Carlos Iglesias, Ph.D., Professor – Director Plant Breeding Consortium, NC State
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Innovations in food processing, together with synthetic biology, genomics and data analytics, are posed to disrupt the food protein market. The ripples could reach most areas related to food and agri-business globally. Read more >
Related:
World Resources Institute – https://wrr-food.wri.org
Publication – SYNTHESIS REPORT: Creating a Sustainable Food Future: A Menu of Solutions to Feed Nearly 10 Billion People by 2050
Speaker Bio
Dr. Carlos Iglesias grew up in a small farming community in SW Uruguay, getting his BSc at the University of Uruguay. He got his MSc and PhD in Plant Breeding at Iowa State University. Later in his career he got a MSc in Ag Econ from Purdue University and a MBA in Food and Agribusiness from Indiana University.
Carlos has experience in the public (University of Uruguay, and CIAT in Colombia) and private sectors (Weaver Popcorn and Syngenta). He has directly worked or managed programs in different species (corn, cassava, popcorn, wheat); and has experience in more developed agriculture production systems (North America, Brazil/Argentina), as well as production in less developed regions of the world (Sub-Saharan Africa). He is the creator of several varieties and hybrids still being grown, and his major focus has been in linking plant breeding to high value markets. Recently at Syngenta, he was managing the NA Wheat Business Unit, a self-sustain unit supported by royalties from the seed business.
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