Agroecological innovations, social technologies and family farming

Graduated in Veterinary Medicine from the Federal University of Pelotas (1988); Specialist in Municipal Planning and Environmental Quality from the State University of Western Paraná (2000); Master (2003) and PhD (2013) in Rural Development from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. He is currently Professor at the Federal University of Latin American Integration (UNILA), Foz do Iguaçu-PR, acting in the Undergraduate Course in Rural Development and Food Security (DRUSA), Collaborating Professor of the Postgraduate Program of the Master's Degree in Public Policy and Development (PPGPPD) of Unila and Effective Professor of the Postgraduate Program in Sustainable Rural Development (PPGDRS) of the State University of Western Paraná (UNIOESTE), Master's and PhD, under agreement 02-AC/2016 between UNILA and UNIOESTE. Member of the Research Groups: Observatory of Latin American Family Farming (AFLA Observatory); Regional Development and Latin American Integration; Interdisciplinary and Interinstitutional Group for Research and Extension in Sustainable Development. Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal Orbis Latina: rationalities, development & borders. Studies with emphasis on rural development, especially family farming, rationalities and cooperativism.

Born in 1976, in the city of São João do Oeste, Santa Catarina. Son of small farmers, he attended high school at Colégio Agrícola São José (Itapiranga - SC). He has a degree in Home Economics from the State University of Oeste do Paraná (2000), a master's degree (2003) and a doctorate (2012) in Rural Development from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul with a sandwich internship at the Center for Social Studies at the University of Coimbra (Portugal). He is an associate professor at the State University of Western Paraná. He has taught undergraduate courses in Home Economics (2003 - 2015) and in Social Work since 2015. He offered subjects in the lato sensu postgraduate courses in Food Technology for Agroindustries and Management of Solidarity Cooperativism. Between 2014 and 2017 he was a collaborating professor in the Postgraduate Program (master's degree) in Agroecology and Sustainable Rural Development at UFFS (Laranjeiras do Sul campus, PR). He is a permanent professor in the Graduate Program (master's and doctorate) in Sustainable Rural Development at UNIOESTE (Marechal Cândido Rondon campus). He participates in four research groups: at UNIOESTE, in the Research Group on Rural Development; Research Group on Economy, Agriculture and Development and in the Interdisciplinary and Interinstitutional Group of Research and Extension in Sustainable Development; at UFRGS in the Group of Studies and Research in Agriculture, Food and Development. He is a course and institution evaluator for SINAES/INEP/MEC.