CALL

The Organizing and Scientific Committees of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences from Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas (UCLV), call for specialists and high-level students, Cubans and foreigners, to participate in the 10th International  Scientific Conference on Agricultural Development and Sustainability AGROCENTRO 2023, within the framework of the 4th International Scientific Convention UCLV 2023, to be held from November  13 to 17, 2023 in the cayos of  Villa Clara tourist destination: Santa María, Cuba.

A fruitful exchange of knowledge will be fostered between specialists from the most diverse parts of the world on issues of great relevance and importance, which will be approached with the greatest scientific-academic rigor and with a vision of the future that allows us to face advantageously the problems of the current century.

OBJECTIVES

Encourage exchange between professionals, scientists, technicians, producers, businessmen, government representatives, international organizations and the general public, interested in researching and promoting issues that contribute to sustainable agricultural development and socialize the results.

SUBMISSION TOPICS

1. Sustainable plant production, soils, environmental impact and agricultural education.

2. Ecological management of pests, biological control and allelopathy in agriculture.

3. Animal production technologies, genetics, diagnosis and disease control.

4. Agricultural engineering, irrigation and drainage, precision agriculture, energy and postharvest.

5. Food sovereignty, rural community, local development and gender mainstreaming.

6. Methods, techniques and approaches for ecological restoration, role of the botanic gardens.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS AND REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS

Abstracts submission deadline: until July 25, 2023

Acceptance notification: September 15, 2023

Full work submission: October 6, 2023

Papers and abstracts will be sent to: https://convencion.uclv.cu

PRESIDENT OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Dr. C. Omar Gónzalez Cueto (Dean: omar@uclv.edu.cu)

PRESIDENT OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Dr. C. Ahmed Chacón Iznaga (Vice Dean: ahmedci@uclv.edu.cu)

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

Dra. C. Elizabeth Kairuz Hernández Díaz  (kairuzhd@uclv.cu)
Msc. Héctor Pablo Hernández Arboláez (hectorha@uclv.edu.cu)
 

PLATFORM COORDINATOR

Lic. Reiniedys Álvarez Sánchez (ralvarez@uclv.edu.cu)  

MEMBERS

Dra. C. Edith Aguila Alcantara (editha@uclv.edu.cu)
Dr. C. Orelvis Portal Villafaña (orelvispv@uclv.cu)

Dr. C. Ubaldo Alvarez Hernández (ubaldoah@uclv.edu.cu)

Dr. C. Pedro de la Fé Rodríguez (pedrodlfr@uclv.edu.cu)

Dra. C. Laura García Pedraza (lgpedraza@uclv.edu.cu)

Dr. C. Luis Antonio Barranco Olivera (luisbo@uclv.edu.cu)

Dr. C. Idelfonso Castañeda Noa (idelfosocn@uclv.edu.cu)

COLLABORATORS AND SPONSORS

Ministry of Agriculture (MINAG). Cuban Association of Agricultural and Forestry Technicians (ACTAF). Cuban Association of Animal Production (ACPA). National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP).