Nicaragua

Juan Ariel
Oporta

Agronomy Genetic improvement

Biography

Juan Ariel Oporta is an Agricultural Engineer graduated from the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua (UNAN, Managua), he has a Master's Degree in Genetic Improvement. He worked as an extension agent for INTA in the Sébaco Valley, in vegetable production areas under irrigation systems, from 2012 to 2014 with small farmers. During the 2014–2016 period, he participated in research projects on irrigaion water depth and the use of wet-dry technique for rice cultivation with KOLFACI and FONTAGRO projects. He currently works as a researcher in genetic improvement at the INTA Rice Experimental Center, where, in addition to plant breeding research, studies are carried out on rice with simulation of rainfed environments. He is in charge of data monitoring at the TAINIC meteorological station, located in the Darío municipality.

Fellow researchers

Argentina

Gabriel Augusto Angella

agricultural water management crop water requirements IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
Uruguay

Claudio García

agricultural water management irrigarion systems design and operation Agriculture Climate smart agriculture Rural Extension
Nicaragua

Luis Manuel Urbina Urbina

agronomy integrated watershed management
Spain

Luciano Mateos Iñiguez

agronomy irrigation water engineering Agriculture Climate smart agriculture Rural Extension
Holland

Gerlo Borghuis

irrigation agricultural water management water management and socio-technical approach
Argentina

Juana María López

computer science gis remote sensing automated decision-making tools
Argentina

Gabriela Alejandra Barraza

computer science gis remote sensing
Holland

Howard van Meer

agronomy water resources agro-meteorology
Argentina

Carolina Patricia Frías

agronomy irrigation
Argentina

Juan Rufail

computer systems computer networks
Uruguay

Cecilia Berrueta

agronomy eco-physiology of horticultural crops
Nicaragua

Rolando José Garay Oviedo

Agronomy sustainable development
Nicaragua

Irving Igor Paredes Martínez

Agronomy Water sanitation Irrigation
Nicaragua

César Antonio Acevedo Narváez

agronomy bio-inputs and vegetables
Nicaragua

Helder Martin García Almanza

Agronomy Animal genetic improvement Agricultural systems Climate smart agriculture
Nicaragua

Duilio Isabel Cano Torrez

Computer science gis
Nicaragua

Wilber Martín Baltodano Sotelo

agronomy Formulation Evaluation and Project Management
Nicaragua

Oscar Fabricio Castillo Mendoza

agronomy agroecology plant breeding statistics
Nicaragua

Stefany Torrez Osorio

agricultural sciences plant breeding animal husbandry
Nicaragua

Diógenes José Altamirano Gonzáles

veterinary biotechnology agroecology sustainable development
Argentina

Catriel Santillán

agronomy crops ecophysiology
Argentina

Paula Alejandra Plomer

Agronomy Landscape Architecture Digital marketing
Argentina

Jairo Trad

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