INTA - Instituto Nacional de TecnologÃa Agropecuaria (National Institute of Farming Technology) is a public decentralized body subordinated to the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food with operative and financial autarchy. Its mission is “To carry out and foster actions addressing the innovation of agricultural and livestock, agro-food and agro-industrial sectors to contribute to the competitiveness of agro-industrial chains, environmental health and sustainability of productive systems, social equity and territorial development, through research, technological development and extensionâ€.
(2005-2015 Institutional Strategic Plan). INTA relies on 15 Regional Centers with 47 Agricultural and Livestock Experimental Stations and over 260 Extension Units that cover the whole country plus 4 Research Centers with 15 Institutes. Headcount amounts to 5,868 employees: 44% are professionals, 29% are support staff and 28% are technicians.
Speaker Profile
Jorge A Hilbert is presently Director of the rural engineering institute of INTAÂ and coordinates at a national level the bioenergy program. He has conducted research and programs on bioenergy for more than 25 years. The national project he is conducting all over the country has an specific module studying Jatropha.
He graduated in agronomic engineering at the Univ of Buenos Aires and obtained a Master Degree in Farm Mechanization. He has represented Argentina in international forums and acted as expert consultant for FAO ONUDI, GEF and other international organizations. Jorge is member of regional and international organizations related with agronomical engineering and farm mechanization.
He acted as international consultant in bioenergy related topics in Austria, India, China, Salvador, Mexico, Brasil, Chile and Paraguay. This year he has been involved at international expert meetings regarding biofuels sustainability in preparation for COP meeting in Germany. He is also co-chair of Methane to markets international partnership.
JatrophaWorld 2008 Miami Speaker
Day 1 – Tuesday, June 10
15:15 JATROPHA IN ARGENTINA - OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INVESTMENT PROJECT
JatrophaWorld 2008 is a showcase of all the latest trends and shifts occurring in the Jatropha value chain, bringing together on a single platform, the best expertise to discuss and analyze the present and future dynamics of Jatropha from a technological and socio-economic angle. To find more about JatrophaWorld in Miami, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/jatropha/.
#1. Carlos Valdez, May 25th, 2008
I Need to know what specific examples we have in Mexico, who is testing jatropha curcas in Mexico ?
can i have their names ?, place ?, results achieved so far ?
Carlos Valdez
#2. battery, June 12th, 2008
[…] Continuing further with some more highlights from the superb event I attended a couple of weeks back in Hamburg, Next08, I thought I would go ahead and share another blog post where I will not be mentioning much more about the Keynote speakers, since I did that last time, but more with the rest of the breakout sessions that I got to attend for the remaining of the day. One thing that you may have noticed already is how the great folks from Next08 have already provided some preview of what other people attending the event have been blogging and twittering about all along, including plenty of pictures shared all along by a whole bunch of folks. Thus you may want to have a look into that as well. […]
#3. Angel Gutiérrez, June 12th, 2008
I Need to know what specific zone we have in Mexico working with, who is testing jatropha curcas in Mexico ? can I have their names ?, adresses ?, results achieved so far ?
I have few box and I whant to invest some in this proyect to use in a very short time.
Tx God bless you.
Puebla, Mexico.
#4. Pedro A Sánchez, June 16th, 2008
Hello gentlemen of the Centre for Management Technology
I ask our partners to send you a detailed listing of registered attendees and speakers at the Seminar developed last week in Miami in JatrophaWord2008.
The goal is to contact many of them here in Colombia to advance draft of jatropha crops, especially in desert areas.
Thank you very much
A Pedro Sanchez
President Asociados