Eduardo Cuoco | Director | IFOAM Organics Europe
Eduardo Cuoco was born in Naples (Italy) where he studied and successfully completed his MSc in Food Science and Technologies. Successively, he gained a PhD on the "Role of Stakeholder in strategic decision-making processes" at the Polytechnic University of Marche (IT) and an executive master's in business Innovation and Application at MIT Sloan (USA).
He has been involved in organic farming since 1998 and collaborated with organic organizations and public institutions. During the first career phase, he focused on the regional and national development of the organic policies in Italy, rural development plans, promotional and certification schemes. Furthermore, he also promoted the organic industry in Italy as an innovation broker and helped codifying the first Organic District. Since 2008 he is working at IFOAM Organics Europe where in 2016 he was appointed as Director.
Further, Eduardo is involved in the establishment and management of the European Technology Platform "TP Organics" (as Head of the Secretariat). He is currently participating in different expert groups such as the Agriculture Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS-SCAR) and the Euro-Mediterranean Expert Group (EMEG) and he is member of the board of the “International Technological Innovation Platform for Organic” and member of the Scientific committee of Fondazione Campagna Amica.