EDITORIAL

Fifty years ago, the Facultad de agronomía  de la universidad nacional de Colombia was created by acuerdo 048 of 12 june 1963, and has contributed to great achievements in the agricultural engineering profession and v ita lly suppor ted the  development of the country through vocational training in agronomy, changes in agricultural  production systems, generation of research on crops and agricultural disciplines, which were  strengthened 30 years ago with the start of Master’s programs in phytotechnology, plant protection  and soils with grants from acuerdo 175 of 1983 of the Consejo su- perior universitario; and the  dissemination of knowledge throughout the scientific community and the rural sector with different  types of publications such as books, infor- mative newsletters and, especially, through the  Agronomía Colombiana journal, a scientific and technical publication that is celebrating its 30th  year on the domestic and inter- national stage, with its first edition issued on the occasion of  the 20th  anniversary of the Facultad de agronomía in Bogota in august, 1983.