Uruguay

Marina
Castro

ecophysiology Agriculture Climate smart agriculture Genetic improvement Andean roots and tubers Potato Wheat

Biography

Principal Investigator at INIA. Marina Castro is an Agricultural Engineer graduated from the Faculty of Agronomy of the University of the Republic of Uruguay. He earned his MSc and PhD in Crop Science from Oregon State University in the United States. She is currently Coordinator of the Evaluation of Cultivars at the National Institute for Agricultural Research (INIA). She works in Crop Ecophysiology, with an emphasis on tolerance of genotypes to abiotic stresses. Participates in regional research projects financed by the Regional Fund for Agricultural Technology (FONTAGRO) and Cooperative Program for the Agro-food and Agroindustrial Technological Development of the Southern Cone (PROCISUR), which involve Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, with the objective of mitigating the effects of climate change on agriculture.

Fellow researchers

Chile

Maria Teresa Pino

plant physiology Agriculture Climate smart agriculture Genetic improvement
Peru

Stef de Haan

rural development Agriculture Climate smart agriculture Family agriculture Genetic improvement Pests y Diseases Poverty Seeds
Chile

Iván Matus

plant breeding Agriculture Climate smart agriculture Genetic improvement
Chile

Luis Ignacio Inostroza Fuentealba

plant breeding Agricultural systems Agriculture Bio-inputs Capacity building Climate smart agriculture Evaluation of Results and Impact Gas emission Genetic improvement Rural Extension Seeds
Chile

Julio César Kalazich Barassi

agronomy Agriculture Climate smart agriculture Family agriculture Genetic improvement Pests y Diseases
Chile

Patricio Sandaña

ecophysiology Agriculture Climate smart agriculture Genetic improvement
Chile

Andrea Molina Durán

agronomy Agriculture Climate smart agriculture Genetic improvement
Chile

Alejandra Rodríguez

plant physiology Agriculture Climate smart agriculture Genetic improvement
Chile

Sergio González Martineaux

climate change Agriculture Climate smart agriculture Genetic improvement
Uruguay

Daniel Vázquez

food sciences Agriculture Agroindustry Climate smart agriculture Genetic improvement
Uruguay

Martín Quincke

plant breeding Agriculture Climate smart agriculture Genetic improvement
Uruguay

Federico Condón

plant breeding Agricultural systems Agriculture Bio-inputs Capacity building Climate smart agriculture Evaluation of Results and Impact Genetic improvement Seeds
Uruguay

Bettina Lado Lindner

biotechnology Agriculture Climate smart agriculture Genetic improvement
Peru

Merideth Bonierbale

plant breeding Agriculture Climate smart agriculture Genetic improvement
Peru

Rolando Cabello Mancisido

agronomy Agriculture Climate smart agriculture Genetic improvement
Sponsors
BID
IICA
With the support of
Fondo Coreano de Alianza para el Conocimiento en Tecnología e Innovación (KPK)