Advisory committee

Animal biotechnology

Dr. Oscar De La Rosa, National Agricultural Research Institute, Agricultural Biotechnology Laboratory, Venezuela.

Animal nutrition

MSc. Omar Araujo Febres. Faculty of Agronomy, University of Zulia. Venezuela.

Ph.D. Leyla Rios-de Alvarez. Animal & Dairy Science Department, Mississippi State University, USA.

Plantains and bananas

Dr. Juan Carlos Nava, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Zulia, Venezuela.

Biostatistics

Dr. Aquiles Dhargan, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, National University of Colombia, Colombia.

Dr. Ángel Gómez-Degraves, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Zulia, Venezuela.

Dr. Ciolys Beatriz Colmenares de Ortega, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Zulia, Venezuela.

Botany

Dra. Adriana Beatriz Sánchez-Urdaneta, Research Institute, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Health Sciences, Technical University of Manabí. Portoviejo, Ecuador.

Dr. Gisela Rivero, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Zulia, Venezuela.

Entomology

Dr. Dorys T. Chirinos, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Technical University of Manabi, Ecuador.

Dr. Nicolás Pérez Hidalgo, Centro Mixto University de Valencia-CSIC, University of Valencia, Spain.

Dr. Francis Geraud Poey. Faculty of Agronomy, University of Zulia, Venezuela.

Fodder farming

Ph.D. José L. Gil, National Institute of Agricultural Research, Venezuela.

Food technology

Dr. Elvis Portillo, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Zulia, Venezuela.

Dr. Silvia Bautista-Baños, Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Center for the Development of Biotic Products, Mexico.

Dr. Lilia Arenas, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Zulia, Venezuela.

Dr. Andrea Trejo Márquez, Cuautitlán School of Higher Education, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico.

Dr. Fernando Rincón Acosta, Faculty of Humanities and Education, University of Zulia, Venezuela.

Dr. Nelson Huerta, Faculty of Agronomy, University del Zulia, Venezuela.

Fruit trees

Dr. Jesús E. Aular Urrieta, Dean of Agronomy - Horticulture, University Centro Occidental "Lisandro Alvarado", Venezuela.

Dr. Tibisay Urdaneta, Faculty of Agronomy, University del Zulia, Venezuela.

Genetics and breeding

Dr. Ariadne Vegas García, National Institute of Agricultural Research. Santo Domingo Experimental Station, Ecuador.

Phytopathology

Ph.D. Rodrigo Orlando Campo Arana, Agronomy and Rural Development Dept. Agronomy and Rural Development, University of Córdoba, Colombia.

Dr. Luciano Martínez-Bolaños, Autonomous University of Chapingo, Unidad Regional Universitaria Sursureste, Mexico.

Dr. Ana Casassa-Padrón, Faculty of Agronomy, University of  Zulia, Venezuela.

Dr. Ángel Villegas-Monter, Postgraduate in Genetic Resources and Productivity - Fruit Growing, Mexico.

Plant biotechnology

Dr. Leyanis García Águila, Institute of Plant Biotechnology, Cuba.

Dr. Carolina Sánchez Romero, Dept. of Botany and Plant Physiology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Málaga, Spain.

Dr. Nilca Albany, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Zulia, Venezuela.

Plant Physiology

Dr. Ramon E. Jaimez, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Technical University of Manabi, Ecuador.

Ph.D. Juan José Reyes Pérez, Faculty of Livestock and Biological Sciences, Quevedo State Technical University, Ecuador.

Socioeconomics and production systems

Dr. María Elena Peña Marcano, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences. University of Zulia, Venezuela.

Dr. Lissette Bustillo-García, Faculty of Agricultural Production Systems Engineering, University Veracruzana, Mexico.

Virology

Dr. Natalia Lucinda, Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, USA. Dr. Alba Nava Ferreira. Faculty of Agronomy, University of Zulia, Venezuela.