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Argentina is increasingly adopting hydroponics and soil cultivation techniques for vegetable production due to soil degradation, with a focus on leafy vegetables in hydroponics and tomatoes, strawberries, and peppers in substrate systems. The Tierra Sana project, implemented by INTA and UNIDO, aims to promote local produce and is inspired by the proven success of these systems in countries like Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, and the US. Hydroponics has the potential to grow any plant with the right nutrients.
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Soil degradation as a consequence of unsustainable management and inadequate practices has turned hydroponics and soil cultivation into alternative vegetable production techniques. In Argentina, these cultivation techniques are gaining ground. - said Analia Puerta, National Coordinator of the Tierra Sana project implemented by INTA and UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization) under the Montreal Protocol. - she emphasized. The most suitable hydroponic products are for leafy vegetables such as lettuce, arugula and Swiss chard. The most outstanding products in the substrate system are the cultivation of tomatoes, strawberries and, to a lesser extent, peppers. Read also: Professional potato production in the organic system - emphasized Puerta. In addition, hydroponics promotes the production and sale of locally grown produce. Puerta said. This production system has been consolidated as a technology with recognized performance and mass deployment in developed and ...
Source: SwiatRolnika
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