Last Wednesday, the Secretary of Productive Development of the Municipality of Concordia, Eng. Mg. Federico Schattenhofer, visited the Santa María Nursery, located in the rural area of La Criolla, where he was received by the local producer and one of the establishment's managers, Juan Pablo Passini, vice president of the Pecan Cluster.
It was a meeting where the site was toured to learn about the plantations and initial planning proposals were started to jointly carry out Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) training, with the purpose of improving the quality and qualified labor of the workers.
These are oriented towards training and certification in pruning, harvesting, and grafting processes, among others; so that in each productive sector (citrus, pecan) the necessary requirements for healthy, safe, and environmentally friendly production are met.
Passini also commented that the confluence area between Buenos Aires, Corrientes, parts of Misiones, Santa Fe, Córdoba, and Salta is developing very well. The crop is growing exponentially “at a level of 800 to 1,000 hectares planted, according to the data we handle in the cluster and in the Argentine Chamber of Producers”.
The training sessions will be held in several editions throughout the year, with a limited capacity, starting with between 15 and 20 people, and then the number of participants will be expanded in subsequent ones. It will have the collaboration of INTA for its execution and other institutions linked to local productive development.
It was a meeting where the site was toured to learn about the plantations and initial planning proposals were started to jointly carry out Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) training, with the purpose of improving the quality and qualified labor of the workers.
These are oriented towards training and certification in pruning, harvesting, and grafting processes, among others; so that in each productive sector (citrus, pecan) the necessary requirements for healthy, safe, and environmentally friendly production are met.
Passini also commented that the confluence area between Buenos Aires, Corrientes, parts of Misiones, Santa Fe, Córdoba, and Salta is developing very well. The crop is growing exponentially “at a level of 800 to 1,000 hectares planted, according to the data we handle in the cluster and in the Argentine Chamber of Producers”.
The training sessions will be held in several editions throughout the year, with a limited capacity, starting with between 15 and 20 people, and then the number of participants will be expanded in subsequent ones. It will have the collaboration of INTA for its execution and other institutions linked to local productive development.