Dr. Santos Gabriel Campos Magaña
Experto Nacional de Investigación en Mecanización Agrícola del Instituto
Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias (INIFAP), obtuvo
su grado de Maestría en Diseño de Maquinaria Agrícola en el Instituto Cranfield
de Tecnología, Bedford, Inglaterra y el de Doctor en Diseño y Evaluación de
Maquinaria Agrícola en la Universidad de New Castle, Inglaterra. El Dr.
Campos trabaja actualmente en la evaluación de prácticas de labranza en los
cultivos de arroz y maíz, en la estructuración de un Centro Nacional de
Certificación de Maquinaria Agrícola, y se encuentra desarrollando una
aspersora hidrostática de alto despeje, equipos modernos de siembra para
labranza de conservación acoplados a equipos multiusos de tracción animal,
así como de un modelo de sistema de modificación se semilla de alta precisión.
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Dr. Ramón Claverán Alonso,
Director del Centro Nacional de Investigación para Producción Sostenible
(CENAPROS) del Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales Agrícolas y
Pecuarias (INIFAP), obtuvo su título de Ingeniero Agrónomo en la Escuela
Nacional de Agricultura, Chapingo, México y sus grados de Maestría y
Doctorado en Manejo de Pastizales en la Universidad de Arizona, Estados
Unidos. Asimismo, entre otros, obtuvo un Diplomado en Forrajes Tropicales en
Turrialba, Costa Rica. Ha ocupado diversos puestos en diversas instituciones
como FIRA, como Jefe Nacional de Expertos y de la División de Ganadería.
Dentro del Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrícolas (INIA), él se
desempeñado como Jefe del Departamento de Forrajes, Director del Centro de
Investigaciones del Norte Centro, y como Director General. En el INIFAP, ha
sido Director de la División Agrícola, de la Región Centro, del Centro Regional
de Investigación del Pacífico Centro y actualmente de CENAPROS. Ha sido
también catedrático de la Escuela Nacional de Agricultura, asesor de dos
Secretarios de Estado, Presidente de la Asociación Mexicana y de la
Latinoamericana de Producción Animal y de la Red Latinoamericana de
Labranza Conservacionista. Ha sido miembro del comité Ejecutivo del Centro
Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT) y ha desempeñado
misiones como consultor de organizaciones como: Banco Mundial, Banco
Interamericano de Desarrollo, FAO, CIMMYT, COSUDE Suiza, Grupo
Consultivo Internacional de Investigación Agrícola (CGIAR) en diversas partes
del mundo. Ha publicado numerosos artículos y contribuciones a simposiums y
congresos.
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Dr. Rick Exner
Is ISU Extension/Practical Farmers of Iowa Farming Systems Coordinator. He
got his Ph.D. in Soil Fertility, from Iowa State University (ISU) in 1997, MS in
Soil Management from ISU in 1987, and A. B. in Sociology from Grinnell
College in 1969. He is interested in Information and management intensive
solutions to problems in cropping systems, soil management and soil fertility,
Farming systems research/extension, Sustainable agricultural systems. He has
worked in Iowa State University Extension Service (Agronomy) as Farming
Systems Coordinator for Practical Farmers of Iowa.
Duties/accomplishments: coordination of statewide network of three dozen
farmer research cooperators; organized statewide planning workshops;
published field day guidebook; represented ISU at field days; analyzed on farm
trial data; summarized and published trial results; editor and writer (over 100
articles) of quarterly newsletter, The Practical Farmer, with circulation of 1,200_
1,500; maintained subscriber databases and published 70_page directory of
membership farming skills; Webmaster for Practical Farmers of Iowa.
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Dr. Thomas G. Franti
Is an Associate Professor of Biological Systems Engineering and an Extension
Surface Water Management Specialist at the University of Nebraska. He has a
B.S. degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an M.S. from Iowa State
University, and a Ph.D. from Purdue University, all in Agricultural Engineering.
