About Riccardo
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Experience
- SoulFood ForestFarmsAgronomist & Project ManagerAGRICULTUREMay 2025 - Today (1 year and 1 month)SpainI managed full business development in Spain, engaging over 300 stakeholders, coordinating strategic partnerships (50+) and client portfolio (20+), competitively launching the project within 3 months.Led fundraising campaign and multiple grants proposals, among which National Geographic (50.000€), and Horizon Europe 2025 - Cluster 6 grants, increasing funding opportunitiesSupported R&D in developing a d-MRV system integrating remote sensing, GIS analysis and field data, using Landprint software, developing a CSRD-ESRS compliant monitoring platform.Co-desgined 40+ Syntropic Agroforestry pilot systems to restore 100 ha of farmland in Spain and strengthening 50 farmers’ economic resilience
- Textile ExchangeOrganic & Regenerative Cotton SpecialistFASHION AND COSMETICSNovember 2023 - February 2025 (1 year and 3 months)Barcelona, SpainLed a multi-stakeholder online working group of 20 cotton industry key-actors across 8 regions, enhancing V.2 of the Regenerative Outcomes Framework with on-field feedback,Capacitated fashion brands’ sustainibility teams, adopting Nature Positive strategies compliant with SBTN and TFND frameworks through regenerative cotton sourcing.Conduced 300+ global cotton multi-stakeholder analyses, informing the Climate & Nature impact team on engagement strategyReviewed 10+ papers, reports (SEEP), summaries, and assessment tools (PFMM), reinforcing scientific robustness and alignment with field realitiesRepresented the organization at the TE Conference 2024, Round Tables and Regenerative Ag. and Biodiversity Communities of Practice, inspiring 300+ participants in adopting regenerative agriculture
- Dévelo LCProject Manager & Vice-PresidentAGRICULTUREJanuary 2019 - December 2022 (3 years and 11 months)Freetown, Sierra LeoneManaged the full project cycle and team, led grants proposal securing 40.000€, and managed project accounting, effectivelytracking and delivering L.E.A.F. project activities and goals within time and budget Managed partnerships with national and international organizations (Agroecology TPP, Permaculture UK, Deafal AOR, and PRIDO-SL)Co-designed Syntropic agroforestrysystems (1,000 plants/ha), restoring 6 ha of land, and improving livelihood of100 farmers, incuding50 womenDesigned and taught lessons to a class of30 MSc students at Unimi - Master COSAD, and tutored 2 interns, enablling students to professionally adoptthe SAFA and TAPE Frameworks by FAO to monitor projecttargets
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Education
- MSc inAgriscience Faculty, University of Milan2018MSc in
- BScBSc