Scientific Committee
- Helber Enrique Balaguera, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Universidad Nacional de Colombia UNAL, Bogotá, Colombia.
- Luz Marina Melgarejo, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology, Universidad Nacional de Colombia UNAL, Bogotá, Colombia.
- Eliana Jiménez, Director, Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones IMANI, Universidad Nacional de Colombia UNAL, Amazonas, Colombia.
- Claudia Patricia Pérez, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Universidad Nacional de Colombia UNAL, Bogotá, Colombia.
- Juan Pablo Fernández, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Spain.
- Giancarlo Colelli, Università di Foggia, Italy.
- Hugo Chavarría, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Colombia.
- Juliana Cardona, Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas SINCHI, Colombia.
- Francisco Muñoz, Universidad Surcolombiana, Colombia.
- Rafael Anta, Inter-American Development Bank, Principal Specialist in Science, Technology, and Innovation, United States.
- Sandra Gómez Caro, Universidad Nacional de Colombia UNAL, Bogotá, Colombia.
- Diego Alberto Castellanos Espinosa, Universidad Nacional de Colombia UNAL, Bogotá, Colombia.
- Víctor Julio Flórez Roncancio, Universidad Nacional de Colombia UNAL, Bogotá, Colombia.
Organizing Committee
- Aníbal Orlando Herrera Arévalo, Full Professor, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, National University of Colombia
- María Soledad Hernández, Coordinator, Sustainability and Intervention Program, Amazon Institute of Scientific Research -SINCHI-.
- Joaquín Guillermo Ramírez Gil, Associate Professor, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, National University of Colombia
- Luz Marina Mantilla Cárdenas, General Director, SINCHI Institute
- Camila Remolina, Master’s Student in Food Science and Technology
- Kimberly Lozano, Researcher, SINCHI Institute
Previous Experiences
The International Conference on Postharvest and Quality Management of Horticultural Products of Interest for Tropical Regions was born in 2010 in a first version that was held in Costa Rica. His topics have always revolved around the management of perishable products of interest. Production in the tropics includes fundamental aspects, such as the continuous production of species of interest and further highlights emerging and little-known species in the tropical belt. This condition singles out production in these ecosystems and distinguishes the production of classic and traditional horticultural products. The conference has been in America and also in Asia and on the Island of Trinidad Tobago and even transcended the pandemic, with the V conference held in Toluca-Mx, in complete virtuality.
On this occasion, Colombia is holding the conference for the second time and today relevant topics such as biodiversity, bioeconomy and the circular economy will be part of the program. We hope that there will be sessions with a lot of participation, commercial displays and of course the presence of schools that throughout the tropical belt make enormous efforts to train human talent that impacts the reduction of post-harvest losses and technological development and innovation to achieve tropical products reach their commercialization overseas
Thematic Axes:
Productive chains, Artificial Intelligence, and emerging technologies.
Bioeconomy and biodiversity.
Horticultural and fruit postharvest in tropical regions.
Logistics and international trade.
Food security and natural ingredients.
Pests, diseases, and phytosanitation.
Floriculture and floral diversity.
Biodiversity, environment, and education.
Comprehensive postharvest solutions.
