In the midst of the 2001 crisis and with the savings they could rescue from the corralito, Roberto Basso and his wife bet on pecans.

If there is someone who perfectly understands the concept of diving into the pool, it is Roberto Basso. Although his university degree reveals that he is a chemical engineer, most people know him more for his pecan business, which he started due to a major unforeseen event but managed to successfully establish, to the point of sharing it with his children for several years now. In 2001, Roberto and his wife, like thousands of other people, saw their lifelong savings trapped in the bank. In the only window they found to withdraw a part, the couple decided to take out as much as possible and invest in something safer. Thus, they bought a 60-hectare field on the outskirts of the town of Mercedes in the Buenos Aires province, which only had a fence. “There was absolutely nothing, so everything that is exposed here today we put it up. For a field it is small, but for the activities we started to think about it seemed good. We said, do we make kiwi? Do we make blueberry? Until I ...