About the speaker
As a forest engineer he provides technical assistance to different organizations on issues related to rural development, public policies and food systems. Among the several organizations, he works for FEAGRA-CC.OO., for several rural development groups and for the TERRAE Agro-ecological Municipalities Network, where he is responsible for the education and planning sectors.
He usually advises rural development groups (LEADER approach), giving evaluation and programming and designing innovations. Additionally, he teaches as a professor in several postgraduate courses and master’s programs. He is partner of the Bioregional Economies associations and is actively involved in the Madrid Agro-ecological Platform, which is currently developing the Madrid Agro-composting. This project focuses on the collection of the organic fraction, which is composted and used as organic fertilizer.