Byron
Moyano
Sustainable development
Rural development
Socioeconomic research
Agricultural extension
Biography
He is Ecuadorian by birth, graduated as an Agricultural Engineer from the Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral-ESPOL in Ecuador and obtained the degree of M.Sc. at the Center International D´Études Supérieures en Sciences Agronomiques-SupAgro in France, 2011. He is also a Master in Rural Development from the Polytechnic University of Madrid-UPM in Spain, 2010.
His work has been based in the area of sustainable development in agriculture with an emphasis on coffee and cocoa crops, as well as he has worked as a rural extensionist. Since 2009 he has been involved in the research area from ESPOL and currently collaborates with the research group on soils and plant nutrition where they are dedicated to the identification and mitigation of pollutants in agricultural properties, with emphasis on metallic pollutants such as cadmium.
Fellow researchers
Eduardo Chávez Navarrete
cocoa pollutants
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
Daniel Bravo
Microbial thermodynamics Geomicrobiology Microbial ecology Geophysical assessments of cacao crops Bioremediation of cadmium in cacao
Gersain Rengifo
Felipe Montealegre
Economic Valuation of Natural Resources Environmental Economics Natural Resource Economics
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
Francisco Arguedas
Soil and plant mineral nutrition Soil fertility Agricultural extension
Adriana Santos
Rural Development Participatory Action Research Extension and Communication Sustainable agriculture
Guillermo Zambrano
Rural Development Agricultural Economics
Karen Ramirez
Rural Development Agricultural Economics
Victor Sanchez
Knowledge management socioeconomic and technological impact studies Bibliometric studies
Manuel Carrillo
Agroecology Plant Nutrition in tropical crops Soil Management Recovery of degraded areas
Ivan Garzon
Kevin Carrillo
Production of horticultural crops under a protected environment Digital soil mapping Soil fertility and crop nutrition Geographic information systems
