Mexico

Gary
Atlin

plant breeding Agriculture Climate smart agriculture Genetic improvement Pests y Diseases Corn

Biography

Plant breeder, geneticist, and agricultural development specialist with 30 years of experience in the management of research programs in the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Senior Program Officer in the Agricultural Development Initiative, R&D team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Consultant on cultivar development, breeding program optimization, seed and plant biotechnology investment analysis.

Specialties: Rice, maize, and wheat cultivar development, breeding for abiotic stress tolerance, quantitative genetics and applications of genomic selection, optimization of cultivar and trait development pipelines, agricultural development in Canada, South and Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America. A leader in the field of management of genotype x environment interaction and the detection and deployment of genes for drought tolerance in plant breeding programs. Extensive experience in management of plant breeding programs, and in planning and coordinating agricultural research projects in developing countries. Guiding the development of accountability and breeding and genomic information management systems for public plant breeding programs in Africa and South Asia.

Projects

Fellow researchers

Mexico

George Mahuku

phytopathology Agriculture Climate smart agriculture Genetic improvement Pests y Diseases
Honduras

Leopoldo Alvarado

rural development Agriculture Climate smart agriculture Genetic improvement Pests y Diseases
Colombia

Sergio Luis Mejia Kerguelen

plant breeding Agriculture Climate smart agriculture Genetic improvement Pests y Diseases
Peru

Pedro Hugo Injante Silva

plant breeding Agriculture Climate smart agriculture Genetic improvement Pests y Diseases
Nicaragua

Francisco Alberto Espinosa

plant breeding Agriculture Climate smart agriculture Genetic improvement Pests y Diseases
Panama

Román Gordon Mendoza

Plant breeding Agriculture Climate smart agriculture Genetic improvement Pests y Diseases Poverty Productive systems
Peru

Luis Narro

Plant Breeding Agriculture Climate smart agriculture Genetic improvement Pests y Diseases Productive systems Territorial development
Sponsors
BID
IICA
With the support of
Fondo Coreano de Alianza para el Conocimiento en Tecnología e Innovación (KPK)