Before starting his current faculty position he worked five years as a consulting
engineer for STS Consultants, Ltd., a geotechnical and environmental
engineering firm in Wisconsin. He currently has a 25% research appointment
and 75% extension appointment. He focuses research on the impact of
agricultural practices on surface water quality, and focuses extension efforts on
both water quality and water quantity issues. He is currently a co-leader of the
Cooperative Extension Natural Resources and Environmental Action Plan,
which supports a wide array of natural resource management programs. Dr.
Franti was the recipient of the 1999 ASAE Nolan Mitchell Young Extension
Worker Award, presented by ASAE, and the 1998 Junior Faculty Excellence in
Research Award, presented by the University of Nebraska Institute of
Agriculture and Natural Resources. He is a member of ASAE (American
Society of Agricultural Engineers), the American Society of Civil Engineers and
the Soil and Water Conservation Society, and is a registered professional
engineer.
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Dr. Oscar Arath Grageda Cabrera
Investigador del Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y
Pecuarias de México. Obtuvo su título de Biólogo en la Universidad Autónoma
de Aguascalientes, México, sus grados de Maestría en Ciencias en Ciencias
Biológicas en el Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto
Politécnico Nacional Unidad Irapuato, Gto. (CINVESTAV-IPN) y el de Doctor
en Ciencias en el Departamento de Biotecnología y Bioingeniería de la misma
institución. El Dr. Grageda ha tenido experiencia como profesor sobre temas
relacionados con la biología, fisiología vegetal, ciclo del nitrógeno y
contaminación ambiental, como instructor en cursos nacionales e
internacionales sobre el uso de isótopos y ha publicado más de 10 artículos y
capítulos de libros científicos.
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Paul Jasa
Extension Engineer with the University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension,
develops and conducts educational programs related to crop residue
management and water quality. He received both his B.S. and M.S. degrees in
Agricultural Engineering from the University of Nebraska and has been working
with planting equipment and tillage system evaluation since 1978. With Paul's
experiences gained from research and Extension activities, he has become one
of the best sources of information in the Midwest on no-till planting equipment
and system management. Paul admits, if there is a mistake to be made with
no-till, he's either made it himself or has seen it done. More importantly, he has
learned from those mistakes and wants to share that information.
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Dr. Alex R Martin
Is a Professor of Agronomy and Extension Weed Specialist at the University of
Nebraska, Lincoln Nebraska. His research and extension programs address
Integrated Weed Management in Agronomic Crops. Dr. Martin has authored
two chapters in handbooks on Weed Management in Conservation Tillage
Systems and is a co-leader of the team at the University of Nebraska that
developed WeedSOFT, a decision support system for weed management.
Concerns regarding the use of transgenic crops is a current focus of his
Extension Education program.
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Dr. Kent McVay
Works at the Agronomy-Extension Department of the Kansas State University.
His main research interests are: direct seeding and no-tillage cropping systems,
crop water use efficiency, water movement in soils, and impact of cropping on
water quality. He is member of the American Society of Agronomy, and among
other he has published the following selected publications:
McVay, K. A., D.E. Radcliffe. 1999. Water quality of runoff and leachate from an
improved loafing area. Georgia Water Resource Conference. March 3031. 1999 University of Georgia, Athens, Ga. Pp.230-232.
McVay, K .A., D.E. Radcliffe. 1997. Comparison of direct and indirect methods
for the prediction of unsaturated hydraulic conductivity. International
Workshop on Characterization and Measurement of the Hydraulic
Properties of Unsaturated Porous Media. October 22-24, 1997. Riverside
C. A. In Press.
McVay, K .A., D.E. Radcliffe, and W. L. Hargrove. 1989. Winger legume effect
on soil properties and nitrogen fertilizer requirements. Soil Sci. Soc. Am.
