La Universidad T\u00e9cnica de Machala informa que el Dr. Iv\u00e1n Eduardo Ram\u00edrez Morales, Director de Investigaci\u00f3n, Desarrollo e Innovaci\u00f3n, recibi\u00f3 en Tokio (Jap\u00f3n) el Japan International Award for Young Agricultural Researchers (Japan Award) 2025, convirti\u00e9ndose en el primer ecuatoriano en obtener este reconocimiento internacional. La ceremonia se realiz\u00f3 en el Hitotsubashi Hall; el premio es organizado por el Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council (AFFRC) del Ministerio de Agricultura, Silvicultura y Pesca de Jap\u00f3n (MAFF) con el apoyo del Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
El galard\u00f3n distingue la contribuci\u00f3n cient\u00edfica del Dr. Ram\u00edrez Morales en el uso de Inteligencia Artificial aplicada a la agricultura, la acuicultura y la producci\u00f3n pecuaria, con despliegue e impacto internacional, aportando soluciones para mejorar la productividad, la sostenibilidad y la seguridad alimentaria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Con este hito, la UTMACH reafirma su compromiso con la investigaci\u00f3n de frontera y la transferencia tecnol\u00f3gica al sector productivo, alineada con los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible y con la necesidad de fortalecer sistemas agroalimentarios m\u00e1s resilientes en el pa\u00eds y la regi\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sobre el premio
El Japan Award (JIRCAS\/AFFRC\u2013MAFF) se otorga anualmente desde 2007 a hasta tres j\u00f3venes investigadores de pa\u00edses en desarrollo por logros sobresalientes en agricultura, silvicultura, pesca y sectores afines. La ceremonia se celebr\u00f3 el 27 de octubre de 2025 (horario de Jap\u00f3n), con presentaciones cient\u00edficas de los premiados tras el acto de condecoraci\u00f3n. Los otros condecorados fueron el Dr. Vignesh Muthusamy, de la India y el Dr. Addisu Fekadu Andeta, de Etiop\u00eda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
La UTMACH felicita al Dr. Ram\u00edrez Morales por este logro que honra a la academia ecuatoriana y reconoce la importancia de la ciencia y la innovaci\u00f3n para el desarrollo sostenible del agro y la seguridad alimentaria<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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