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Professor of Agricultural and Food Law. Professor and Researcher at the Law Department, Faculty of Social Sciences, Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas, Cuba. Professor of the Master in Local Agricultural Innovation, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas, Cuba. Associated Researcher Free University of Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Centre for Economic Law and Governance. CICOPS Fellow University of Pavia, Italy. B.L.L Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas, Cuba, 2016. Postgraduate Degree Economic Law, Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas, Cuba, 2017. Master of Arts, Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas, Cuba, 2021. PhD Researcher at Universidad de La Habana, Cuba and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. Member of the Food and Nutrition Information, Communication and Education Network for Latin America and the Caribbean. Member of the research network JUST-Side CYTED Programme "Justice and Sustainability in the Territory through Spatial Data Infrastructure Systems", coordinated by the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Lead Researcher of the Interdisciplinary Food research line in the national project entitled: "Bases Juridicas para el Desarrollo Energético Sostenible en Cuba".

Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas (UCLV) - Subordinated to the Ministry of Higher Education, with a registered office at Carretera a Camajuaní km 5 ½, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba. Its mission is to contribute to the education of comprehensive professionals, in the areas of Technical Sciences, Economics, Agricultural Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities, Exact and Natural Sciences, and to contribute to the continued and systemic improvement of human resources, as well as realise significant scientific, technologically innovating, and cultural work of great impact on the regional, national and international environment. Currently, it is the most multidisciplinary university in Cuba. All the study programmes, bachelor and postgraduate, are accredited by the Junta de Acreditación Nacional. Four master programmes and 4 PhDs programmes are accredited by Asociación Iberoamericana de Posgrado. UCLV emphasises a research component from the lowest level of education to the highest one. There are 12 scientific research lines based on the "Sustainable Development Goals" such as biotechnology, environmental protection for sustainable development, energy sustainable development, food production, habitat, and community development among others. UCLV received in 2018 the order Carlos J. Finlay from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment.

Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) - VUB is an Urban Engaged University in Brussels, the heart of Europe. 20,000 students, nearly a quarter of them from abroad, are engaged in building their future and that of the world. With top-quality scientific research and customised education, VUB makes an active and engaged contribution to a better and more sustainable society. Freedom, equality and solidarity: these are the humanistic values of VUB. Add to this the principle of free research - in which self-reflection, a critical attitude and an open, creative mind on scientific and social issues are central - and you have a university that is fundamentally ground-breaking and pioneering in education and research.