Research Associate, Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, AC. Culiacán Unit, Mexico.

Federico Soto-Landeros is an agronomist by profession and has a doctorate in science. His scientific work consists of 7 articles published in indexed journals and 6 of these articles are on plants of the genus Jatropha. He has been an advisor of graduate students. Currently, his scientific work and human resources training have made him worthy of the distinction of National Researcher Candidate granted by the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACyT-México). Federico is pro- nature and sustainable agriculture.