Colombia

Diego Alejandro
Salinas Velandia

food security Participatory approaches plant breding seeds potato

Biography

Agricultural engineer with a master's degree in interdisciplinary studies on development. He has experience in formulating, managing, and executing participatory research projects related to food security and sustainable local economic development. He has participated in projects with Afro-descendant, indigenous, and farmers communities, aiming to contribute to their productive development through the establishment of diverse orchars. This orchards focused on the exchange and use of seeds from species of the local food culture, with seeds of commercial crops and high nutritional potential used by AGROSAVIA. He has collaborated with interdisciplinary and interinstitutional actors in the agricultural sector, as well as with civil society. In his work, he has employed qualitative and participatory approaches, such as Participatory Rural Appraisal, information analysis, and technological surveillance.

Fellow researchers

Colombia

Juan Vicente Romero

Plant breeding
Bolivia

Juan Vallejos Arnez

agricultural production systems participatory approaches climate change
Ecuador

Héctor Julio Andrade Bolaños

Genetic improvement Seed production Participatory research
Colombia

Luis Ernesto Rodríguez

Genetics Plant breeding
Bolivia

Julio Gabriel

plant breeding Agriculture Agroindustry Capacity building Climate smart agriculture Genetic improvement Pests y Diseases Postharvest Poverty Rural Extension Seeds
Colombia

Gina Alessandra Garzon Martinez

Genomics Biotechnology Genetic Improvement
Colombia

Felix Eugenio Enciso-Rodríguez

Genetics and plant breeding Genome editing
Colombia

María del Socorro Cerón Lasso

Plant Breeding potato participatory selection
Colombia

Erika Patricia Sánchez Betancourt

Genetics Plant Breeding Citogenetics Molecular Biology
Colombia

Luz Stella Barrero Meneses

plant biotechnology Plant Genetics Plant Genomics
Colombia

Lindolfo Galeano Cupita

genetic resources potato field trials
Colombia

Liz Katherine Lagos Santander

Plant Breeding Statistics
Colombia

Tulio Cesar Lagos

Plant breeding
Sponsors
BID
IICA
With the support of
Fondo Coreano de Alianza para el Conocimiento en Tecnología e Innovación (KPK)