MEXICO CITY (apro).- Engineer Julio Berdegué Sacristán was named head of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Improvement, to be a part of the brand new cupboard of Claudia Sheinbaum, president-elect of Mexico.
Berdegué is an agricultural engineer, he was deputy director common and regional consultant for Latin America and the Caribbean of the Meals and Agriculture Group of the United Nations (FAO). In December 2023, he grew to become the coordinator of the Rural Improvement and Meals Sovereignty desk within the Dialogues for Transformation, during which his nationwide challenge was enriched.
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Born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, he has a grasp’s diploma in Agronomy from the College of California-Davis, in the USA, and a physician in Social Sciences from the College of Wageningen, within the Netherlands. He has been a researcher and coordinator of the Improvement with Territorial Cohesion working group of the Latin American Middle for Rural Improvement.
Its analysis and motion subjects embody rural growth, rural and non-agricultural employment, and agri-food techniques. He has written a number of books and articles in worldwide scientific journals, along with offering recommendation to governments in Colombia, Chile, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru and different international locations.
He has participated in nationwide and regional organizations such because the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA), the Worldwide Fund for Agricultural Improvement (IFAD), the Nationwide Institute of Agricultural Improvement (INDAP) of Chile and the Agrarian Analysis Group (GIA). and has been a director on the Worldwide Maize and Wheat Enchancment Middle (CIMMYT-CGIAR), of which he was president between 2008 and 2011, and the Worldwide Institute of Surroundings and Improvement (IIED).
