Proper nutrition with comprehensive management increased the forest yield by 59%

Published 2025년 10월 2일

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Forest sector productivity improved by 59% over the last 10 years due to a series of factors such as genetics, nutrition, density management, and correct planting time, commented Agricultural Engineer Gabriel Báez Gini, responsible for Fertilizers and Biostimulants at Timac Agro Paraguay, during the Nación Productiva program, where the expert previewed part of his presentation "Forest Nutrition: Do 10 tn/ha of agricultural lime justify it?", which he will develop at the 5th Forest Technical Workshop, on October 8, at the Volendam Cooperative, San Pedro.

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Báez Gini commented that in 2015 the average productivity achieved was 22 m3, while currently, through more professional management, performance levels of 35 m3 are achieved, a considerable advance for this segment that presents enormous projections. According to the professional, the biggest challenge for working with forest nutrition was collecting the information and understanding how the forest production system works. "I believe that in this role, the Volendam Cooperative was fundamental to take this step, because at the start, the challenge was where to get information on how to start that guiding thread to reach the productivities we seek to have," he highlighted. He pointed out that the concept was clear from an agricultural production point of view, but the nutrition of forest crops still implied an important challenge, which required practice and research. "Because it was about thinking beyond nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, what we talk about every day in large ...
Source: Productivacm

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