Thirteen Latin American and Spanish universities, one of them being Universidad Politecnica Salesiana, signed an agreement for food safety and nutrition. 

 

The agreement, signed at Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM) in Lima (Peru), is based on the principles of Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems (IAR for its acronym in Spanish) of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and proposes a strategy to support food security and nutrition from teaching and research. Representatives of the institutions that signed the agreement attended the event:

 

- Orestes Cachary and Felipe San Martín, president and vice president of UNMSM 

 

- Javier Herrán, president of Universidad Politécnica Salesiana (Ecuador) 

 

- Luis F. Rodríguez, president of Universidad Uniagraria de Colombia 

 

- Gonzalo Dávila, vice president of Universidad Católica de Santa María (Peru) 

 

- Alejandro Fontana vice president of Universidad de Piura (Peru) 

 

- Luis Quintero, president of Universidad Nacional de Colombia 

 

- Mateo Pocco, president of Universidad Nacional de San Agustín (Peru) 

 

- Juan Ignacio Pastén, president of Universidad Católica Sedes Sapientiae (Peru)

 

- Ignacio de los Ríos, representative of Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (España)

 

- Ricardo Stratta, representative of Universidad Nacional de La Plata (Argentina)

 

- José Regalado, representative of Colegio de Posgraduados de México 

 

- Álvaro Colunge, representative of Universidad Autónoma de Nariño  (Colombia) 

 

- Paulo Herrera, president of Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (Rep. Dominicana)   

 

The meeting was coordinated by Adolfo Cazorla, director of the FAO-UPM project. This meeting was also attended by Duclair Sternadt, who attended as a witness of the signing of the agreement.

 

Each university is committed to collaborate and contribute with its capacity and experience to create awareness of work developed in the last three years to implement the IAR Principles and the Voluntary Guidelines of Land Governance into the curriculum. University teaching (undergraduate and graduate) and research. The work carried out in recent years has allowed a total of 27 universities from seven countries (Peru, Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico, Colombia, Dominican Republic and Spain) to be included in the project. The signing of the agreement has been possible thanks to the collaboration between the FAO and the General Foundation of the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (FGUPM), promoting the dialogue on experiences and learning, verifying that the legislative regulation on universities allows very diverse curricular developments both in teaching degree, postgraduate, seminars and lines of research. These curricular developments are the tangible result of the link between the university and society.