Carlos Alberto Zuniga-Gonzalez, Ph.D

Agricultural Economist

Hialeah Gardens, FL 33018

addk7a@r.postjobfree.com

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Dr. Zúniga-González has been a Researcher-Professor of Agricultural Economic at the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua, León since 2000. He has been business administrator of the faculty of the agricultural campus and the faculty of economic and business sciences. Actually, He is Iberoamerican network of Bio Economic and Climate Change Coordinator, He is the Researching Centre for Agrarian Sciences and Applied Economics Director. He is Editor Chief of the Iberoamerican Bioeconomy and Climate Change Journal.

Dr. Zúniga-González has participated in international scientific events as a speaker, keynote conferences, and as part of the organizing committee at some international scientific conferences. Willing to relocate: Anywhere

Sponsorship required to work in the US

Work Experience

Editorial Chief

Iberoamerican of Bioeconomy and Climate Change Journal - Mexico, MO January 2015 to Present

In this position I select, review, order and prepare the material before its on line publication. Advocate for the dissemination of culture and knowledge, is to choose what material to publish, where to publish on line it and how to make it arrive as far as possible.

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https://www.lamjol.info/index.php/RIBCC

Researching Centre Director

National Autonomous University of Nicaragua, Leon - Leon, IA November 2011 to Present

On the position I get the Titular Professor category on the Agroecology Department and I interred the Social Projection Direction Team, Vice Rectory of research and post degree. In addition, Lead the Researching Centre for Agrarian Sciences and Applied Economic. https://cicaea.unanleon.edu.ni/ english_version/index_eng.html

International Coorditation of CYTED network

National Autonomous University of Nicaragua, Leon - Leon, IA December 2011 to January 2019

I get the sponsorship for the Iberoamerican Network of Bio Economic and Climate Change, reaching the Coordination. Financed by CYTED. In this position I get lead the research work with more of 120 researching centres of iberoamerican academy institution. Speaker

ACT ALLIANCE - Alliance, OH

October 2017 to October 2017

Workshop on climate change and disaster risk reduction Speaker

ACTALIANCE - San Salvador, San Salvador El Salvador October 2017 to October 2017

Workshop on strengthening capacities to influence the implementation of the Paris agreement in Latin America and the Caribbean

Speaker and panel

FONTAGRO - Honduras, IN

June 2017 to June 2017

XII technical monitoring workshop of FONTAGRO projects from June 20 to 23, 2017 held at Ceiba Honduras. Progress and results of the DF-RG-T2796 Project were presented. Bioeconomy seed fund. Keynote speech, Moderator, Speaker

Colegio de Postgraduados - Veracruz, Veracruz Mexico October 2016 to October 2016

Keynote speech, Moderator and speaker 1er Congress of Bioeconomics and Climate Change Organizing Committee Coordinator

National Council of Universities - Leon, IA

October 2015 to October 2015

Research center in agricultural sciences and applied economics. UNAN-Leon. Organizing Committee Coordinator of the V National rural development congress UNAN-León Social Projection Coordinator.

Coordinator of the National Subcommission of University Extension, CNU. Keynote speech, Moderator

University of El Salvador - San Salvador, El Salvador November 2014 to November 2014

University of El Salvador

The First National Climate Change Congress. Expanding and strengthening climate actions from the Academy 17-18 Nov 2014.

Organizing committee member and sponsor. http://congresocc.cimat.ues.edu.sv Speaker

University of Cordoba (Spain) EFIUCO - Spain

May 2014 to May 2014

VI Eficiency and productivity congress

Speaker and moderator

ICAE IAAE - Rio Iguaçu Paraná, Brazil

August 2012 to August 2012

28th international Conference of Agricultural Econoomists ICAE, held on 19-24 August, 2012 in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil.

The Global Bioeconomy

Researcher

Ministry of Science, Technology and Telecommunications - San Jose, Costa Rica October 2011 to October 2011

Bioeconomy symposium in tropical america

Speaker

AIDEFOR, RELADEFA, CATIE - San Jose, Costa Rica

October 2011 to October 2011

VIII Latin American Congress on Environmental Forestry Law: Forestry Legislation for the People, held on October 26, 2, and 28, 2011, in San Jose, Costa Rica Speaker

Euopean Association of Agricultural Economist - Zurich, KS September 2011 to September 2011

Change and Uncertainty. Challenges for Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources2011 International Congress, August 30-September 2, 2011, Zurich, Switzerland Assistant Professor and Manager of Economy Faculty National Autonomous University of Nicaragua, Leon - Leon, IA February 2007 to December 2010

In this posicion I manage 3000 student and cost and income for the professor staff on the Economy Faculty and I get the Assistant Professor category on the Agroecology Department. I manage the operative and funcional tasks for the Faculty.

