[vc_row width=”stretch_row” full_width=”” vsc_row_type=”” bg_image=”” bg_color=”” vsc_id=”about”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5/12″][vc_single_image image=”4395″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”left-to-right”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”7/12″][vc_custom_heading text=”Álvaro Gaitán” font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left|color:%23b4252b”][vc_custom_heading text=”Director of Scientific and Technological Research of the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia” font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left”][vc_separator color=”grey”][vc_column_text]Álvaro Gaitán has been the Director of Scientific and Technological Research of the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia for 7 years, leading the activities of the National Center for Coffee Research – CENICAFÉ around the More Agronomy, More Productivity, More Quality strategy, which promotes technical change in coffee farming, supported by scientific experimentation and potentiated by the outreaching activities of the Extension Service of the Federation.
He has worked for more than 30 years implementing his training as a microbiologist with a doctorate in Plant Pathology from Cornell University, in applied research in Coffee Diseases, Genomics, Genetic Resources, and Intellectual Property, pursuing solutions to the constant challenges for coffee production in profitability, government policies, sustainability, and consumer requirements.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1622260621327{margin-top: -60px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][ventcamp_button title=”View all speakers” style=”custom” custom_text=”#ffffff” custom_background=”#b4252b” custom_border_color=”#b4252b” custom_border_width=”0″ custom_border_radius=”8″ custom_hover_text=”#ffffff” custom_hover_background=”#b4252b” custom_hover_border_color=”#666666″ custom_hover_border_width=”1″ custom_hover_border_radius=”1″ size=”sm” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldcoffeeproducersforum.com%23speakers|||”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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