Colombia

Raul Iván
Valbuena Benavides

Genetic resources Agriculture Capacity building Genetic improvement Pests y Diseases Postharvest Poverty Seeds Andean roots and tubers Genetic resources Marketing and markets Potato

Biography

27 years of experience in potato genetic resources. Currently curator of the Central Colombian Potato Collection, of great importance worldwide in terms of the genetic variability of the Andigena group. He has actively participated in the knowledge of this collection, in areas of conservation of the collection in the field in processes of morphological, agronomic and physiological characterization. At the research level, he has developed and participated in research projects on potato both at a regional, national, and international level in the field of ecophysiology, genetic resources and genetic improvement, with participation in national publications in the aforementioned fields of knowledge. At the level of linkage and technology transfer, it has evaluated advanced genetic materials on producers' farms in order to launch new potato varieties.
 

Fellow researchers

Ecuador

Segundo Fausto Yumisaca Jiménez

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

Iván Reinoso

agricultural economics Agriculture Agroindustry Capacity building Genetic improvement Pests y Diseases Postharvest
Venezuela

María de Lourdes Gonzalez

Plant breeding Agriculture Agroindustry Capacity building Genetic improvement Pests y Diseases Postharvest
Ecuador

Xavier Cuesta

Plant breeding Agriculture Agroindustry Climate smart agriculture Genetic improvement Pests y Diseases Poverty Rural Extension Seeds
Ecuador

Janeth Cecilia Monteros Jácome

plant breeding Agriculture Agroindustry Capacity building Climate smart agriculture Genetic improvement Pests y Diseases Postharvest Rural Extension
Bolivia

Jimena Irigoyen Cossio

agroindustry Agriculture Agroindustry Capacity building Genetic improvement Pests y Diseases Postharvest
Bolivia

Julio Gabriel

plant breeding Agriculture Agroindustry Capacity building Climate smart agriculture Genetic improvement Pests y Diseases Postharvest Poverty Rural Extension Seeds
Bolivia

Julio Gabriel

plant breeding Agriculture Agroindustry Capacity building Climate smart agriculture Genetic improvement Pests y Diseases Postharvest Poverty Rural Extension Seeds
Colombia

Carlos Eduardo Ñustez

Plant breeding Agriculture Agroindustry Genetic improvement Pests y Diseases Poverty Seeds
Colombia

Julian Fernando Mateus Rodríguez

plant physiology Agriculture Bio-inputs Capacity building Family agriculture Genetic improvement Pests y Diseases Poverty Productive systems Seeds
Ecuador

Elena Villacrés Poveda

food technology Agriculture Capacity building Climate smart agriculture Genetic improvement Pests y Diseases Postharvest Poverty Productive systems
Bolivia

Pablo Mamani

agricultural economics Agricultural systems Agriculture Capacity building Climate smart agriculture Evaluation of Results and Impact Gas emission Genetic improvement Pests y Diseases Postharvest Poverty Productive systems Rural Extension
Colombia

José Dilmer Moreno Mendoza

plant breeder Agriculture Capacity building Genetic improvement Postharvest
Colombia

Carlos Alberto Herrera Heredia

innovation Agriculture Capacity building Genetic improvement Postharvest
Colombia

María del Socorro Cerón Lasso

plant breeding Agriculture Capacity building Genetic improvement Postharvest
Ecuador

Fabián Montesdeoca

seeds Agriculture Capacity building Genetic improvement Postharvest
Ecuador

Manuel Pumisacho

technology transfer Agriculture Capacity building Genetic improvement Postharvest
Ecuador

Franklin Marcelino Valverde

soil sciences Agriculture Bio-inputs Capacity building Genetic improvement Pests y Diseases Postharvest
Peru

Luz Noemí Zúñiga López

plant breeding Agriculture Capacity building Climate smart agriculture Genetic improvement Pests y Diseases Postharvest Poverty Rural Extension Seeds
Peru

Luz Noemí Zúñiga López

plant breeding Agriculture Capacity building Climate smart agriculture Genetic improvement Pests y Diseases Postharvest Poverty Rural Extension Seeds
Venezuela

Cecilia Pérez

agronomy Agriculture Capacity building Genetic improvement Postharvest
Peru

Stef de Haan

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

Elizabeth Yanez

plant protection Agriculture Genetic improvement Pests y Diseases Poverty Seeds
Peru

Carolina Bastos

agronomy Agriculture Genetic improvement Pests y Diseases Poverty Seeds
Sponsors
BID
IICA
With the support of
Fondo Coreano de Alianza para el Conocimiento en Tecnología e Innovación (KPK)