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The biological gold mine as a competitive advantage: Argentina produces wood 9 times faster than Europe, but it lacks the industry to process it

The Argentine forestry sector faces a historical contradiction: it has unique biological advantages on the planet, but is tied by the lack of industrial investment, informality in commercial and labor information, and legal uncertainty. This was the central axis of the presentation by agronomist Daniel Maradei, director of the consulting firm Maradei y Asoc., during the hybrid seminar organized by the Agriculture and Food Commission of the Argentine Center of Engineers (CAI) in Buenos Aires, which had the institutional support of the Professional Council of Agronomic Engineering (CPIA) and the participation of engineer Luis María Mestres, secretary of Forestry-industrial Development.

More wood | Industrialization changes the way homes are built

Far from the traditional image of a work that progresses slowly brick by brick, more and more projects incorporate industrialized construction systems that allow components to be manufactured in the plant and subsequently assembled at the destination. The result is faster, more precise and efficient construction. New construction technologies are transforming the way of thinking and executing works. Today there are solutions that make it possible to significantly reduce construction times, optimize resources and improve the predictability of projects, explain from CADAMDA – Chamber of Wood.

Euphoria in the botanical community: Argentina improves the productivity of its pine trees by 48% and accelerates its reforestation speed

The National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) of Argentina managed to improve the volumetric productivity of the hybrid pine that it produces in Misiones, the main forestry province of the country, by up to 48%. The advance is the result of more than thirty years of forest genetic improvement developed at the Montecarlo Agricultural Experimental Station, according to the Government of Argentina.