Aees summit 2014 experimental farms in south africa carlos sersale di cerisano
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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS
Use of no-TILL technology and its positive impact: Increasing crop yield, decreasing cost production and improving soil conservation
Panel Discussion:By Ambassador R. Carlos Sersale di Cerisano, Argentine Republic
e-mail: [email protected]
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Experimental Farms in South Africa Project started in 2011
2 experimental farms in distinct locations with different
characteristics
Work done with Argentine no-Till machinery and related inputs
Argentine and South African professionals and farmers working
together
Public and Private interaction
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Conventional planting Direct Planting
Comparison between conventional and direct planting Conventional planting
2nd Phase of PlantingNovember 2011
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CROP YIELD RESULTS (Two per year)
• Maize: Average increase of 30% by direct planting as opposed to conventional tillage
• Soya: Average increase of 15% by direct planting as opposed to conventional tillage
Fundación CIDETER
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PRODUCTION RESULTS & ADVANTAGES
• 46% reduction in fuel consumption
• 45% reduction in repair costs
• ¼ the Amount of man hours as opposed to
conventional Tillage methods.
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More Results• The technology used for direct planting surpassed the
conventional by 46,9% in high potential yields and 22,7% in low potential yields respectively.
• A 1.93% increase was shown in high potential yields when increasing the number of seeds from 60 to 80 thousand whilst in Low Potential yields an increase of 7.77 % was present when an increase of 45 thousand to 60 thousand seeds was made.
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Increases in exports to South Africa
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Results of experimental farms made between Grain S.A./INTA
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• Local developments at Settlers farm
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• Demonstration of erosion in direct planting and conventional tillage.
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Argentine INTA’s Team and Presence on South African Farms