Solon is agronomist from the Faculty of Agronomy Eliseu Maciel, Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil. He is partner and director o of SCA Consulting and Training, a company focused on R&D and marketing in biological products for agriculture. He began his career as a researcher at the IBPT (Paraná Institute of Biology and Technological Research), having installed a pilot factory of inoculants and started the selection of strains of nitrogen-fixing microorganisms in that state. He led the team that developed the first inoculant for grasses in Brazil. Solon was director of several inoculant companies, working in the development of new products. He holds an MBA in marketing from FGV and has more than 500 publications in the area of dissemination on the use of inoculants. In addition, he is the author of the book “Caminhos, Escolhas e Conquistas”, which present the story behind biological nitrogen fixation in Brazil. Currently he is consultant of the Brazil National Association of Inoculant Producers and Importers (ANPII).
