Tabaré Aguerre

Tabaré Aguerre
Minister of Stockbreeding, Agriculture, and Fisheries of Uruguay
In office
March 1, 2010 – January 12, 2018
President José Mujica
Tabaré Vázquez
Preceded by Andrés Berterreche
Succeeded by Enzo Benech
Personal details
Born (1957-04-12) April 12, 1957
Montevideo, Uruguay
Political party Broad Front
Alma mater University of the Republic

Tabaré Aguerre Lombardo (born 1957 in Montevideo) is an agronomist, entrepreneur and politician from Uruguay.

Aguerre is the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries for Uruguay since 2010.[1] He is Agronomist by the University of the Republic (Uruguay) and his first professional activity was to lead the technical team of a sugar mill at cooperative CALNU in Bella Union, Uruguay. During the 1980s he became and currently is a farmer as rice cultivator and cattle breeder in North of Uruguay. He was elected Member of the Executive Board and Vice-president of the Rice Farmers Association ACA (1988–2006) and President of that organization (2006–2009).

In 2010 he was appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries by President José Mujica and in 2015 was re-appointed as Minister by President Tabaré Vazquez.

During his tenure at Ministry of Agriculture, Aguerre has led the design and implementation of policies that reinforce a sustainable intensification pathway for Uruguay Agriculture. He has been invited to present at several international events key policies undertaken such as the soil conservation, adaptation to climate change and resilience, environmental value added, and climate smart agriculture.[2][3][4][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "MGAP .:. Autoridades del MGAP". www.mgap.gub.uy. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-11-28.
  2. ↑ "Uruguay Could Feed 50 Million People". www.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2015-11-28.
  3. ↑ "farming practices | SciDev.Net's Blog". scidevnet.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2015-11-28.
  4. ↑ "Global Forum for Food and Agriculture. Berlin, Jan 2014" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "FAO Panel: healthy soils for food security" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "COP Paris 2015. Official launch of the 4 per 1000 initiative".


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