Speaker

Economic Research Service, U.S Department of Agricultural May 2010 to May 2010

The Wye Group Global Conference on Agricultural and Rural Household Statistic. Economic Research Service, U.S Department of Agricultural Washington, D.C 24-25 Mayo 2010. Speaker

Internartional Association of Agricultural Economist. IAAE - Beijing, Beijing, China August 2009 to August 2009

27 th Conference of the International Association of Agricultural Economist Adjunct Professor and Campus Livestock Manager

National Autonomous University of Nicaragua, Leon - Leon, IA September 2002 to November 2007

In this position I get the Adjunct Professor category in the Agroecology Department and Manager in Livestock Campus, from the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua, Leon. In this position we manage a 56 ha farm and manage a staff of 30 people and 200 students. Horary Lecture, Agroecology Department.

National Autonomous University of Nicaragua, Leon

September 2000 to September 2002

In this position we teach agricultural economics, agricultural administration, visit farms and develop the components in a practical way.

Regional sale supervisor

CRESSIDA Corporation (Honduran company) - Nicaragua March 1990 to December 1999

In this job position we supervise a team of vendors of mass consumer products such as soaps, detergents, natural sauces, etc. We attended retail stores and wholesale, we also train supervisors in sales.

Education

Doctorate in Ph.D, Agricultural Economist and Sustainable Local Development American World University Centroamerica, sede Guatemala - Central, LA March 2004 to December 2008

Master's in Magister Science in Public Economic and Development Universitat de Barcelona - Barcelona, Spain

March 1999 to December 2001

Bachelor's in bachelor in Sociology

Central American University of Nicaragua, UCA - Managua, Nicaragua March 1990 to December 1993

Bachelor's in Bachelor in Agricultural economy

National Autonomous University of Nicaragua - Managua Nicaragua March 1988 to December 1993

Skills

Marketing, Microsoft Excel, Social Media Marketing, Microsoft Office, Teamcenter, Tax Preparation, Administrative Support (10+ years), Research (10+ years), Teaching, retail sales, Data Analysis

(10+ years), Manager (10+ years), Editor (10+ years), Business Analysis (10+ years), Knowledge Management (10+ years), Leadership Development (10+ years), Networking (10+ years), Organizational Development (10+ years), Project Management (10+ years), Sales (10+ years), Team Building (10+ years)

Links

https://cicaea.unanleon.edu.ni

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2545-8304

https://rebicamcli.unanleon.edu.ni/

https://www.lamjol.info/index.php/RIBCC

https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlos-alberto-z%C3%BAniga-gonz%C3%A1lez-3b313aa/? midToken=AQGeqncjti0Cqw&trk=eml-email_notification_single_search_appearance_01-header-10- profile&trkEmail=eml-email_notification_single_search_appearance_01-header-10-profile-null- hz1rr~jr23mu40~yo-null-neptune%2Fprofile~vanity%2Eview https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Carlos_Zuniga-Gonzalez Awards

The best national editorial journal

November 2016

The vice precidency of the Republic of Nicaragua through the Nicaragua Council of Science and Technology (CONICYT), Awards Recognityion to Iberoamerican Journal of Bioeconomy and Climate Change (ON LINE). National Autonomous University of Nicaragua, León. For its effort to raise the quality and application of the criteria of the Regional Information System Online for scientific journals in Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal (LATINDEX) and achieve visibility of scientific productioin in Nicaragua in Latin America journal online (LAMJOL). For scientific career. Scientific achievement

November 2014

Republic of Nicaragua Vicepresidence, through The Nicaraguan Council of science and technology

(CONICYT). For scientific career. Category Scientific achievement. Grant

October 2011

CYTED network Bioeconomic and Climate Change Network. Coordinate a network of 110 researcher from the Iberoamerican countries, as Mexico, Nicaragua, Cuba, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador. Where researcher centres participate working in the bioeconomy and climate change isssue. Scholarship

September 2010

Enlace european program. I participated of the interneship in ETH Zurich, Swizerland. Certifications/Licenses

Driver's License

February 2002 to December 2020

My driver's license is issued by the Republic of Nicaragua. The categories for driving is motorcycle up to 125 cc, motorcycles and ATVs, light vehicles up to 3 1/2 tons. Assessments

Data Analysis — Completed

January 2019

Measures a candidate's skill in interpreting and producing graphs, identifying trends, and drawing justifiable conclusions from data.

