Agronomist graduated from ESALQ ‑ USP. Coordinator of the Agribusiness Center at Fundação Getúlio Vargas, he has hundreds of published works on agriculture, cooperatives and rural economy. Author of ten books and co-author of several others. Doctor Honoris Causa from UNESP. He is a member of the Advisory Board of FECAP, President of the Advisory Board of ESALQSHOW, a member of the Advisory Board of ESALQ, a member of the Advisory Board of Japan House and a Member of the Brazil / Japan Entrepreneurs Group – Wise Men Group. He received the Paulista Medal of Scientific and Technological Merit, the Commendation of the National Order of Scientific Merit, was decorated by the Agronomic Institute of Campinas and by the Biological Institute of São Paulo. He was elected by AEASP as Agronomist Engineer of the year in 1987 and Agronomist Engineer of the decade, in 2004. He received the Diploma of Agronomic Merit from the Confederation of Federations of Agronomists – CONFAEAB, in 2001 and the “Luiz de Queiroz” Medal, from ESALQ, in 2004. He was a rural entrepreneur in São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Maranhão. He was Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (January 2003 to June 2006). He was President of the Brazilian Agribusiness Association – ABAG, of the Brazilian Rural Society – SRB and of the Superior Agribusiness Council of FIESP – COSAG. He is currently a member of different boards of companies and institutions directly or indirectly linked to agro.
