Garibay Salvador

Activity areas

Induction method organic pineapple (Costa Rica)
Sourcing of tropical fruits for COOP (Costa Rica, Mexico, Sri Lanka etc.)
Documentation: Organic Fruit and Vegetable Production in the Tropics
Leaflet series tropical organic agriculture (Central America)
Organisation: 1st Mesoamerican and Caribbean Meeting of Organic Producers and Researchers
National Evaluiation of organic agriculture in Nicaragua
BLE-Project: www.oekoregelungen.de
INDOCERT (India): Market Opportunities and Challenges for Indian Organic Products
Market Projects: Indian Organic Market Development (IOMDP) and Ecomercados

Since 2001at the International Cooperation Division of FiBL
Since 2001 Inspections of organic farms in Switzerland for the Bio.inspecta certification agency
1998-2001 Trade (import and export) of organic products for a Swiss company
1997-1998 Post doc at the ETH Zurich
1996 Completion PhD Studies on agroecological maize cropping systems at ETH Zurich
1991-1996 Research assistant at the Institute of Plant Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
1989-1991 Research assistant at the Swiss Federal Research Stations with the following duties:
- Plant breeding program for cereals and maize
- Experiments and statistical data analysis of weed management for production of vegetables
1987-1988 Post graduate studies on horticulture and turf management at Marrit College, USA
1986-1988 Horticulture manager in USA
1986 Dipl. Ing. Agr. UdeG, Jalisco-Mexico
1986 Supervision of tilapia and shrimp production in Mexico
1982-1985 Farm and horticulture manager in Mexico
1981- 1986 bee keeper in Mexico