This program will seek to promote the entire quince value chain in the department. Not only will it assist the beneficiaries that are defined among those registered, it will also aim to strengthen sectors associated with the product to generate more added value. For this, among the training and topics that will be addressed, participation in the fruit industrialization processes will be included, among others.
For a whole year, each quince mount will be monitored through periodic technical visits. In the same, the specialists of ServInnAgro will tour the lots observing the progress of the crop. Emphasis will be placed on the integrated management of Carpocapsa (monitoring and control), management of pruning, irrigation, fertilization, weed control, and different aspects that are detected in each inspection.
The program contemplates the integrated management of the fruit forest, for which different training sessions will be carried out on topics such as pruning, irrigation management, fertilizers, phytosanitary controls, among other topics. The courses will be open to the entire productive sector, regardless of whether they are participating in the program or not.
Minas Argentinas will absorb the costs of the ServInnAgro technical staff as well as the costs of the inputs (insecticides, fertilizers, herbicides, pheromones, traps, among others) indicated for each fruit-bearing forest.
The producer, for his part, must take charge of the pruning, irrigation, application of phytosanitary products and harvest. And he must do it according to the advice of the ServInnAgro technicians. Also, he will have to participate in all the training that is contemplated in the program.
Registration will take place at the Minas Argentinas offices. The participants of the program will be selected after a survey that ServInnAgro will carry out in the lots of each producer. The conditions of the forest, number of plants, yield and capacity of the owner to fulfill the tasks that will be in charge during the program will be evaluated. In this stage, up to 50 hectares will be covered, so small and medium producers (up to 5 hectares) will be privileged.
The program will run until the end of the 2023 harvest and will also include management advice and post-harvest fertilization. Jáchal is the main quince producer in San Juan. This program will aim to accompany small producers so that they improve their fight against Carpocapsa and obtain better yields per hectare. Generating a better product that will allow to aspire to better sales prices, the profitability of the sector will be improved.
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