Lucas Antonio De Sousa Leite

Biography

He holds a degree in Agronomy from the Federal University of Ceará-UFC (1975) with a master's degree in Phytotechnology from the Federal University of Ceará -UFC (1978) and a PhD in Economics from the State University of Campinas - UNICAMP (1994). Researcher of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation? EMBRAPA since March 1976. He has extensive experience in research in the study of agroindustrial productive chains, coordinating research projects, teaching courses and oriented / co-oriented monographs and theses, undergraduate, specialization, master's and doctorate, involving this theme. He had intense involvement in strategic planning processes at Embrapa and participated in the drafting of all Embrapa's Executive Plans since 1994, as well as, of numerous processes related to the management of the company's research and development programming, such as the Programming Management Committee, the Communications and Business Committee, the Strategic Management Model, the formulation of the Communication Policy, among many other committees, groups and task forces involving restructuring studies or improvement of management processes. In his professional activity, the supervision, management and direction of agro-industrial and agroindustrial science, technology and innovation, involving institutions with multidisciplinary teams structure and territorial context (State of Rio Grande do Norte) and thematic (tropical agroindustry, at a national level) predominate: UEPAE of Caicó (head from 1979 to 1980); Agricultural Research Company of Rio Grande do Norte S / A? EMPARN (Head of Technical-Administrative Advisory, Technical Director and President, from 1980 to 1989); and Embrapa Agroindústria Tropical (Supervisor of the Area of ​​Studies of Agribusiness and Socio-Economic Business, of Business Communication, of Technological Business, Deputy Head of Research and Development, of Communication and Business, and of Technology Transfer; and Acting General Chief, General Head, from 1994 to 2017). and Technology Transfer; Substitute General Head; General Head and Acting Chief General; Chief of Staff; in the period from 1994 to 2017). and Technology Transfer; Substitute General Head; General Head and Acting Chief General; Chief of Staff; in the period from 1994 to 2017).

Research Interest

Agronomy