Full results: https://share.indeedassessments.com/share_assignment/tdyzof9lc76iplmg Indeed Assessments provides skills tests that are not indicative of a license or certification, or continued development in any professional field.

Groups

International Association of Agricultural Economics (IAAE) September 2007 to Present

International Association of Agricultural Economists;(IAAE) was established in 1929 by fifty agricultural economists from eleven countries who met at Dartington Hall, Devon, England, UK. Countries represented at that conference included Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, Germany, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Trinidad, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Those attending concluded periodic conferences would benefit agricultural economists throughout the world by increasing their knowledge of other nations' challenges and by promoting mutual understanding and goodwill. I am member # 10189. Membership provides the opportunity to dialogue in many ways with those at the cutting edge of problem solving in relation to the agricultural economic issues outlined above and to keep abreast of important international events which address the issues. Web site: http://www.iaae-agecon.org

Office

International Association of Agricultural Economists 555 East Wells Street, Suite 1100

Milwaukee, WI 53202 USA

Phone: 414-***-****

Fax: 414-***-****

Iberoamerican Network of Bioeconomy and Climate Change October 2012 to Present

The Bioeconomy and Climate Change network (REBICAMCLI) is a network that will facilitate interaction, cooperation and knowledge transfer based on the bioeconomy and its applicability to Climate Change among research groups in Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Colombia, Cuba and Spain on the topic of Climate Change, as well as develop training and capacity building activities, exchange, mobility and scientific interaction, with the objective of locating and maintaining the Ibero-American community in relevant positions on the subject of climate change. REBICAMCLI will be a consortium of transdisciplinary researchers of groups specialized in prediction, meteorology and climatology, plant biodiversity, agricultural sciences, statistical sciences and applied economics.

Publications

Comparisons of LSMS-ISA data collection and dissemination efforts in Central America.

https://academicjournals.org/journal/JDAE/article-abstract/A4C66FA8150 June 2011

This article aims the comparison of LSMS survey in Central American countries to increase current knowledge of survey methodologies and ensure the most efficient dissemination and utilization of the results.It will improve the availability,quality and relevance of agricultural data for policy and research in Central America. The criterion for this comparison consists of household survey data production,methodological validation/research,capacity building and dissemination. The integrated approach considers multi-topic questionnaire as agriculture plus non-farm, nutrition, interalia, consumption –based welfare measure, global strategy to improve Ag statistics.The methodological validation/research is an extension of LSMS IV for improvement of following measures: crop yields (plot size, quantities,measurement tool, diaries/crop cards, crop cutting),module development/sourcebooks

(income source, fishery, livestock, and community governance/empowerment. The results would have the following priorities and principles: a)support and build longitudinal data systems that improve policy decision making, resource allocation, and priority setting, b) ensure free public access to all data as soon as possible, c) lower the costs of using data trough data access platforms, harmonization of methodologies, and through outreach and capacity building, d) capitalize on synergies from integrating different types of data (example,broad representative surveys as LSMS, more intensive surveys/ sentinel sites, censuses, geospatial data, etc.)

Total Factor Productivity and the Bio Economy Effects https://doi.org/10.5296/jas.v1i1.2383

March 2013

This paper develops a new measure of total factor productivity growth in agricultural Production which incorporates Bio Economic components effects.The new measure is called the Bio Economic- Oriented Total Factor Productivity (BTFP) index, and incorporates components of Bio Economic as liquid biofuels. BTFP measure changes in Bio Economic efficiency and can be decomposed into bio economy efficiency change (BEC), and Bio Economic technological change (BTC) components.An empirical analysis, involving 7 Central American countries-level during 1980-2007, is provided using DEA methods. The results have shown a positive annual growth in bio economy total factor productivity of 1.1 percent. This change is explained by 0.03 percent per year in the bio economy efficiency change

(or bio economy catch-up) and bio economy technical change (or bio ethanol frontier-shift) is providing 0.09 percent.

