Member Spotlight Bernardo Piazzardi

Bernardo Piazzardi maize Benguela province Angola Bernardo Piazzardi has been a member of IFAMA since 2006. Together with Roberto Feeney and Fernando Preumayr, he started the Center for Food & Agribusiness (Ceag) at Universidad Austral in Argentina in 2005. One of the recommendations given to him by Dr. Ray Goldberg was about the convenience of being part of the IFAMA network. Since 2019, Bernardo has been Teaching Case Co-Chair for IFAMA.

Currently his academic dedication is focused on business strategy and value chain analysis. At the Ceag of Universidad Austral in Argentina, he is the Executive Director for the MBA in Agribusiness focused on teaching activities, applied research projects and writing of business cases.

Bernardo’s other academic pursuits include teaching activities and applied research at the Universidad de Piura in Peru and at the Angola School of Management – SEIVA. Bernardo is co-author of the business case “Fazenda Maxi” (year 2020) which is the first agribusiness case from this African country that was presented at IFAMA. Currently, Bernardo participates in the project “Agribusiness as an engine for the development of Angola” which includes the writing of the “white book” for the agribusinesses for that country.

Bernardo is an international consultant for companies and organizations with a focus on business strategy and agricultural value chains. He works on projects in African and South American countries.

“The future challenges for agribusiness are complex and require coordinated solutions from multiple and diverse actors,” said Bernardo. “Challenges such as sufficient and healthy food for all people to be provided in a sustainable way requires a high degree of coordination among multiple actors,” he added.

Bernardo credits IFAMA for playing a fundamental role not only in responding to these challenges but also in coordinating the dialogue between actors from academia, business and governments.

“IFAMA has helped me in my development as an academic and agribusiness professional by providing a strategic vision, analytical tools, and a networking platform,” he said.

Bernardo is the son, grandson and greatgrandson of agricultural producers and currently lives with his wife Tina and their four children in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.