Trials by Aapresid in a fragile agricultural area like southern Córdoba: The best strategy to capture water was not in the

In southern Córdoba, where sandy soils are subjected to erosion and impoverishment caused by winds and the pressure of crops such as peanuts, an Aapresid trial seems to have found good strategies for their protection and capture of key resources such as water. This is the trial conducted by the agronomist and Technical Development Manager (RTD) of the Aapresid South Córdoba Farm, Mariano Robledo Giraudo, who, along with 24 producers and experts from INTA, Conicet, the National University of Rosario, and the National University of Río Cuarto, bet on different combinations of service crops, where rye and mixtures of vetch and triticale were the protagonists. The chosen path, as they reported, was the least intuitive: sowing in the middle of the dry season, between late April and early May. In that area, 80% of the rainfall falls between September and March. “Here we have wind erosion, loss of organic matter, hardening, and levels of phosphorus and zinc that have fallen a lot. If we ...