Cooperative support to smallholder farmers in Uruguay In the small countryside of the Province of Florida, close to the heart of Uruguay, private cooperative societies are working with government to gradually change the lives of farming communities by providing access &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/28/smallholder-cooperation-promo… reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gcardblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog…; width="1" height="1" />

Los obstáculos de comienzos de milenio no fueron menores para la lechería en el Uruguay. En las palabras del Ing. Agr. Daniel Zorrilla de San Martín: “El sector sintió los golpes.

In an interview for GCARD2, the President of INIA in Uruguay, Alvaro Roel, presents the INIA as the result of an innovation process and so, a vehicle for innovation itself now. Innovation is no more an option &#8211; it is &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/28/inia-uruguay-innovation-for-s… reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gcardblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog…; width="1" height="1" />

La innovación está presente en la agricultura. En la localidad de Sauce (Canelones) Alicia Rodríguez, junto a su marido (ambos productores), desarrollaron una nueva variedad de semilla de cebolla y la distribuyen por todo el país. No sólo fue una &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/28/se-creo-una-nueva-variedad-de… reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gcardblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog…; width="1" height="1" />

When local efforts receive public support the result is success at the global stage. At least this is so in the case of local agricultural producers of the Uruguayan province of Canelones. The two success stories shown in the above &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/27/harmonious-efforts-taking-uru… reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gcardblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog…; width="1" height="1" />

Durante el año 1990, una productora de semillas de cebolla fue convocada por la Facultad de Agronomía del Uruguay para crear una nueva linea de investigación sobre semillas de cebollas creadas a partir de material genético local que resisten ciertas &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/28/investigacion-e-inovacion-una… reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gcardblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog…; width="1" height="1" />

Agriculture is a very important pillar of the Uruguayan economy.  Today, the country is exporting up to 70% of their agricultural products and is the world&#8217;s 2nd wool seller and short fibre pulp exporter, 5th dairy products marketer, and 6th &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/27/collaboration-helps-smallhold… reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gcardblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog…; width="1" height="1" />

Muchas veces cuando pensamos en trabajo en equipo la idea no nos atrae demasiado. Pero si yo te digo que esto puede ser la verdadera clave del éxito?

Two Uruguayan farmer families, one common goal: to go from abusing their lands to the sustainable production of high quality products. Both the Zunino and the Solari family have been working with agricultural institutes to improve their cultivation process. From &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/27/onions-jams-innovation-for-su… reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gcardblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog…; width="1" height="1" />

De un tiempo a esta parte ha ido aumentando la conciencia de producir responsablemente. La rentabilidad no debe necesariamente oponerse a la sustentabilidad de largo plazo. “Se trata de buscar un equilibrio” dice Eduardo Martínez, uno de los productores participantes &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/27/de-alaska-a-la-laguna-de-roch… reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gcardblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog…; width="1" height="1" />