Costa Rica

Kelly
Witkowski

biology Anthropology Climate change Sustainability Agriculture Climate smart agriculture Productive systems Rural Extension Rice Water

Biography

Biologist and anthropologist from Franklin & Marshall College, with a master's degree in Natural Resources from The University for Peace and another in International Affairs and Sustainable Development from American University, and more than 12 years of experience working on four continents. Kelly is Manager of The Climate Change and Natural Resources Program at IICA. She is in charge of promoting more efficient, sustainable and low-carbon agriculture, and identifying and promoting innovations that can bring benefits to producers in the region. She supports the development of capacities to integrate climate change into sectoral planning and action, and to foster a more active and informed participation of the agricultural sector in national and international processes related to climate change. Kelly has been working to support the validation of SRI in several countries over the past six years.

Fellow researchers

Colombia

Myriam Patricia Guzmán García

Agriculture Climate smart agriculture Productive systems Rural Extension
Dominican Republic

Aridio Pérez

soils and plant nutrition Agriculture Climate smart agriculture Pests y Diseases Productive systems Rural Extension
Colombia

Gabriel Alberto Garces Varón

Agriculture Climate smart agriculture Productive systems Rural Extension
Dominican Republic

Pedro Antonio Nuñez Ramos

climate change Agriculture Climate smart agriculture Gas emission Productive systems Rural Extension
Costa Rica

Diddier Moreira Mendoza

natural resources Agriculture Climate smart agriculture Productive systems Rural Extension
Dominican Republic

Henry Guerrero

forestry Agriculture Climate smart agriculture Productive systems Rural Extension
Colombia

Iván Camilo Ávila Cortes

seeds Agriculture Climate smart agriculture Productive systems Rural Extension
Chile

Karla Ivonne Cordero Lara

Rice breeding Rice agronomy Biotechnology Sustainable production
Argentina

Martha Lucrecia Bonell

Genetic resources biotechnology rice breeding Agriculture Genetic improvement Pests y Diseases
Venezuela

Aurelio Amaya

Rice production Soil Sciences
Argentina

Roberto Marano

Irrigation systems Water use efficiency Water resources
Argentina

Cesar Eugenio Quintero

fertilization of extensive crops phosphorus and arsenic dynamics
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)