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Present profesional position
PhD Agricultural Engenier.Lecturer on Sustainable agriculture.Agricultural Systems Research Group.Department of Agricultural Production at Technical of the School of Agricultural Engineering. Innovation and Technology for Development and CEIGRAM in the Technical University of Madrid

Position/Status in the CEIGRAM
Senior researcher

Research areas

• Dynamic systems and simulation models
• Agroecological modelling
• Sustainability and Resilience of agricultural systems
• Climate change and agriculture
• Environmental management
• Agroforestry systems: Dehesas

Education
Ph.D. Agricultural Engineer (Honours Thesis) 1999.
M.Sc. Agricultural Engineer 1994,

Publications (research papers)

• Ramón Perea R., Perea-García-Calvo R., Díaz-Ambrona C.G., San Miguel A. 2015. The reintroduction of a flagship ungulate Capra pyrenaica: Assessing sustainability by surveying woody vegetation. Biological Conservation, Volume 181, January 2015, Pages 9–17.
• Díaz-AmbronaC.G.H., Maletta, E.2014. Achieving Global Food Security through Sustainable Development of Agriculture and Food Systems with Regard to Nutrients, Soil, Land, and Waste Management. Curr Sustainable Renewable Energy Rep (2014) 1:57–65.
• Arnés Prieto E., Marín González O., Merino Zazo A., Hernández Díaz-Ambrona C.G., 2013. Evaluación de la sostenibilidad de la agricultura de subsistenciaen San José de Cusmapa, Nicaragua. Revista Española de EstudiosAgrosociales y Pesqueros 236, 171-197.
• Blas Morente A.; P. Barreiro Elorza, H.W. Griepentrog, G.S. Dias Da Costa, H. Díaz-Ambrona 2013. Even-sowing pattern strategies for a low-input agricultural system in forage maize. Agricultural Engineering International: CIGR Journal 15 (4) 171-179
• Diaz-AmbronaC.H.,Gigena R., Mendoza C.O. 2013. Climate Change Impacts on Maize and Dry Bean Yields of smallholder farmers in Honduras. RevistaIberoamericana de Estudios de DesarrolloIberoamerican Journal of Development Studies.Vol 2, número 1, 4-22
• Diaz-Ambrona, C.G.H.,Martínez-Valderrama, J.; Calvete Sogo, H. 2011. Modelos para la simulacióndinámicadelcrecimiento y desarrollo de pastos (Revisióncientífica). PASTOS ISSN: 0210-1270 PASTOS, 41 (2), 127 – 162.
• Hernández Díaz-Ambrona C.G.; Fuertes Sánchez A. 2011. The quantification of no-food biomass production to obtain energy in Spain. ITEA, Información Técnica Económica Agraria 107(3) 209-225.
• Barbieri, V., Da Silva F.C., Hernandez Dias-Ambrona, C. G. Modelagem de cana de açúcar para previsão de produtividade de canaviais no Brasil e naAustrália. Congresso de Agroinformatica (Buenos Aires – Argentina). 39JAIIO – CAI 2010 – ISSN: 1852-4850., 746-762.

Books

• da Silva, F.C.; Hernández C.G.; Iturra, A. 2013. DesarrolloSostenible de la Producción de Bioetanol y Azúcar: A partir de la Caña de Azúcar. ISBN 13: 978-3-659-07001-3.
• Garrido A, IBardají, C de Blas, R García, P Linares, C G Hernández Díaz-Ambrona, J Ruiz, F Ruiz, M Garrido 2012. Indicadores de sostenibilidad de la agricultura y ganaderíaespañolas. FundaciónCajamar
• González de Miguel, C.; Díaz-Ambrona, C.H.; Postigo, J.L. Evaluación de la sostenibilidadagraria.El caso de La Concordia (Nicaragua) Ingeniería sin fronterasAsociación para el Desarrollo.ISBN 978-84-613-3471-1.

Conferences

Heredia Rengifo MG, CG Hernández Díaz-Ambrona 2013. Modelodinámico-probabilísticosobre el comportamiento de los pueblosindígenasenaislamiento de la Amazonia Ecuatoriana. Presentado al V SimpósioBrasileiro de AgropecuáriaSustentável y II CongressoInternacional de AgropecuáriaSustentable – 2013.Celebradoen Universidad Federal de Viçosaen el estado de Minas GeraisenBrasil entre el 18 y 20 de octubre.

Escribano Rodríguez J.A., Díaz-Ambrona, C.G.H.;Tarquis, A. 2012.Pasture Drought Insurance Based on NDVI and SAVI. EGU General Assembly 2012, held 22-27 April, 2012 in Vienna, Austria, p.13945.

Iglesias E., BaezK., Hernandez Díaz-Ambrona C. 2011.Adaptación y mitigaciónfrente al riesgo de sequíaenpastos: principalesfactoresdeterminantes. AT5 012 en3er Congreso Regional de EconomíaAgraria.9 al 11 de noviembre de 2011 Valdivia – Chile.

Patented software

• Patented software: MOCA v1.0 Model of Coffee Crop under Agroforestry Nº reference: 12/025326.5/09. Date: 2009/03/09. Property: Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
• Patented software: Dehesa Model (agroforestry systems simulated model) version 1.0, Nº reference: 16/2009/6250, Property: Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

Participation in research projects

• International partnerships for innovation on sustainable management of agricultural and forest resources (AIMAF). UPM 2014-2015.
• Collection and processing of agricultural and animal information obtained “in situ” and its satellite integration to improve accuracy for insurance to cover pasture drought (DROUGHT IN PASTURES). ENESA-MAGRAMA 2010-2013.
• “MACSUR: Modelling European Agriculture with Climate Change for Food Security”. ACS Project financed by the European Union, 7 Framework Programme.
• Sustainable Agronomic Systems. Biomass Production and management of C, N and Water. S-2009/AGR-1630. Regional Government of Madrid 2009-2012.