Likewise, the development of a tool to assess the quality of planting and alfalfa cover with drones is unique in the AgTech livestock sector; And Sango, a multi-purpose tractor for farming families, and BioTerm, a calendar weather heating tool, get special mentions.
At the 135th Palermo Rural Fair, the winners of the CITA Award, which recognizes various agri-food research projects focused on the development of new technologies related to agriculture, were announced throughout the country.
Secretary to the Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Juan Jose Pahillo; His chief of staff was Juan Manuel Fernandez Arocina; and Vice President of INTA, Nacira Muñoz, among other national, provincial and institutional officials.
INTA Raffaella’s Institute of Virology (Santa Fe) and University of Liège (Belgium) proposed a project on the first vaccine strain against bovine leukosis and won a gold CITA.
In addition, the case of genetically modified bovine leukosis virus – which seeks to develop this immunity and protection mainly affecting dairy cows – won in the animal production category.
Leukosis is an endemic viral disease that causes immunity in animals and leads to secondary infections with high costs; And, until now, there is no prevention or treatment.
More than 80% of dairy farms in Argentina – and milk-producing countries in the US, Eastern Europe and Asia – are infected with the virus.
For her part, Silvia Olivo, a researcher at INTA Manfredi (Córdoba), was distinguished in the Agtech Livestock category with a project on the number and quality of alfalfa plants by drone.
In addition, IPAF Pampean Region, together with researcher Juan Pablo D’Amico of INTA’s Institute of Rural Engineering, INTA Ascasubi (Buenos Aires), received a mention in the planting equipment and accessories category for Sango, a multipurpose tractor for farming families.
The prototype is designed to mechanize static tasks such as driving grinders or pumps and dynamic tasks such as: handling, transportation and storage; Compost and water contribution; Soil Preparation and Conservation; Other tasks include sowing and planting and harvesting.
INTA Marcos Juárez, Córdoba, was mentioned in the agricultural actech category for Bio∑Term, a tool that converts calendar time into thermal time for different crops at a wide range of latitudes in the country.
The project presented by Nicolas Bertram – INTA researcher Marcos Suarez, Córdoba – aims to convert units of calendar time into summer time at a wide range of latitudes within the country.
Organized by the International Center for Innovation in Agricultural Technology (CITA), the award is a project developed by the Chamber of Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers of Argentina (Cafma), La Rural Predio Ferial, Revista Chacra and Sociedad Rural Argentina (SRA). Responsible for public and private institutions that make it possible.
