ABSTRACT. Agricultural intensification in Latin America has led to accelerated soil erosion, water pollution and food with pesticide residues, which are all signs of unsustainable development. In Uruguay, agricultural intensification with continuous cropping has threatened the country?s primary natural resource: its soil. At the same time, incentives for further intensification and specialization are high, since particularly soybeans have offered the highest (short-term) economic margins.

ABSTRACT. Agricultural intensification in Latin America has led to accelerated soil erosion, water pollution and food with pesticide residues, which are all signs of unsustainable development. In Uruguay, agricultural intensification with continuous cropping has threatened the country?s primary natural resource:its soil. At the same time, incentives for further intensification and specialization are high, since particularly soybeans have offered the highest (short-term) economic margins.

Contenido: Experimentos a largo plazo:57 años de información al servicio del productor y de las políticas públicas. -- Soja:Mejorando el tercer producto de mayor exportación del país. -- Confusión sexual:Métodos naturales para combatir plagas en frutales. -- Pasturas:Mejorando el recurso más económico y resiliente del Uruguay. -- Corriedale PRO y Merilin PLUS:Razas ovinas prolíficas con sello uruguayo. -- Tomates con sello INIA:Resistentes a virus y con mejores características productivas. -- Plagas en eucalyptus:Una alternativa sostenible y natural su control.