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 International Symposium on Sustainable Agricultural Development, within the framework of the III International Scientific Convention UCLV 2021, to be held from November 15 to 19, 2021 at the UCLV, Villa Clara, 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 August 31, 2021

Acceptance notification: September 15, 2021

Full work submission: September 30, 2021

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

PRESIDENT OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Dr. C. Raciel Lima Orozco (Dean: raciello@uclv.edu.cu)

PRESIDENT OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

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

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

Msc. Llilian Martínez Pérez  (llilian@uclv.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)

Dr. C. Omar González Cueto (omar@uclv.edu.cu)

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

Dr. C. Idelfonso Castañeda Noa (idelfonsocn@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).