Environmental Bio Economic Impact in Nicaragua

https://doi.org/10.5296/jas.v1i2.4033

October 2013

In this article the Bio economy of power plants connected to the national interconnected system of Nicaragua is analyzed, through the study of environmental effects of greenhouse gases emissions from the use of solid biomass from sugarcane bagasse and oil to generate electricity. In addition, an analysis of Cost - Benefit of investments to the electricity generation using fossil fuel and bagasse is done. The Methodology EX-Ante Carbon-balance Tool (EX-ACT) was used; this methodology was proposed by the United Nations Organization for Food and Agriculture (FAO) to determine the overall greenhouse gases (GHG) emission balance. Additionally, the WinDASI program, also developed by FAO, was used for the Cost - Benefit Analysis of investment in power plants. Furthermore, we performed marginal costing GHG reduction. The results show, that all plants are sources of GHG emissions, however the impact of sugar mills is partially positive by reforestation components and annual crops. However, the component inputs had negative environmental and socially impact. In the case of thermal power generation plants based on petroleum connected to the national grid, they were found to be sources of greenhouse gases. The analysis of the Benefit Cost in their investment indicates that there is a positive financially impact except in ALBANISA power plant and sugar Mills power plants. Technical efficiency of organic fertilizer in small farms of Nicaragua: 1998-2005

https://doi.org/10.5897/AJBM10.873

February 2011

This article applies frontier production function analysis to small farms in Nicaragua during 1998-2005

(Battese and Coelli, 1988). The objective of this study is to estimate an average function that will provide a picture for the shape of the organic fertilizer technology of an average firm (in our case, agricultural production units). Furthermore, a best-practice scenario for organic fertilizer against... Wages and Employs for Non-Farm Agricultural Activities: One Livelihood Strategy in Nicaragua

https://globaljournals.org/GJMBR_Volume12/E_journal_GJMBR_Vol_12_Issue_15.pdf March 2012

This article analyzes the indexes for nonfarm agricultural activities, which combine agricultural activities with both employment and wage. They were made with panel data of Living Measurement Standard Survey (1993, 1998, 2001 and 2005) and they were processed with econometric model as parametric technique (Binary dependent variable model). The indexes trend was explained by a combining between nonfarm and farming agricultural activities. In summary, as soon as the economic public policy makers apply preventive measure in the labour market, while the indexes for nonfarm agricultural activities are growing up. In fact, the small farmers use the first, second and third nonfarm employ as livelihood strategy for reducing the restrictive public policy. (Unemployment). Global Journal of Management and Business Research Volume 12 Issue 15 Version 1.0 Year 2012 Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal Publisher: Global Journals Inc. (USA) Online ISSN: 2249-4588 & Print ISSN: 0975-5853

Productivity Analysis in Power Generation Plants Connected to the National Grid: A New Case of Bio Economy in Nicaragua

https://doi.org/10.5296/jas.v1i1.3352

February 2013

The purpose of this paper was to study the productivity where renewable energy resources and non-renewable resources for generating electricity in power plants connected to the national grid of Nicaragua were used. This article analyzed the total factor productivity of Bioeconomy for the generation of electricity from plants using sugarcane bagasse (biomass) as a renewable resource and petroleum. The data envelopment analysis (DEA) and the Malmquist index were used to measure the total factor productivity of power generation utilities connected to the national grid of Nicaragua. The results obtained by comparing sugar mills connected to the SIN was that Monte Rosa mill has a higher rate of increase in productivity due to the change of total factor productivity and when comparing thermal plants that employ petroleum products in power generation, the more efficient were ALBANISA, GECSA and TIPITAPA POWER; but when comparing thermal plants and some using renewable energy San Antonio sugar mill and ALBANISA were more efficient. Agricultural Economic Basic Text: Its Importance for Sustainable Local Development

https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/111604

July 2011

The present works is part of my doctoral dissertation for getting title of Doctor of Philosophy with major in Science and Specialization in the Economics of Agriculture and Local Development. The research hypothesis was: “If agricultural and forest activities apply agricultural economics, then it highlights the important element for sustainable local development, useful for the policy maker and decisions taker”. Therefore, the study makes emphasis in the importance for applying agricultural economics to the forest and agricultural activities. The agricultural economics basic text is an elemental document for the agricultural economics curricular component; it is a component for the agricultural and economic science careers. The academic objective is to bring to students, professionals, and academics a basic document for developing the agricultural economics curricular component and make available the analytic instruments for developing practice exercises and examples of the all pertinent issues. Hence, I pretend highlights the importance of the agricultural economics for sustainable local development and his applicability to the forest and agricultural sector. I offer the methodology for making analysis the sector, the adequate strategies for accomplishment the sustainable rural development. Generally, we find us in the sector forest and agricultural the academic tasks and the researching with the necessary to validate, or to demonstrate the profitability of experiment, or the introduction a new technology, or the building a cost structure for a determinate agricultural item, or the marketing study for a agricultural item, etc., this issues are themes where the agricultural economics have a directory roll in the solution of this alternatives where the policy makers will have to choose. Therefore, the reader will find, in this book, the necessary techniques for contributing to sustainable local development with research that measures the impact for the policy and the measures taken for the local actors.

