Venezuela

Aurelio
Amaya

Rice production Soil Sciences

Biography

Agricultural Engineer from the “Ezequiel Zamora” National Experimental University of the Western Plains, graduated in 1990. He has worked as a researcher of Rice Soil Fertility in Aproscello until 1994. He has served as Trainer of the National Rice Course since 1992 Rice farmer since 1995, in Fincas La Costeña and María Carolina. Director of the Association of Rural Producers of the State of Portuguesa (ASOPORTUGUESA) since 1993. He has served as Director of the National Rice Foundation since 2008 and has been appointed as Second Vice President of the National Confederation of Associations of Agricultural Producers of Venezuela FEDEAGRO since the year 2017.

Fellow researchers

Chile

Karla Ivonne Cordero Lara

Rice breeding Rice agronomy Biotechnology Sustainable production
Argentina

Martha Lucrecia Bonell

Genetic resources biotechnology rice breeding
Panama

Jose Alberto Yau

seed production SRI Biologic control plant sciences
Argentina

Roberto Marano

Irrigation systems Water use efficiency Water resources
Argentina

Cesar Eugenio Quintero

fertilization of extensive crops phosphorus and arsenic dynamics
Costa Rica

Kelly Witkowski

biology Anthropology Climate change Sustainability
Colombia

Eduardo Jose Graterol Matute

plant breeding genetics Research and development
Colombia

Sergio Alejandro Urioste Daza

Applied economics Engineer in Environment rice market
Chile

Fernando Barrera

Rural development extension technical cooperation
Chile

Galit Rodriguez Pizarro

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) analysis of agricultural information for agricultural planning and management
Sponsors
BID
IICA
With the support of
Fondo Coreano de Alianza para el Conocimiento en Tecnología e Innovación (KPK)