Dear Conference Attendees 0f GPB 2026
It is my great pleasure to welcome you to attend the session entitled “functional medicine and the agronomic engineer: what it is and how to influence in a society after a pandemic”. In the agri-food sector, the main agent is the agricultural engineer, a professional with knowledge and techniques in agri-food systems. However, the economic interests involved in food production often lead to noncompliance with sustainability criteria, resulting in the production of foods with high pesticide content and poisoning of the population that consumes them. This same phenomenon is observed in conventional medicine, where the pharmaceutical sector, along with human medicine professionals, has been weakened; that is, instead of having the opportunities it provides to connect with others and do something for others, it has been promoted more for economic gain than for the benefit of the patient. The alternative to this situation, which is being experienced in both sectors (agriculture and human medicine), is to reduce the use of pesticides in agriculture, moving as close as possible to sustainable and organic agriculture. In human medicine, it is essential to apply the principles of Functional Medicine to our lives, which is the process where the practitioner truly integrates with the patient. It is a medicine that does not focus on the disease, but on the individual, in such a way that it does not cure diseases, but rather creates health... and that by reorienting the way we produce food and care for our health, we can give greater meaning to our lives through this conference. Join a distinguished gathering where cutting-edge scientific knowledge converges with timeless wisdom, fostering meaningful dialogue and discovery.