I am Magno Jose Duarte Candido and I have worked as professor at Federal University of Ceara-UFC, Brazil, since 2005. For this time my research has focused on grassland management and animal feeding and nutrition. I have advised undergraduate, master degree and doctor degree students on research regarding evaluation of alternative protein sources in animal feeding, utilization of agroindustrial byproducts in animal feeding, ecophysiology and management of tropical grassland, ecophysiology and managentent of cactus as animal feed and pastoral ecosystems modelling.