Jerico Fiestas Flores is a peruvian PhD Candidate in agricultural and resource economics at the University of Alberta (Canada). His research focuses on the economics of land and water reclamation, as well as animal welfare and food security. He is a bachelor in Economics by the Pacific University (Peru) and a MSc. in Ecological Economics by the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain). He has experience working in public institutions and non-profit organizations in Latin America, North America and Europe.