The Municipality of Villa María reported that the Evaluation Committee of the contest Entrepreneurship and Innovation with Ecological Consciousness awarded the distinctions to the winning projects of the 2024 edition.
At an event held in the White Room of the Municipal Palace, representatives of the institutions designated by the “Emprender Villa María” working group announced that the Nanomix firm was the winner of the initiative and received training at the Braga startup (Portugal) as a prize.
It should be noted that this event was promoted by the municipality through the Integrated Development Programme co-financed by the European Union.
The initiative is part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the 2030 Agenda, and has the support of the following institutions: National University of Villa María, National Technological University, Association of Entrepreneurs of the Central Argentine Region (AERCA), Technological Promotion Cluster, Villa María Industrial, Logistics and Technological Park (PILT), and Regional Development Entity (EnRed).
In this regard, the coordinator of the Integrated Development Program funded by the European Union, Martín Ruiz, said: “In this way, we seek to coordinate actions to promote entrepreneurship and innovation in the city, working together with business associations, local government and universities.”
_*About the winner*_
The Nanomix company presents itself as an opportunity to break paradigms in agricultural fertilization by implementing new, more sustainable and environmentally friendly protocols.
These are mineral suspensions that encapsulate essential nutrients, allowing for a controlled release directly to the roots or leaves of plants.
This technology reduces the need for frequent fertilizer applications, minimizes nutrient loss through leaching or volatilization, and reduces environmental impact by avoiding overdosing.
Others Distinctions
Second place went to “Agrohub”, this proposal focuses on the promotion and sale of phytosanitary products manufactured by companies committed to reducing the Environmental Impact Index and the third mention went to “Elementos Para Agrónomos” which proposed creating tools to collect quality agronomic data that facilitate decision-making, making better use and care of the soil resource.
The following projects were also shortlisted: “Bioenergy”, which aims to generate energy in an alternative way, and “Circular 3D”, which aims to detect the large amount of waste generated by printers and the lack of reuse of these materials.
