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Agrievolution Summit Concludes in Buenos Aires With Drive for Mechanization and Shared Standards

FAO signaled a shift by calling mechanization part of the answer to hunger.

Overview

  • Organized by CAFMA with Expoagro, the eighth Agrievolution Summit gathered about 30 speakers across nine panels in Argentina’s first time hosting the event.
  • OECD’s Mario López Roldán pressed for smart agriculture using AI, robotics and digitalization, highlighting OECD Tractor Codes as enablers of safe adoption and trade.
  • Argentina, through BCR economist Julio Calzada, projected potential grain output of 250 million tonnes by 2035 anchored in high no‑till adoption and sustainability gains.
  • Technologies discussed as practical tools included ISOBUS interoperability, connectivity ‘plug’ fairs and silobags for rapid, efficient on‑farm responses.
  • The summit closed with a field day at La Dorada in Suipacha demonstrating direct seeding practices and their agronomic and economic benefits.