Léo da Rocha Ferreira

Background

Ferreira, Léo da Rocha was born on March 14, 1945 in Rio de Janeiro.

Education

Bachelor in Economics, Faculty Political Science and Economics, Rio de Janeiro, 1969; Master of Science in Agricultural Economics, Federal U. Vicosa, Brazil, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy in Food and Resource Economics, U. Florida, 1978.

Career

Research assistant, Group Executive Integraç+220o da Politica de Transporte, Rio de Janeiro, 1968-1969; research assistant, Institute of Appled Economics Research, Rio de Janeiro, 1967-1968; researcher, IPEA, Rio de Janeiro, 1970-1980; senior researcher, IPEA, Rio de Janeiro, 1980-1993; senior project analyst, Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos, Rio de Janeiro, 1993-1995. Assistant professor Catholic U. Rio de Janeiro, 1971-1972. Assistant professor Rio de Janeiro State University, 1979-1980, associate professor, since 1980.

Associate professor Santa UrsulaU., Rio de Janeiro, 1994. Visiting researcher U. Paris XIII, 1995-1996.

Achievements

• Léo da Rocha Ferreira has been listed as a noteworthy Agricultural economist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

2nd Lieutenant Brazilian Army, 1963-1966. Member American Agricultural Economics Association (member international committee 1994-1995, honorable mention for dissertation 1979), Brazilian Agricultural Economics Association (diploma of relevant services 1992).

Connections

Son of José da Rocha Junior and Dulce (de Carvalho) F. Married Maria Lucia Vasconcelos, February 21, 1973 (divorced April 1983). 1 child, Solange Vasconcelos.

Married Nancy Medeiros Machado, April 3, 1983. Children: Adriana M. da Rocha, José da Rocha Ferreira Neto.

Father:

José Ferreira

Spouse:

Maria Lucia Vasconcelos

Spouse:

Nancy Medeiros Machado

child:

José da Rocha Ferreira Neto Ferreira

child:

Solange Vasconcelos Ferreira

child:

Adriana M. da Rocha Ferreira