Stefano Cavaletto is a senior researcher at the Socio-Economic Research Institute of Piedmont (IRES) since 2008. He has a Degree in Political Science (2003) and a Master’s Degree in Public Policy Analysis (2005). Main activities in IRES are about Agricultural Policy and Rural Development, and now collaborate to the Evaluation Activities of Rural Development Program (RDP) 2014-2020 of Regione Piemonte and the Agricultural Observatory of Piedmont. Last publications: Piemonte Rurale (2016), L’agricoltura in Piemonte 2014 (2015). He also contribute to the magazine “Agricoltura” published by Regione Piemonte.