Brazil

Segundo
Urquiaga

Biography

Agronomist, PhD (1982) in Soils and Plant Nutrition from the Luiz de Queiróz Higher School of Agriculture, Brazil, and post-doctorate (1994) from the University of London, UK. Credentialed Professor of the Graduate Program in Agronomy at the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro. He is a technical consultant for the International Atomic Energy Agency, United Nations. He acts as a scientific consultant for the National Research Council (CNPq), the Rio de Janeiro Research Support Foundation and the São Paulo Research Support Foundation, Brazil. He published more than 200 articles and several book chapters and books on biological nitrogen fixation, sugarcane and pastures, grain production systems under zero tillage, agroenergy, use of stable isotopes (15N and 13C) in agriculture and sequestration of C soil and greenhouse gases in the agricultural systems of Brazil.

Fellow researchers

Argentina

Alejandro Costantini

Soil Science Agricultural systems Climate smart agriculture Evaluation of Results and Impact Gas emission Rural Extension
Argentina

Romina Romaniuk

Agricultural systems Climate smart agriculture Evaluation of Results and Impact Gas emission Rural Extension
Chile

Francisco Salazar Sperberg

Climate smart agriculture Gas emission
Nicaragua

Luis Urbina Abaunza

Agricultural systems Capacity building Climate smart agriculture Gas emission Policies Rural Extension
Dominican Republic

Victor Ascencio Cuello

Dominican Republic

Joaquín Caridad del Rosario

Chile

Marta Alfaro Valenzuela

Agricultural systems Climate smart agriculture Evaluation of Results and Impact Gas emission Rural Extension
Sponsors
BID
IICA
With the support of
Fondo Coreano de Alianza para el Conocimiento en Tecnología e Innovación (KPK)