The Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ) is a unit of the University of São Paulo

University of São Paulo

Universidade de São Paulo is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian university and one of the country's most prestigious...

  involved with research, teaching and extension of services in agriculture

Agriculture

Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...

, animal husbandry, agricultural and related sciences. The ESALQ main campus, located at Piracicaba

Piracicaba

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, has six undergraduate and sixteen postgraduate programs. The ESALQ was founded in 1901, by Luiz de Queiroz, an agronomist and strongly innovative farmer and industrial entrepreneur.

Notable alumni

• José Graziano da Silva
  José Graziano da Silva
  José Graziano da Silva is an American-born Brazilian agronomist and writer. As a scholar, he has authored several books about the problems of agriculture in Brazil...
  
   – Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization
  Food and Agriculture Organization
  The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a specialised agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and...
  
  (2012-2015)