More than twenty national projects were distinguished and mentioned in the fifteenth edition of the "International Center for Innovation in Agricultural Technology" (CITA) Award, an initiative that the Argentine Rural Society (SRA), the Rural Fairgrounds of Buenos Aires, the Argentine Chamber of Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers (CAFMA) and the CHACRA Media Platform, have maintained since 2003 to promote the national innovative culture and technology-based ventures in agriculture, livestock and agroindustry.
The company Piersanti He took the gold award (the most voted award) for its product, a grouper, windrower and row inverter that introduces technological innovations to maximize crop yield. In this way, according to CITA's evaluation criteria, innovation allows for an increase in the productivity of the systems and the reduction of production costs, as well as environmental sustainability, safety and health of the people involved in the production processes.
At the meeting held on Monday (25.07.2022) at the Rural de Palermo Fairgrounds, the start of the awards ceremony and welcome was led by the president of CITA SA and general director of The New Farm Company / CHACRA Magazine and CHACRA TV.
Later, Nicolás Pino, president of the Argentine Rural Society, Eduardo Borri, president of CAFMA, the Argentine Chamber of Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers, and the general director of LA RURAL SA, Lic. Claudio DowdalL, spoke.
Present were the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Nation, Julián Domínguez, the Minister of Agriculture of Córdoba, Sergio Busso, and the Minister of Production, Science and Technology of Santa Fe, Daniel Costamagna.
The CITA 2022 Committee of Experts, which acts as an evaluation jury, was made up of prominent representatives of the following organizations and institutions:
· AAPRESID – Argentine Association of Direct Seeding Producers
· IRAM – Argentine Institute for Standardization and Certification
· INTA – National Institute of Agricultural Technology
· CIDETER FOUNDATION
· CEDEF FOUNDATION
· ARGENTINE RURAL SOCIETY
With extensive experience and vast knowledge on the subject, they were in charge of completely independently evaluating the innovations that deserve to receive an award for the creativity of development and the benefits that it brings to agricultural production systems.
They are:
– Mechanical Engineer JOAQUÍN GARAT. IRAM. Technical Coordinator of the Standardization Department.
– Agr. Eng. Fernando Scaramuzza. INTA.
– Eng. Alejandro Saavedra – INTA. Project Coordinator – Structural “Sustainable Processes and Technologies for Adding Value in Chains and Regions”
- Agr. Eng. Ramon Garcia – AAPRESID
– Lic. Tomás Palazón – Argentine Rural Society. Director of the Institute of Economic and International Studies –
- Dr. Carlos Vidal. CEDEF Foundation. Coordinator of the IICA – OAS – INTA Agreement for the implementation of the Inter-American AgTech Network. – Eng. Mirko D'Ascanio – CIDETER Foundation
The general coordination of the Committee is the responsibility of Mr. Agustín Braun.
Winners
The complete list of Winners was formed as follows:
– Ag Tech: INTA Ascasubi for fertilizing field.
Special mention: E-mat by E-mat.
– Ag Tech Livestock:
Winner: Muu Digital Livestock Market by Hacienda Marketplace.
Special mention: Raíces Group for its integrated traceability and business management system for livestock farming
– Precision Agriculture
Special mention: Plantium by Activesingulation
– Organic farming
UBA- Faculty of Agronomy for the recovery of the tomato with flavor
– Forage equipment and accessories
Winner: by grouper, windrower, windrow inverter.
Special mention:
TBEH (Equipos Agro Viales SA.) by telescopic manipulator
MAINERO forage equipment and accessories, for Mainero 5888 auto baler.
– Planting equipment and accessories:
Winner: PLANTIUM for vED750
Special mention:
Agrometal with a self-transportable air drill planter with a large working width.
Dolbi by Dolbi AX 4200 “the first multi-configurable planter”.
– Harvesting equipment and accessories and headers
Winner: CESTARI for Cestari 4WS Hopper.
Special mention: Claas Argentina for the APS Synflow Hybrid threshing system for Lexion 7000-8000.
– Spraying equipment and accessories
Special mention to Metalfor sa for correcting the quality of water for spraying.
– Fertilization equipment and accessories
Winner: SA by Nortfly
Equipment and accpost-harvest studies
Winner: Silopapa for smart portable storage for tubers.
– Crop protection, genetics and nutrition
Winner: IABIMO, INCUINTA, CICVyA INTA, UEDD INTA/CONICET by MRCV-NANOKIT
– Soil preparation and weed control
Special mention:
Earthworms by ASU (variable decompaction system).
– Health and care for the environment and the operator
Winner: Rizobacter by Leaf
Special mention:
Arsense by Ar-Puf.
INTA Marcos Juárez by digital automatic infiltometer / rumen-co.
– Animal Production
Winner: Faculty of Health Sciences UNCPBA and Conicet for antimicrobial peptide (ap-cect 7121), application in mastitis.
Special mention: Supplement by smart supplementer.
– Education and academic outreach.
Winner: INTA-COCOANTAR-UNPA-DNA by Maphi m5 h.
Special mention to INTI for the silk project. Sustainable sericulture with social impact.
El Efecto Viviana Nursery for added value to the cultivation of squash.
These initiatives by public and private institutions illustrate Argentina's spirit and capacity to respond and generate development through research, technology and innovation in agriculture, livestock and agroindustry, even in a crisis scenario.
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