The Best in Centroamérica is the CATIE (Tropical Agricultural Research and Teaching Center) is a regional center dedicated to research and postgraduate teaching in agriculture, management, conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. Its members are Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the State of Acre in Brazil. .

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I am from Guatemala and from what I know, you might be interested in Universidad de San Carlos in Guatemala, which is the biggest university there and the only public one. I would recommend you to look for something in the Agronomy Faculty (Facultad de Agronomía), which is where I did my bachellor studies. Also, some universities in Costa Rica such as UCR (Universidad de Costa Rica), EARTH and CATIE (Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza) might interest you. EARTH university is private and I think they only teach undergraduate level, CATIE is a regional research centre that includes several Latinamerican countries, including the ones in Central America, but I think they only teach post-graduate level. Hope my answer helped you :). If you would be interested in making some contacts with the Agronomy Faculty in Guatemala, let me know.

I would suggest you consider Zamorano Pan American with their unique learning by doing and practical approach. This Institution is in Honduras Central America and has various hands on productions.

In Central America there is a PhD program in Agroecology at the National University of Nicaragua, supported by the Latin American Scientific Society of Agroecology (SOCLA). If interested, send me a message to my inbox. Good luck!

Something else, if interested in SOCLA agroecologist from US universities doing academic research in Central America (Nicaragua and El Salvador), I can provide you the contact as well.

Amigo, crees todavía que un profesor que nunca sembró una planta pueda enseñarte agroecología? Ahora que tienes la beca, lo usaras para trabajar con los campesinos. Tal vez SOCLA puede conectarte con gente de mucho conocimiento. Si nos dices en qué línea tienes mayor interés podemos ayudarte con sugerencias también.

Salud….os Professor Borsari. I would like to recommend you to go to any research and extension institution in Guatemala. You should look for an institution (University, public, private, NGO) which is certainly involved with local reality. I do not much about the country, but I do think that Guatemala as other tropical countries worldwide have the Vocation, Passion, Power and Necessity for doing a Sustainable Agriculture indeed. I could see that you have been already in Central America, where you were a Visiting Professor in Panama. Then, I would like also to recommend you to try now to any Caribbean Island. I honestly do hope that you will choose a good University or institution where I am aware indeed that you will be already very welcome to promote applied research and extension. Just let´s keep going and make reality the quote that says: "Think Global, GO LOCAL". All the best. Exitos!!!

Thank you all for your comments and recommendations. My plan is to do some teaching in agroecology and research. My research plan is to develop and teach some hands-on workshops for local, subsistence farmers as I did already in Panama. Then evaluate the efficacy of my curriculum, for adapting it, elsewhere. See here attached also (if you are interested). Thanks again!

En Centroamérica el CATIE y la UCR en Costa Rica son buenas instituciones de referencia en Agroecologia. Pero usted también podría Considerar el el doctorado en Agroecologia de la Facultad de Agronomía en la Universidad Nacional de Colombia.

Dear colleagues,

Thank you very much for your comments and suggestions. I truly appreciated your help. Gracias!