UC Davis Chile Life Sciences Innovation Center

Throughout 2020, our community at UC Davis has continued to innovate in global learning, finding solutions through research, and collaborating with communities, both locally and globally. In recognition of this work and the work throughout the university's history, we are proud to share that UC Davis has been recognized internationally and nationally for its global commitment.

The European Plum Extension and Innovation Program, led by UC Davis Chile and PRUNOVA, which seeks to increase the productivity and quality of the orchards, successfully completed its first year of implementation.

In a new version of the Extension Talks UC Davis Chile, held on December 22, we had the opportunity to share with Helen Dahlke, associate professor at the department of Land, Air and Water Resources at UC Davis to talk about aquifer recharge. 

During the seminar we also had the presence of Federico Errázuriz, executive secretary of the National Irrigation Commission (CNR); Oscar Cristi, general director of water (DGA) and Jose Luis Arumi, professor of the UdeC, who was also moderator. 

Proposal for a SGMA-like Agency in a Chilean Watershed.*

Lovell S. Jarvis, Executive Director, UC Davis Chile Center
Professor Emeritus, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Davis

The economic losses caused by grapevine trunk diseases, was the central theme of the Extension Talk held on December 17, in which we had Jonathan Kaplan from UC Davis and Gerardo Leal, manager of viticulture at Santa Rita and Carmen´s vineyards. 

The associative work has been key in the UC Davis Chile proposal since its beginnings. This has been reflected in different Center activities, however, one of the most relevant ending 2020 is the Consortium of Water Resources Management in the Central-South Macrozone of Chile, a proposal led by the University of Concepcion, and awarded in collaboration with the Institute of Agricultural Research (INIA) and the Universities of Chile, Católica, Bernardo O`Higgins and Diego Portales.

On Wednesday, December 9, 2020, the International Seminar on Technological Exploration was held virtually, an activity organized jointly by ExploraTec UDD, from the Universidad del Desarrollo and UC Davis Chile. This activity is framed in the collaboration agreement that both institutions are executing.

The activity, held on Monday, December 7, and organized together with PERFRUTS, included a presentation by Dr. Samuel Sandoval from UC Davis.

In this new version of the Extension Talks UC Davis Chile, held on December 3, Katherine Jarvis-Shean from UC Davis joined us to talk about nutritional management in walnuts.

En esta nueva versión de las Extension Talks UC Davis Chile, contamos con la presencia de Larry Williams, profesor emérito de viticultura y enología, experto en relaciones hídricas de UC Davis y Samuel Barros, asesor de vitivinicultura.