João Cotter

With a MSc in Marine Biology and MBA, João was an aquaculture researcher, a food retail consultant and CEO of 3 companies. In the last 14 years, he has been a designer and engineer of aquaponics and recirculating aquaculture systems, consultant and trainer, very focused in the development of aquaponics and sustainable food production in several countries, including in the Caribbean, where he was an Aquaponics Project Manager with INMED, Jamaican government and UNDP, supporting the social and economic development of the region through climate adaptive agriculture and aquaculture (aquaponics).
João has trained more than 2300 people in aquaponics.