Costa Rica

Laura
Ramirez

Knowledge management and communication for development Development and implementation of methodologies and extension tools Use of ICT for agriculture and development of teaching materials

Biography

Laura Ramírez has a master's degree in Natural Resources and Sustainable Development, graduated from the University of Costa Rica with experience in knowledge management, rural extension and climate change. Agricultural engineer with 20 years of experience in technology transfer and knowledge management processes. Since 2002, she has been the head of the INTA Technology Transfer Department, where she is the director of the Scientific Journal “Alcances Tecnológicos” and of the Editorial Committee that coordinates institutional publications. Instructor and facilitator in training activities and promotion of entrepreneurship in groups of producers, women and young people with an emphasis on management and conservation of natural resources. Coordinates the PLATICAR Platform and the RELASER Costa Rica Forum of the Latin American Network of Rural Extension Services (RELASER). Coordinates national and international projects in the development of skills in technicians and producers in climate change and knowledge management.

Fellow researchers

Ecuador

Eduardo Chávez Navarrete

cocoa pollutants Agriculture Capacity building Policies
Ecuador

Byron Moyano

Sustainable development Rural development Socioeconomic research Agricultural extension
Colombia

Daniel Bravo

Microbial thermodynamics Geomicrobiology Microbial ecology Geophysical assessments of cacao crops Bioremediation of cadmium in cacao
Colombia

Felipe Montealegre

Economic Valuation of Natural Resources Environmental Economics Natural Resource Economics
Costa Rica

Luis Fernando Solano

Biological control Integrated pest and plant disease management Bioprospecting of Biological control agents Quality control of biological products Post harvest treatments Fruit quality
Costa Rica

Francisco Arguedas

Soil and plant mineral nutrition Soil fertility Agricultural extension
Ecuador

Adriana Santos

Rural Development Participatory Action Research Extension and Communication Sustainable agriculture
Ecuador

Guillermo Zambrano

Rural Development Agricultural Economics
Ecuador

Karen Ramirez

Rural Development Agricultural Economics
Ecuador

Victor Sanchez

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

Manuel Carrillo

Agroecology Plant Nutrition in tropical crops Soil Management Recovery of degraded areas Agriculture Capacity building Policies
Ecuador

Ivan Garzon

Agriculture Bio-inputs Capacity building Family agriculture Productive systems Seeds
Costa Rica

Kevin Carrillo

Production of horticultural crops under a protected environment Digital soil mapping Soil fertility and crop nutrition Geographic information systems
Sponsors
BID
IICA
With the support of
Fondo Coreano de Alianza para el Conocimiento en Tecnología e Innovación (KPK)