{"id":1006511,"date":"2025-11-26T18:05:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T18:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zamorano.edu\/?p=1006511"},"modified":"2026-03-17T20:34:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T20:34:34","slug":"estudiantes-de-universidad-zamorano-obtienen-el-primer-lugar-global-en-la-ifama-2025-venture-building-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/52.15.254.18\/en\/estudiantes-de-universidad-zamorano-obtienen-el-primer-lugar-global-en-la-ifama-2025-venture-building-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Zamorano Wins First Place in the 2025 LABSAG International Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tres estudiantes hondure\u00f1os de tercer a\u00f1o de la Universidad Zamorano \u2014Valerie Rodas, Alma Almendares y H\u00e9ctor Matute\u2014 fueron reconocidos con el primer lugar global en la IFAMA 2025 Venture Building Challenge, una competencia internacional de alto prestigio organizada por la International Food & Agribusiness Management Association (IFAMA).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Three third-year Honduran students from Zamorano University \u2014Valerie Rodas, Alma Almendares, and H\u00e9ctor Matute\u2014 earned first place globally in the IFAMA 2025 Venture Building Challenge, an international and highly prestigious competition organized by the International Food & Agribusiness Management Association (IFAMA).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The 2025 edition brought together 26 teams from six continents, including young professionals, graduate students, and universities from around the world. After advancing to the Championship Round, the Zamorano team was named overall champion, standing out among projects of exceptional technical and strategic caliber.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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This achievement was guided and supported by the Department of Agribusiness, reaffirming Zamorano\u2019s commitment to an academic experience grounded in rigorous analysis, applied innovation, and high-impact learning opportunities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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As the next step, the students will begin direct collaboration with Agraya to advance the implementation of their proposal, an invaluable opportunity to expand their professional vision and strengthen their leadership in international projects.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Zamorano University has actively participated in IFAMA initiatives since 2022, building a strong trajectory of growth, learning, and global exposure for its students. This victory reaffirms the value of these formative opportunities and the potential of Zamorano talent in competitive, world-class environments.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Tres estudiantes hondure\u00f1os de tercer a\u00f1o de la Universidad Zamorano \u2014Valerie Rodas, Alma Almendares y H\u00e9ctor Matute\u2014 fueron reconocidos con el primer lugar global en la IFAMA 2025 Venture Building Challenge, una competencia internacional de alto prestigio organizada por la International Food & Agribusiness Management Association (IFAMA).<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":1006519,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1006511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-zamorano-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/52.15.254.18\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/52.15.254.18\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/52.15.254.18\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/52.15.254.18\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/52.15.254.18\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1006511"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/52.15.254.18\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1006521,"href":"http:\/\/52.15.254.18\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006511\/revisions\/1006521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/52.15.254.18\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1006519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/52.15.254.18\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1006511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/52.15.254.18\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1006511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/52.15.254.18\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1006511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}