Nelson Díaz is a lead field technician in cacao and departmental agroforestry for the Cacao for Development Project (C4D). A professional in Business Management, with a diploma in Senior Management, he developed rural development activities from 1978 to 1993 at the Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA). From 1993 to 2019, he worked as a Research and Technology Transfer Professional supporting and leading projects in the cultivation of cacao and complementary crops, funded by the Ministry of Agriculture and other government agencies.