The University recognizes Eng. Benjamín Toral Fernández as UNPHU 

Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña and its Department of Management of Institutional Experience and Graduate Management, recognized Eng. Benjamín Toral Fernández, in the second edition 2022-2023. This recognition is the highest award that the university gives to its graduates and is granted considering the trajectory, contributions to society, professional, academic, business, cultural prestige, and human quality. 

The graduate was selected for his prominent career, work, and contributions made to society. Eng. Toral Fernández, is a prominent coffee producer and researcher. His professional performance covers the agricultural management and management of coffee farms and beef cattle. He has led research projects with a view to establishing the reference scientific framework for obtaining designations of origin for coffees, such as the designation of origin Café Barahona; contributing to the positioning of our country on the radar of the coffee industry, as a producer and exporter of this item

The scroll was given by the rector of the university Architect Miguel Fiallo Calderón, accompanied by Laura Pérez Veloz, Director of Institutional Experience and Graduate Management. The act of recognition took place in the rectory of the university

About Eng. Benjamín Toral Fernández

Graduated in agronomy at UNPHU, with a master’s degree in high management from the Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo, as a complement to his agricultural and agro-industrial training. 

He has a solid academic background in Edaphology, Irrigation, Perennial Tropical Crops, and business; specialized in the crop and elaboration of coffee, having experience from the crop phase to the industrial phase of the product. His knowledge and work performance include agricultural management and management of coffee farms and beef cattle.