| Expert Name | Dr. Walter Alberto Pengue |
| Title | PROFESOR |
| Division | INSTITUTO DEL CONURBANO (ICO) |
| Institution | |
| City | BUENOS AIRES |
| Country | Argentina |
| Telephone | +54 11 4469 7500 / 7235 |
| Email | wapengue(at)ungs.edu.ar |
| Work Experience | Walter Pengue is an expert in rural development and the evaluation of rural transformation
in South America. He leads project in The Pampas, Chaco plains and Del Plata Basin
among official and private institutions. He is specially dedicated for family farming, local
communities and local consume.
The evaluation of environmental services under the focus of ecological economics is other
of his skills.
Agroecology is the tool that he is working on for rural development in little towns, native
areas and restoration of eroded areas in several parts of South America. |
| Qualifications | • AGRONOMIST with Breeding specialization – UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES – 1991 (ARGENTINA)
• MASTER IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND TERRITORIAL POLICY – UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES – 1999 (ARGENTINA)
• DOCTOR IN AGROECOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT – UNIVERSITY OF CORDOBA, SPAIN - 2006 |
| Number of Publications | 25 |
| Awards | |
| Other Activities | 1. International Society for Ecological Economics, ISEE, Member of the Scientific Comitte
for the Meetings at New Delhi (2006) and Nairobi (2008)
2. Argentinean and Uruguayan Society for Ecological Economics, ASAUEE, President,
period 2008/2010
3. Scientific Society of Latin American Agroecology, SOCLA, Member of the Scientific
Board (since 2006)
4. Magazine Revista Iberoamericana de Economía Ecológica, REVIBEC, Member of the
Scientific Board (since 2004)
5. UNEP. International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management (since 2009) |
| Publications | 1. Binimelis, R, Pengue, W.A. and Monterroso, I ‘‘Transgenic treadmill”: Responses to the
emergence and spread of glyphosate-resistant johnsongrass in Argentina,. Geoforum-
Geoforum (2009), doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2009.03.009
2. Pengue, W.A. Agrofuels and Agrifoods. Counting the externalities at the major
crossroads of the 21st century. Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society. Vol 29, N 3,
167-179 (2009),
3 Pengue, W.A. Bioinvasiones y Bioeconomía: El caso del sorgo de alepo en Argentina.
Editorial FLACSO Guatemala. Book. 2009.
4. Pengue, W.A. Agricultura industrial y transnacionalización en América Latina. México.
UNEP/PNUMA and UACM. Book. 2005.
5. Morello, J, Pengue, WA and Rodriguez, A. Etapas de uso de los recursos y
desmantelamiento de la biota del Chaco. Fronteras. Buenos Aires. 2005. |
| Discipline | Agricultural Sciences |
| Last updated | 27/07/2011 12:14:00 |
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