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Seed Science Center Global Program Leader Joe Cortes recognized for his contribution to Peru's seed industry

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Ames, Iowa
April, 2009

Source: Fall/Winter 2008-09 Issue of the Iowa Seed & Biosafety newsletter, published by the Seed Science Center and the Biosafety Institute for Genetically Modified Agricultural Products at Iowa State University
http://www.bigmap.iastate.edu/images/fallwinter0809.pdf

Pictured at the Pan-American Seed Congress in Cartagena, Colombia, in October are (from left) UPAO Professor Alicia Rocha Valencia, Seed Science Center Global Program Leader Joe Cortes, and UPAO Dean Cesar Ventura Flores.

 

Cesar Ventura Flores, Dean, and Alicia Rocha Valencia, professor, of the College of Agriculture at Antenor Orrego Private University (UPAO) located in Trujillo, Peru, recently cited Seed Science Center Global Program Leader Joe Cortes for his role in helping to develop the country’s seed industry.

Cortes worked with the seed industry in Peru from 1989 to 1992 as part of an Iowa State project. During that time, he was involved in the creation of CODESES (Comites Departamentales de Semillas). CODESES was designed to develop and enhance Peru’s seed industry by providing training, assistance, and other services to small seed entrepreneurs.

In addition to CODESES, Cortes worked to implement seed certification activities in eight preselected areas in the country.
 
Flores and Valencia’s company Semillas Ventura was the first seed company to be established under the ISU project. Their enterprise, located in the northern region of Peru, specializes in the production of rice seed.

Because of programs like CODESES and others, the number of established seed companies operating across Peru has increased substantially. Currently, there are over 80 established seed companies in Peru—34 are located in the Department of Lambayeque, 32 are located in La Libertad, and the remaining companies are located in six main areas across the country.

 

 

 

 

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