Costa Rica
Luis Fernando
Biological control
Integrated pest and plant disease management
Bioprospecting of Biological control agents
Quality control of biological products
Post harvest treatments
Fruit quality
Luis Fernando
Solano
Biological control
Integrated pest and plant disease management
Bioprospecting of Biological control agents
Quality control of biological products
Post harvest treatments
Fruit quality
Biography
Luis Fernando Solano, agronomy engineer, graduated from Technological Institute of Costa Rica. He has worked at research departments focused on integrated pest and disease management and fruit quality assurance of farms dedicated to grow and export fresh pineapple. Since 2020, works as researcher at the tropical fruits unit of INTA (National Institute for Innovation and Transfer in Agricultural Technology) in cacao crops. Currently, runs the component I within the project Plataforma Multiagencia Cacao 2030-2050 Costa Rica.
Fellow researchers
Ecuador
Eduardo Chávez Navarrete
cocoa pollutants
Ecuador
Byron Moyano
Sustainable development Rural development Socioeconomic research Agricultural extension
Costa Rica
Laura Ramirez
Knowledge management and communication for development Development and implementation of methodologies and extension tools Use of ICT for agriculture and development of teaching materials
Colombia
Daniel Bravo
Microbial thermodynamics Geomicrobiology Microbial ecology Geophysical assessments of cacao crops Bioremediation of cadmium in cacao
Colombia
Gersain Rengifo
Colombia
Felipe Montealegre
Economic Valuation of Natural Resources Environmental Economics Natural Resource Economics
Costa Rica
Francisco Arguedas
Soil and plant mineral nutrition Soil fertility Agricultural extension
Ecuador
Adriana Santos
Rural Development Participatory Action Research Extension and Communication Sustainable agriculture
Ecuador
Guillermo Zambrano
Rural Development Agricultural Economics
Ecuador
Karen Ramirez
Rural Development Agricultural Economics
Ecuador
Victor Sanchez
Knowledge management socioeconomic and technological impact studies Bibliometric studies
Ecuador
Manuel Carrillo
Agroecology Plant Nutrition in tropical crops Soil Management Recovery of degraded areas
Ecuador
Ivan Garzon
Costa Rica
Kevin Carrillo
Production of horticultural crops under a protected environment Digital soil mapping Soil fertility and crop nutrition Geographic information systems
Sponsors
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