J. 53:1856-1862.
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M. C. Daniel Munro Olmos
Es investigador y actualmente Coordinador Nacional de Investigación en
Maleza del Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y
Pecuarias (INIFAP). Sus principales líneas de investigación son: manejo
integral de malezas en maíz, producción de melón en túneles de plástico,
modelos de predicción de enfermedades virosas en melón, manejo integral de
enfermedades virosas en melón, control de maleza y hongos fitopatógenos
mediante desinfección solar del suelo y modelos de predicción de la técnica de
desinfección solar del suelo, estudios ecológicos de maleza en las zonas
Centro y Sur de México y sistemas de protección integral de hortalizas .
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Dr. Patricia Negreros Castillo
works in the Forestry Department at ISU as a part-time associate adjunct
professor, teaching Forest Biology and an Agroforestry graduate course. She
got her Ph.D. in Forestry, from Iowa State University in 1991, she got her M.S.
from INIREB in Forest Ecology from INIREB in Mexico in 1983, and her B.S. in
Chemistry from the University of Puebla, Mexico. She has conducted research
in tropical ecology (as a tool to develop silvicultural techniques), silviculture, and
agroforestry, and she is leading research being done for a community forestry
organization (approx. 300,000 ha) in Quintana Roo, Mexico. Also she has
worked in
the development of silvicultural techniques to regenerate
commercially valuable tree species in natural forest stands, with emphasis in
Swietenia macrophylla King. , she worked for a Mexican research institution in
tropical Mexico (INIFAP). She served as the director of the INIFAP Forestry
Research Division in the Yucatan Peninsula, and she was one of the major
participants in developing the Mexico-International Center for Research in
Agroforestry (ICRAF) collaboration program. She recently created RIDSUS:
Selva Maya a researchers network to support sustainable forest management in
the Selva Maya.
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Dr. Enrique Rosales Robles
Es investigador del Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y
Pecuarias (INIFAP), actualmente adscrito al Centro de Investigación Regional
del Noreste (CIRNE). Obtuvo su título de Ingeniero Agrónomo y su grado de
Maestro en Ciencias en el Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de
Monterrey. Posteriormente, obtuvo su Doctorado en Ciencias de la Maleza en
la Universidad de Texas A&M. Su línea principal de investigación es la
dinámica y control de maleza . El Dr. Rosales ha escrito más de 10 artículos
científicos, algunos capítulos en libros y un manual de control y clasificación de
maleza en el Norte de México.
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Dr. Jaime Roel Salinas García
Investigador del Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales Agrícolas y
Pecuarias (INIFAP), actualmente adscrito al Centro Nacional de Investigación
para Producción Sostenible (CENAPROS). Obtuvo su título de Ingeniero
Agrónomo en la Universidad de Nuevo león, México y sus grado de Maestría
en Física de suelos y de doctorado en Agronomía en la Universidad de Texas
A&M. Su programa de investigación está enfocado a labranza de conservación,
manejo de residuos de cosecha, biología de suelos y dinámica de nutrimentos.
El Dr. Salinas ha publicado más de 12 artículos y dirigido dos tesis de
licenciatura y maestría.
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Dr. Alan Schlegel
Is a Professor at the Southwest Research-Extension Center, Kansas State
University, where he has worked since 1992 at different capacities. He
obtained a B. S. degree in Agronomy from Kansas State University, a
M.S. degree in Soil Fertility and a Ph. D. Degree in Soil
Microbiology/Fertility from Purdue University. Selected publications:
Schlegel, A.J., K.C. Dhuyvetter, C.R. Thompson, and J.L. Havlin. 1999.
Agronomic and economic impacts of tillage and rotation on wheat and
sorghum. J. Prod. Agric 12 (in press).
Halvorson, A.D., J.L. Havlin, and A.J. Schlegel. 1997. Nutrient management for
sustainable dryland farming systems. Annlas of the Arid Zone 36: 233254.
Havlin, J.L., and A. J. Schlegel. 1997. Dryland conservation technologies:
Enhancing agriculture profitability and sustainability. Annlas of the Arid
Zone 36: 291-303.
Schlegel, A.J., and J.L. Havlin. 1997. Green fallow for the central Great Plains.
Agron. J. 89:762-767.
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Dr. James (Jim) H. Stiegler
Works as Professor, Extension Leader, and Soil Management Specialist in the
Plant and Soil Department of Oklahoma State University. He obtained his B.S.
