Luca Colombo

Luca Colombo is the Secretary General of the Italian Foundation for Research in Organic and Biodynamic Agriculture (FIRAB). He works as FIRAB coordinator and researcher on EU and National research and innovation projects. He holds a master degree (cum laude) in Agricultural Sciences and has published grey and scientific articles, further to books on agro-biotech and food security issues, one of which in English (Food. Riots and Rights, 2013, IIED). His research interests include organic and biodynamic farming, agroecological approaches, cultivated biodiversity, food security and sovereignty, co-innovation processes and methodologies. He is a TP Organics expert (TP Organics is the European Technology Platform for research & innovation into organics and agroecology) and in 2013 acted as the global civil society member of the ad-hoc technical selection committee for the UN-led World Committee on Food Security’s High Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) Steering Committee.