He graduated in Agri-Environmental Sciences in 2012 from the Università degli Studi di Mlano. After five years of working as a field engineer in the Università degli Studi di Milano, in Senegal and in Palestine, in 2020 Pietroobtained a PhD in Agricultural Economics. During his career he became interested in several topics related to the international cooperation for development, such as simplified hydroponics, urban agriculture, agroecology, geographic information systems and the participatory methodologies for the planning and assessment of the agricultural development programs.