Costa Rica

John
Beer

agroforestry systems Agricultural systems Climate smart agriculture Gas emission Cattle Pastures and forages

Biography

Since 2008, John Beer has been the director of CATIE’s (Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center) Research and Development Division. He had previously served in various positions at CATIE: deputy director general, director of the Department of Agriculture and Agroforestry, head of the Area of Watershed Management and Agroforestry, scientist and leader in different regional agroforestry projects, and faculty member of CATIE’s Graduate School. He has worked in collaboration with many international partners, including activities together CGIAR (in particular, with ICRAF and CIAT), GTZ, CIRAD, the World Bank and Universities (including U. Laval), always with a focus on using applied research to contribute to resolving production and environmental limitations in rural areas, particularly of small and medium farms and the corresponding organizations that serve them. He is president of the scientific collaboration platform “Agroforestry Systems with Perennial Crops".

Fellow researchers

Nicaragua

Luis Urbina Abaunza

Agricultural systems Capacity building Climate smart agriculture Gas emission Policies Rural Extension
Costa Rica

Cristóbal Villanueva

Agricultural systems Agriculture Climate smart agriculture Gas emission
Panama

Domiciano Herrera Dominguez

Animal production Agricultural systems Climate smart agriculture Gas emission
Costa Rica

Enrique Martínez Vargas

research and development Agricultural systems Agriculture Climate smart agriculture Family agriculture Gas emission Productive systems Seeds
Costa Rica

Diego Tobar

Ecosystem services Agricultural systems Climate smart agriculture Gas emission
Costa Rica

Claudia Sepúlveda

livestock Agricultural systems Climate smart agriculture Gas emission
Costa Rica

Sergio Abarca Monge

livestock Agricultural systems Climate smart agriculture Evaluation of Results and Impact Gas emission Rural Extension
Honduras

Luis Alberto Fonseca

livestock Agricultural systems Climate smart agriculture Gas emission
Costa Rica

Andrés Vega Fonseca

climate change Agricultural systems Climate smart agriculture Gas emission
Costa Rica

Roberto Soto Blanco

livestock Agricultural systems Climate smart agriculture Gas emission
Panama

Jessica Hassan

livestock Agricultural systems Climate smart agriculture Gas emission
Sponsors
BID
IICA
With the support of
Fondo Coreano de Alianza para el Conocimiento en Tecnología e Innovación (KPK)