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1 2015 Information Letter
Experiences that motivate innovation
Cenicaña delivers to sugar cane mills and growers one more issue of the Informative Letter, which presents experiences related to the adoption of new...
Child: evolution and impact
What happened? What's next? How is the climate of the Cauca River affected by El Niño? Does the intensity of the phenomenon determine the effect on the climate?
Condensate recovery, a challenge for water management
Approximately 80% of the water that enters with the cane to the sugar factories can be recovered in condensed form and used in different stages of production.
Flies: allies of the sugar growers in the control of the Diatraea spp.
Some sugar mills have laboratories to produce insects that are used in their crops as biological control. In addition, there are at least a dozen production companies that provide…
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Brief, jul.2015
Claudia Marcela Franco, researcher in the Cenicaña Varieties program, was recognized with the award for Best Young Scientist last June at the workshop on genetic improvement and biology…
Ingenios and suppliers innovate with the support of the PAT
Informative Letter brings in this edition the experience of the Venezia – El Cencerro farm, a cane supplier, and the La Cabaña sugar mill with the Learning and Assistance program…
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Aerial images take 'flight' in sugarcane research
With the use of unmanned aerial equipment, better known as drones, and a multispectral camera, Cenicaña will have images that complement the satellite and spectral information of the crop in…
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The drip irrigation experience at the El Recreo farm
The Mayagüez Mill presented the results of adopting efficient water management technologies on a farm located in the foothills of the Central mountain range, with stony soils and…
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“El Hatico is not a romantic project; It is an economic reality ”
Carlos Hernando Molina is one of the members of the Molina Durán family, in charge of the El Hatico nature reserve. Informative Letter interviewed him to learn a little more...
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