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GRAZING
The grazing of third party cattle was
incorporated by the company as a way
of integrating
the traditional production activities of
the region into UPM Forestal Oriental
plots and of providing opportunities
for productive use of the company’s
pastures to producers from the region.
It also means a reduction in combusti-
ble material available for the company,
thus reducing the risk of fire.
Area grazed by third parties:
58,187 ha
Number of Producers: 323 contracts,
481 farmers.
Number of hectares contracted with
Associated Producers linked to the
Fomento Programme: 25,833 ha
Number of Associated Producers
MUCH MORE THAN
AFFORESTATION
• 58,187 ha
• 481 farmers
• 67,000 head of cattle
• 140 beekeepers
• 8 kg average per hive
Agreements with the Rural
Association of Tacuarembó,
Agricultural Cooperative
El Fogón, the Municipal
Administration Office of Durazno
and the Rural Society of Durazno
(SRD), the Rural Union of Flowers
(URF) and the Flower Development
Society (SFF)
Commitment to work together, on
the one hand in the promotion of the
UPM Forestal Oriental Fomento Pro-
gramme among its partners, as a way of
diversifying
agricultural production - livestock
of its establishments and, on the other
hand, to provide advice within the
forestry sector to all producers who
request this.
Furthermore, this type of agree-
ment ensures the producers access to
grazing under favourable conditions,
the technology, experience and genetic
material of UPM Forestal Oriental,
which is committed to providing ongo-
ing technical assistance and training
for technicians from both institutions,
cooperating in the development of local
contractors linked commercially to both
institutions for the implementation of
forestry services, and providing space
for grazing within its fields to those
producers who are involved in forest
production.