Degree from Texas A&M University; his M.S. from Oklahoma State University;
and his Ph. D. Degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute. He provides education
programs and publications on soils and soil related subjects, including soil
survey, land judging, soil and water conservation, wind and water erosion,
conservation tillage, and sustainable cropping systems. He is member of a
number of scientific associations, has been awarded multiple honors since
1994, and published 43 book chapters/ journals/ bulletins/ abstracts; and 366
fact sheets/ leaflets/ current reports/ popular articles. He has also obtained
state, federal, and private research and field demonstration grants in excess of
U.S. $ 500,000 to develop
education programs in soils and cropping system issues.
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Dick and Sharon Thompsom
Are both from Boone Iowa. Sharon got her High school degree from Boone and
Dick received a B.S . and M.S. in Animal Husbandry from Iowa State University.
They were high input farmers from 1958 through 1967. The rotation was
continuos corn with high rates of anhydrous, herbicides, and insecticides. They
changed to a more balanced farming in 1968. The rotation was changed to a
five year (corn-soybeans-corn-oats-hay) rotation. Their experience tells us that
there are no quick answers or one special recipe to solve agriculture’s
problems. They have emphasized positive practices as diverse rotations,
rotation of tillage and various kinds of conservation practices that increase
profit, take better care of the resources and are ultimately kinder to people.
They have the data that proves the above statement is true.
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Dr. Mario Tiscareño López
Es investigador del Centro Nacional de Investigación para Producción
Sostenible (CENAPROS) del Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales,
Agrícolas y Pecuarias (INIFAP) y es Líder Nacional de Pronósticos de
Cosechas de este Instituto. Obtuvo su licenciatura en Agronomía en la
Universidad de Aguascalientes, y sus grados de Maestría y Doctorado en
Manejo de Cuencas Hidrológicas en la Universidad de Arizona. Ha publicado
más de 30 artículos de investigación y ha dirigido varias tesis de licenciatura,
maestría y doctorado. En la actualidad es Investigador Nacional Nivel I dentro
del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores. Su área de interés principal es la
modelación hidrológica y de crecimiento vegetal.
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M.C. Fernando Urzúa Soria
Profesor-investigador de biología y taxonomía
y control de malezas,
aplicación de plaguicidas y análisis regional en el Colegio de Postgraduados.
Obtuvo su título de Ingeniero Agrónomo Especialista en Parasitología en la
Universidad Autónoma de Chapingo, México, su grado de Maestría en el
Colegio de Postgraduados y es candidato al Doctorado en la misma institución.
Su programa de investigación está enfocado a la biología, taxonomía y
dinámica de poblaciones de maleza y la efectividad biológica de herbicidas. El
Maestro Urzúa ha publicado dos libros de texto, 48 artículos en revistas
científicas y dirigido 65 tesis de licenciatura.
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Dr. Daniel T. Walters
Is an Associate Professor of Soil Science at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln,
Nebraska. He obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Illinois
and Ph.D. in soil science from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Walters teaches
undergraduate and graduate courses in soil management and root soil interface
modeling. His research program addresses the impact of soil management and
cropping systems on nitrogen and carbon cycling in soils. Current research
projects include carbon and nitrogen transfers during crop residue
decomposition, conjunctive-use tracer techniques, real-time prediction of net
soil N mineralization and organic waste management. Dr. Walters has extensive
professional experience dealing with natural resources issues in Latin America
and Africa and has served as Associate Director of the International Sorghum
and Millet Collaborative Research Support Program and Assistant Professor of
Soil Science at the Escuela Agricola Panamericana, El Zamorano, Honduras.
