Celso Moretti

Celso Moretti holds a BSc. in agronomy, and a Master and a Ph.D. in plant science. A researcher with Embrapa since 1994, he has dedicated the last thirteen years to public administration. He is an alumnus (2016) of the Harvard School of Government, Harvard University (USA). He is a Courtesy Associate Professor with the University of Florida (USA) since 2006. Dr. Moretti is member of the Global Panel for Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition (United Kingdom) and an Executive Board member of the following associations: The Cooperative Program for Technological Development of Agriculture and Agro Industry in the Southern Cone of the Americas; Brazilian Association of Agribusiness (ABAG); the Council of Agribusiness of the State of Sao Paulo Industries (Cosag/ Fiesp); and the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA, United Arab Emirates). He is author of book chapters, editor of technical books and author and co-author of scientific papers in national and international journals. He has extensive international experience having presented scientific papers, acted as a consultant and delivered lectures, seminars and conferences in more than 40 countries. He was a consultant to the UNDP for China and the Inter- American Development Bank (IDB, USA). He is currently the President of Embrapa.