Doubling the yield, tripling the export of fiber and generating added value, the keys of INTA's agreement with Gensus

The objective is clear: to double the yield and production, triple the exports of cotton fibers, and generate added value from the seed. Within the framework of the National Cotton Festival, Gensus and INTA consolidated a new and strategic stage of technological cooperation through the signing of two agreements that strengthen the public-private partnership maintained since 2018. GENETIC AND BIOTECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT These agreements drive the genetic and biotechnological development of Argentine cotton and mark a change in the public-private partnership model, moving from traditional transfer to a collaborative innovation scheme, within the program ‘The New Cotton Road’. There are two agreements signed by the head of INTA, Nicolas Bronzovich, and the director of the seed company, Alejandro Fried. The agreement with the Agricultural Experimental Station (EEA) Sáenz Peña (Chaco) aims at the co-creation and validation of new cotton varieties in different productive environments ...