-Processed Foods and Drinks Consumption Is Associated with Psychosocial Functioning in Adolescents. Nutrients 2022, 14, 4831. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14224831


Collaboration in the following publications:


1. Vittuari M, Bazzocchi G, Blasioli S,Cirone F, Maggio A, Orsini F, Penca J,Petruzzelli M, Specht K, Amghar S,Atanasov A-M, Bastia T, Bertocchi I,Coudard A, Crepaldi A, Curtis A,Fox-Kämper R, Gheorghica AE,Lelièvre A, Muñoz P, Nolde E,Pascual-Fernández J, Pennisi G,Pölling B, Reynaud-Desmet L,Righini I, Rouphael Y, Saint-Ges V,Samoggia A, Shaystej S, da Silva M,Toboso Chavero S, Tonini P, Trušnovec G, Vidmar BL, Villalba G and De Menna F (2021) Envisioning the Future of European Food Systems: Approaches and Research Priorities After COVID-19. Front. Sustain. Food Syst. 5:642787. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.642787


2. Apolloni E., Pennisi G., Tonini P., Marcelis L.F.N., Kusuma P., Liu Y., Balseca Y., Jiajakli H., Orsini F., Monzini J.(2022). How to make urban farming economically viable? Acta Hortic. 1356. XXXI IHC – Proc. Int. Symp. on Urban Horticulture for Sustainable Food Security(UrbanFood2022) ISHS 2022. DOI 10.17660/ActaHortic.2022.1356.55.


3. Cirone, F., Petruzzelli, M., De Menna, F., Samoggia, A., Buscaroli, E., Durante, E., Orsini, F., Rufí-Salís, M., Tonini, P., Durany, X. G., Graamans, L., Fargue-Lelièvre, A., Saint-Ges, V., Fox-Kämper, R., Specht, K., Pascual-Fernández, J. J., & Vittuari, M. (2023). A sustainability scoring system to assess food initiatives in city regions. Sustainable production and consumption, 36, 88–99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2022.12.022


4. Mousa H., El Hadidi M, Abdelhafez H., Tonini P., Fellin L., Frongia A., Castellucci V., Aboulnaga M. (2020). The Role of Urban Farming in Revitalizing Cities for Climate Change Adaptation and Attaining Sustainable Development: Case of the City of Conegliano, Italy. in: Sayigh, A. (eds) Green Buildings and Renewable Energy. Innovative Renewable Energy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30841-4_40


5. Gabarrell Durany X., Muñoz Odina P., Tonini P.(2021) Los sistemas agroalimentarios urbanos: una respuesta colectiva para acelerar la transición ecológica en los territorios. In Kourkoutas K., Carrasco Bonet M.(eds) Cap a un Covadonga innovador, inclusiu, saludable i sostenible: Una agenda compartida per a l'any 2030. Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. ISBN: 978-8412-311-365


6. Pennisi G., Appolloni E., Monzini J., Tonini P.,Orsini F., Ginaquinto Prosdocimi G.(2023). Agricoltura urbana nel Nord del mondo. In Orsini F., Pennisi G., Gianquinto Prosdocimi G. (eds) Agricoltura Urbana: Tecnologie, sistemi e innovazione. Edagricole: ISBN 978-88-506-5627-1


7. El hadidi, M., Mousa, H., Tonini, P. (2023). Blow-Up Sustainable Modular Houses for Slum Dwellers Amid Covid-19. In: Sayigh, A. (eds) Mediterranean Architecture and the Green-Digital Transition. Innovative Renewable Energy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33148-0_22

Timeline

External Advisor on Urban Agriculture

Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations
03.2022 - 07.2022

Startup Founder

TECTUM GARDEN S.L.
10.2021 - Current

Ph.D. Researcher

Universidad Autonoma De Barcelona
12.2019 - Current

Research Advisor

SerenDPT
03.2019 - 09.2019

Agronomist

Terres Des Hommes Italia
02.2018 - 12.2018

Project Assistant

Berlin Italian Comunication S.R.L.
10.2017 - 02.2018

Master of Science - International Master Of Horticultural Science

Universitá Alma Mater Studiorum

Bachelor of Science - Agribusiness

Universitá Alma Mater Studiorum
PIETRO TONINI