Agricultural Economic Basic Text: Its Importance for Sustainable Local Development. Brought to you by the University of Minnesota Department of Applied Economics and the University of Minnesota Libraries with cooperation from the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association. ISBN: 978-99964-0-049-0. Intellectual property registration No OL-019-2011. Available On Line en: http:// purl.umn.edu/111604 Unan-León 2008. (As part of my Doctoral Dissertation). Basic text of agricultural economy: Its Importance for Sustainable Local Development

https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/111604

July 2011

The present works is part of my doctoral dissertation for getting title of Doctor of Philosophy with major in Science and Specialization in the Economics of Agriculture and Local Development. The research hypothesis was: “If agricultural and forest activities apply agricultural economics, then it highlights the important element for sustainable local development, useful for the policy maker and decisions taker”. Therefore, the study makes emphasis in the importance for applying agricultural economics to the forest and agricultural activities. The agricultural economics basic text is an elemental document for the agricultural economics curricular component; it is a component for the agricultural and economic science careers. The academic objective is to bring to students, professionals, and academics a basic document for developing the agricultural economics curricular component and make available the analytic instruments for developing practice exercises and examples of the all pertinent issues. Hence, I pretend highlights the importance of the agricultural economics for sustainable local development and his applicability to the forest and agricultural sector. I offer the methodology for making analysis the sector, the adequate strategies for accomplishment the sustainable rural development. Generally, we find us in the sector forest and agricultural the academic tasks and the researching with the necessary to validate, or to demonstrate the profitability of experiment, or the introduction a new technology, or the building a cost structure for a determinate agricultural item, or the marketing study for a agricultural item, etc., this issues are themes where the agricultural economics have a directory roll in the solution of this alternatives where the policy makers will have to choose. Therefore, the reader will find, in this book, the necessary techniques for contributing to sustainable local development with research that measures the impact for the policy and the measures taken for the local actors.

State of the art of the bioeconomy and climate change https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/168356?ln=en

May 2014

The study of the art of Bioeconomy and Climate Change is a compilation of the scientific members of the CYTED network of Bioeconomy and Climate Change. The objective is to identify the state of the art of the Bioeconomy in Ibero-American countries. It is to study the productive paths of the bioeconomy and its scope in order to strengthen a country agenda that allows actions to a future economy where renewable resources are used with optimization. As a second part, in our compilation we make an effort to focus the epistemology of the Bioeconomy on agrarian production systems and how they interact with the variations of climate change. In this sense, our empirical hypothesis is based on the fact that the Bioeconomy is one of the future alternatives for production systems to use the resources based on waste (Biomass) generating an environmentally friendly added value, contributing in this way to a resilience to the variations of climate change from the perspective of the Bioeconomy. We have divided the compilation into four major parts. The first deals with the Bioeconomy and the productive paths, where we explain the conceptual note of bioeconomy and we present some applications of the productive paths in LAC. The second part relates, the Bioeconomy and Climate Change. Four chapters are included. The first makes an assessment of the methodologies to study climate change, followed by an analysis of prediction models and meteorology centers in LAC, then a study of solar activity, climate and agricultural productivity where possible links, and finally, a case study of simulation models is made as an effective tool in studies of optimal water management and fertilization in different production systems. In the third part, an effort is made to analyze the measurement instruments of the Bioeconomy. Impacts of climate change on agricultural production as a case of application of traditional measuring instruments in the agricultural economy. In the next section the approach of environmental efficiency is addressed through the enveloping data analysis is an empirical method and evidence approach. Finally, the fourth part is an effort to build a political agenda of Bioeconomy in Ibero-America. In this sense, a study of the state of the art of sectoral policies and regulatory norms of the bioeconomy and climate change in Latin America is made.

Additional Information

Actually I am living in Nicaragua but in my vacations visit the US at niece house in Hialeah Gardens, I have my visa tourist.

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