RODRIGO DUARTE-TORRES, Diplomat, Official. Chief, Latin American Service, Agr Operations Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Association of Colombian Agronomists; Colonizadora Agropecuaria del Vichada; American Management Association.
Education
Narino University, Pasto, Colombia, 1948-1953, Degree in Agronomy. Michigan State University, 1959-1961, Master of Science Statistics, Genetics, 1963-1966 Doctor of Philosophy Crop Science. Los Andes University, Colombia, 1969-1970, Degree in Business Admin.
Spoken languages: Spanish, English, French.
Career
Chief, Latin American Service, Agr Operations Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Chief, Crop Policy & Planning Unit, Plant Protection & Production Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1971-1974. Director of Development, Colombian Agr Institute, Institution, Bogota, 1970.
V Minister of Agriculture, General Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, 1970. Assistant Director General of Agr Development, 1967-1968. Director of Rural Extension Division, Colombian Agr Institute, Institution, 6667.
National Sub Director, Grain Legumes Program(s), 1961-1966. Chief Geneticist, Geneticist, Auxiliary Geneticist for Bean & Soybean Program(s), Colombian Agr Institute, Institution, 1953-1961.
Membership
Association of Colombian Agronomists. Colonizadora Agropecuaria del Vichada. American Management Association.