Ecuador

Christian Andrés
Pilco Quispe

plant breeding Phytosanitary certifier

Biography

Current Position
Head, Department of Planning and Strategic Management (DPGE), Santa Catalina Experimental Station, INIAP, Ecuador.

Research Experience

2024–2025 – INIAP: Analyst in Planning and Strategic Management (DPGE). Responsible for monitoring institutional goals (POA) and budget execution of national and international research projects at the Santa Catalina Experimental Station.
2023 – AGROCALIDAD: Technician in integrated management of fruit flies. Phytosanitary certifier for export at collection centers and production sites of Solanum betaceum (tamarillo), Solanum quitoense (naranjilla), and Rubus glaucus (Andean blackberry).
2022 – INIAP: Research technician in Andean and temperate fruit crop management. Participated in plant breeding programs for Solanum betaceum, Solanum quitoense, and Rubus glaucus.

Projects

Researcher

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in potato-pasture systems in Ecuador and Peru

Fellow researchers

Ecuador

Antonio Guacapiña

Dairy farming Pastures Nutrition

Ecuador

Segundo Fausto Yumisaca Jiménez

- Agriculture - Statistics - Participatory Research - Social Sciences - Local Development Agriculture Capacity building Genetic improvement Postharvest

Ecuador

Iván Samaniego

Ecuador

Victor Sanchez

Knowledge management socioeconomic and technological impact studies Bibliometric studies Agriculture Capacity building Policies

Peru

Elizabeth Consuelo Heros Aguilar

Genetic improvement Water and nitrogen use efficiency greenhouse gas emissions Agriculture Capacity building Evaluation of Results and Impact Gas emission Policies Productive systems

Ecuador