Melisa Defagot

Agronomist

Argentina

Landscape Management and Restoration

Education

Agronomist and Specialist in Agroecology from the Graduate School of the School of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires (FAUBA).
Graduate training focused on peri-urban agricultural production, agroecological transitions and the analysis of perceptions, conflicts and proposals in interface territories.
Focused on building and co-designing efficient, sustainable production systems adapted to local realities.

Academic Activity

Researcher and extension agent focused on technical outreach and training for farmers and municipalities on low-agrochemical production models.
Active in training, territorial coordination and experience-sharing to build agroecological knowledge collectively.
Author of technical reports and outreach publications on biological soil management, cover crops and the economic viability of alternative models.

Scientific Output

Technical studies and economic reports (with INTA specialists) on gross margins and results of crops under peri-urban management.
Trials and publications on the efficiency, biomass yield and management of green manure species such as Vicia villosa.
Audiovisual and outreach content for institutional channels and regional agricultural programs.

Professional Experience

Coordinator of the Peri-urban Production Module (MPP) and the local peri-urban project at the INTA Marcos Juárez Agricultural Experiment Station (EEA).
Technical co-assistant and advisor at Guía Pecanes, providing planning, field monitoring and decision-making tools for pecan orchards.
Institutional liaison between the production sector and municipalities in Córdoba to develop land-use planning strategies and sustainable transitions.

Areas of Expertise

Design, establishment and integrated management of pecan orchards with associated pastures.
Agroecological transition and low-pesticide models in sensitive peri-urban areas.
Biological soil management, cover crops, reforestation and the design of biological corridors.

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Managing Resilient Peri-urban Systems

Melisa Defagot

A holistic approach to turning peri-urban areas into resilient production systems through regenerative agriculture, biodiversity and land management.

Melisa Defagot, Agronomist, Argentina

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