
Organization / Workplace
HarvestPlusLocation
Colombia ColombiaOccupation
Crop Development Specialist at HarvestPlusIndustry
Education
Website
www.ecoagriculture.orgAbout
I'm a skilled biologist and agronomist with over 10 years’ experience in international agricultural research for development in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. I am author of the book “Gene flow between crops and their wild relatives”. How I describe myself: a realistic idealist, practical, flexible, performance-driven, creative in problem solving and forward-looking with a positive attitude. My current position is Crop Development Specialist at HarvestPlus where I lead the development and dissemination of biofortified crops, mainstreaming of biofortification in breeding programs of national and international agricultural research institutions, and coordinate capacity-building and enabl...