Andrea
Aignasse

Biography

Veterinarian. Graduate Diploma in Local Development and Social Economy from FLACSO – Argentina. Master's student in Subtropical Animal Production, focusing on the evaluation of alternative methods for nutritional energy management and control of Varroosis using organic acaricides in Apis mellifera colonies in a subtropical climate.

Since 2009, she has coordinated the Beekeeping Development Program of the Province of Formosa. She is involved in specific projects of the National Beekeeping Program of INTA. She is also a member of the Chaco Formosa regional technical beekeeping team (INTA). She formulates and manages territorial development projects. She is part of the INTA-PROAPI Technical Team for research projects in subtropical climates.

She has established a cooperation and collaboration agreement with UNAF for student practices in the beekeeping course. She coordinates the Adaptation and Resilience Project in the Greater American Chaco, specifically in the beekeeping chain, in cooperation with the Trinational Chaco Initiative and Chaco Networks of Bolivia, Argentina, and Paraguay. She is a member of the Ibero-American Backyard Network and the Network for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Domestic Animals.

She is a Category 5 research professor in the National University Education System of Argentina. She serves as the chief of practical work for the subject of Rural Extension in the Zootechnical Engineering program at the Faculty of Natural Resources of the National University of Formosa. She also teaches in the Bachelor's Degree in Beekeeping for Development, a virtual program offered by the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences at the National University of the Center of the Province of Buenos Aires.

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