Colombia

Juan Carlos
Fuentes Benitez

socioeconomics Food security agro-economics

Biography

Economist with a master's degree in economic sciences, with academic strengths in microeconomics, macroeconomics, applied econometrics, economic measurement techniques, economic development, and methodologies for ex-ante and ex-post impact evaluation. He has extensive experience in the formulation, evaluation, and monitoring of projects in the socioeconomic components of science, technology, and innovation focused on small-scale, family, and community agriculture. Additionally, he has a deep knowledge of participatory action research methodologies focused on the agricultural sector. His strengths include topics such as social inclusion, bioeconomy, family, small-scale, and community agriculture, valuation of ecosystem services, analysis of socioeconomic indicators in the agricultural sector, value chains, and economic situation analysis focused on the agricultural sector.

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

Diego Alejandro Salinas Velandia

food security Participatory approaches plant breding seeds potato
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
Ecuador

Silvia Alexandra Núñez Núñez

seed production in vitro tissue culture plant breeding
Ecuador

Washington Vicente Narvaez Campana

Teaching Family farming
Bolivia

Jorge Blajos

Ecuador

CARLOS ANDRÉS BOLAÑOS CARRIEL

Plant pathology Resistance Breeding Epidemiology
Colombia

Olga Yanet Pérez Cardona

Bioconomy Genetic Resources Plant Breeding
Colombia

Hugo Alberto Cardenas Forero

Agroforestry Potato Productive Systems
Colombia

Sonia Tinjacá Ruiz

Potato Plant Breeding Genetics
Ecuador

Gema Monserrate Burgos López

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