Agronomist, University of Buenos Aires, Master of Science (Agronomy), Iowa State University and Ph.D. (Agricultural Economics), University of California, USA. Presently: Director GrupoCeo, Chair of the Committee on Agriculture of the Argentine Council of International Relations (CARI), Argentina. Member of the GPS and Special advicer to FAOs Director General. Formerly: Undersecretary, for Agriculture, Argentina. Director General of the Interamerican Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA). Member of the International Commission for the Recovery and Development of Central America (Sanford Commission). Member of the Council of Higher Education, Government of Argentina. Member Board of Trustees and Chair of Program Committee of the International Service for Agricultural Research (ISNAR). Member Board of Trustees and Chair of the Board International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Consultant to the World Bank, BID, FAO, FIDA, the Interamerican Foundation, CGIAR and the Ford Foundation. He has published 10 books and more than 100 papers about development, agricultural policies, and institutional development.
