
José Eduardo Villalobos
Costa Rica
Management and Conservation of Tropical Soils / Properties of Tropical Soils
José Eduardo is a Soil and Water Science professional, passionate for agriculture. He currently works as a professor of Soils Science at EARTH University. He has specialized in the integration of information layers at different levels (soil, plant and remote) for an accurate diagnosis of site-specific situations on agricultural farms. He has worked as coordinator and co-director of the Precision Agriculture center at EARTH, working together with farmers throughout Costa Rica and Guatemala, allowing them to optimize their productive efficiency through applied precision agriculture techniques focused mainly on nutrition and water management. Some of the crops in which he has supported with knowledge on nutrition and water management are: cane, rice, melon, forestry, coffee, cocoa, papaya, grass, mango, cotton, among others. Throughout his career he has accumulated experience in nutritional management in the cultivation of sugar cane working for companies in the state of Florida, United States and in Panama. In addition, he has participated as a thesis advisor and has been part of research teams in Costa Rica and the US, allowing him to be the author and co-author of different documents. He obtained his Master’s degree from the University of Florida in 2014.