The Department of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences
belongs to the School of Agricultural Engineering, Universidad
Politécnica de Madrid. The Department has 30 full-time professors
and lecturers, several full-time research scientists, and it
is responsible for all academic courses related to social sciences
at both the undergraduate and graduate level. The Department
has a well-equipped library, computer facilities, and close relationships
with other National and International Institutions.
Dr. Ana Iglesias is a “Ramon y Cajal” Scientist in the Department with extensive
international experience. Before joining the Department she was a Senior Research
Scientist in the Goddard Institute for Space Studies at Columbia University (USA).
She focuses on the Impact of Global Change in Agricultural Production and Resources.
She actively contributes to the global change programs of the United Nations
and the Global Environmental Facility. She also is an invited Professor in the
Institute for Mediterranean Agriculture (IAMZ, Spain). Prof. Garrido has contributed
in a number of projects related to water economics since 1994, three which were
funded by the European Commission. Prof. Garrido is the co-author of the book
“Economics and Management Policies of water in Agriculture” (In Spanish), of
particular relevance to the project, which was awarded as the “best agricultural
book of the year in 1999”.
The Department currently contributes to: The FAO publication on Water Management
in Agriculture; the Revenue Farm Insurance project of the Spanish Ministry of
Agriculture; the project on Spanish Water Markets that uses experimental economics
to test some key properties of the markets; and the development of the Guidelines
for Drought Management in the Mediterranean aiming to provide a better understanding
of drought, and to strengthen the institutional capabilities to manage the scarce
water resources in the region.
Ana Iglesias, Scientific Coordinator
of MEDROPLAN
ana.iglesias@upm.es
Luis Garrote,
garrote@caminos.upm.es
Alberto Garrido, Prof., of Agricultural
Economics
alberto.garrido@upm.es
Marta Moneo, Ph. D. Student
mmoneo@eco.etsia.upm.es