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Dr. Charles W. Rice
Is currently a Professor of soil microbiology in the Department of Agronomy at
Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas and the State Project Director of
the EPA EPSCoR Program in Kansas. He earned his B.S from Northern Illinois
University in Geography and Natural Environmental Systems. His M.S. in Soil
Science and Ph.D. in Soil Microbiology were earned at the University of
Kentucky. His areas of expertise include soil microbial ecology and carbon and
nitrogen dynamics in soil. His main research interests are soil microbial
ecology, carbon and nitrogen cycling in agricultural and grassland ecosystems,
denitrification, nitrogen mineralization, and soil quality. He has worked on
nitrogen cycling in no-till systems during his entire career. Recently he has
conducted research on soil organic matter, particularly related to soil quality and
sequestration of atmospheric CO2. He also has a major research emphasis on
water quality related to microbial and nitrogen contamination of surface waters.
Chuck Rice is a member of several professional organizations including
American Society of Agronomy and Soil Science Society of America. He is a
Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy.
Contact information: e-mail: cwrice@ksu.edu
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David L. Regehr
Is an Extension and Research Agronomist at Kansas State University. His
area of expertise is integrated weed management and conservation tillage
systems for field crops (corn, sorghum, soybean, wheat and alfalfa), and the
effects of pesticides on water quality.
From 1984 to 1987, Dave served as research weed scientist with the
Morocco Dryland Farming Project (USAID Project No. 608-0136), researching
weed management problems as they relate to dryland farming systems in the
Chaouia Plateau region of Morocco. As part of a sabbatical leave in the fall of
1995, Dave worked with field agronomists in Paraguay’s central Chaco, on
conservation tillage and weed management issues. In 1997, he participated in the
International Symposium on Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming, Xi’an, China,
giving presentations on “Weed Management, Tillage, and Crop Rotations in
Dryland Farming Systems” and “Reducing Atrazine Losses from Crop Fields,”
and co-chairing a symposium session on “Innovative Farming Systems for Semiarid Environments.”
Dave’s other interests include operation of a 65 hectare farm, with 55 ha
tillable, in Riley County, KS. Soils are silt loams and clay loams, including some
classified “highly erodible.” Soybean, wheat, sorghum and corn are grown in
rotation, using no-tillage and ridge-tillage methods.
TEL: 785/532-5776; FAX: 785/532-6315; e-mail: dregehr@oz.oznet.ksu.edu
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LARRY D. SANDERS
Dr. Sanders is a Professor and Extension Economist, Department of
Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma. He
teaches and does extension work in public policy related to agriculture, natural
resources and environment, rural development, and international trade policy.
Prior to coming to OSU in 1985, he worked with the Cooperative Extension
Service in Colorado to develop a response to the agricultural crisis. He chaired
the National Public Policy Education Committee 1992-1993, and was an advisor
to the national Public Issues Education project.
He has a Doctorate of Philosophy in Economics from Colorado State University,
a Master of Science degree in Agricultural Economics from New Mexico State
University and Bachelor of Arts degree from Chapman College (California). Dr.
Sanders has written a variety of publications, spoken at various conferences,
worked on special projects in Japan, Russia, Mexico and Turkey. He also
serves on several regional and national policy and professional committees.
During a 1995 sabbatical in Washington, D.C., he coordinated the development
of a USDA project to assist agricultural producers, agribusinesses and rural
communities in managing changes resulting from reduced government support,
globalization, industrialization of agriculture and other factors. He is currently
conducting research on the impact of environmental regulation on the livestock
sector and land use.
Dr. Sanders was an infantry officer in the United States Army, 1969 through
1975. A native of Carlsbad, New Mexico, he has a wife, one daughter, and two
grandchildren.
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Ing. Mario Novelo Guizar
Egresado en 1970 de la Escuela Nacional de Agricultura Chapingo, Mex.
Titulo de Ing. Agrónomo especialista en Irrigación
Diplomado en Ingeniería de Regadíos en la Escuela de Hidrología y Recursos
Hidráulicos de Madrid, Esp., y Diplomado en Evaluación de Inversiones y
Administración en la Universidad de Harvard, Mass.
Su desarrollo Profesional, ha sido en FIRA en donde ha ocupado diversos
puestos siendo actualmente Director de Transferencia de Tecnología y
Asistencia Técnica.
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