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Productores de Leche SA
This unpublished agreement brings
together the forestry and dairy sectors
in the search for conditions to promote
rural productivity. Through this agree-
ment, the Associated Producers linked
to the Fomento Programme can pur-
chase supplies and services for their
establishments from PROLESA outlets,
and dairy producers can receive rel-
evant forestry advice.
Banco República Oriental del
Uruguay
Both institutions agree to undertake
joint and additional actions to support
the development of forest production
and the logistical services connected
with this.
For its part, the bank offers and
grants long-term loans to finance for-
estry enterprises and provides financial
assistance for the development of the
forestry and logistics services associ-
ated with UPM Forestal Oriental.
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT DOUBLE
PRODUCTIVITY FOR ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS
Almost 25 years of research for development, as well
as the investment made in the UPM Forestal Oriental
Genetic Improvement Programme, which exceeds
USD 50 million from 1990 to date, have ensured that
cellulose yield per hectare has practically doubled.
In other words, this means that producing a certain
quantity of cellulose using the new genetic materials
provided by UPM Forestal Oriental requires almost
half of the land required by the first forest plantations.
Forest plantations being created today will have a
much higher productivity compared with the first
forest plantations established two decades ago. This
achievement is truly significant and is supported by
the work of specialists and state-of-the-art technology
aimed at continuous improvement.
The primary venue for research into genetic
improvement activities is the field; tests are set up in
the same places as the operational forest plantations
are installed.
The key to the Genetic Improvement Programme is
to evaluate large quantities of materials in all areas
where they are planted, which requires multiple field
tests.
These improvements, the result of uninterrupted
research over almost 25 years, provide the
Associated Producers with superior genetic material,
produced in the company’s two state-of-the-art
nurseries in Uruguay.