{"id":2236,"date":"2026-10-27T12:55:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T15:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regenera.academy\/experts\/melisa-defagot\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T18:59:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T21:59:42","slug":"melisa-defagot","status":"publish","type":"experto","link":"https:\/\/regenera.academy\/en\/experts\/melisa-defagot\/","title":{"rendered":"Melisa Defagot"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Education<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Agronomist and Specialist in Agroecology from the Graduate School of the School of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires (FAUBA).<\/li>\n<li>Graduate training focused on peri-urban agricultural production, agroecological transitions and the analysis of perceptions, conflicts and proposals in interface territories.<\/li>\n<li>Focused on building and co-designing efficient, sustainable production systems adapted to local realities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Academic Activity<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Researcher and extension agent focused on technical outreach and training for farmers and municipalities on low-agrochemical production models.<\/li>\n<li>Active in training, territorial coordination and experience-sharing to build agroecological knowledge collectively.<\/li>\n<li>Author of technical reports and outreach publications on biological soil management, cover crops and the economic viability of alternative models.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Scientific Output<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Technical studies and economic reports (with INTA specialists) on gross margins and results of crops under peri-urban management.<\/li>\n<li>Trials and publications on the efficiency, biomass yield and management of green manure species such as <i>Vicia villosa<\/i>.<\/li>\n<li>Audiovisual and outreach content for institutional channels and regional agricultural programs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Professional Experience<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Coordinator of the Peri-urban Production Module (MPP) and the local peri-urban project at the INTA Marcos Ju\u00e1rez Agricultural Experiment Station (EEA).<\/li>\n<li>Technical co-assistant and advisor at <b>Gu\u00eda Pecanes<\/b>, providing planning, field monitoring and decision-making tools for pecan orchards.<\/li>\n<li>Institutional liaison between the production sector and municipalities in C\u00f3rdoba to develop land-use planning strategies and sustainable transitions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Areas of Expertise<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Design, establishment and integrated management of pecan orchards with associated pastures.<\/li>\n<li>Agroecological transition and low-pesticide models in sensitive peri-urban areas.<\/li>\n<li>Biological soil management, cover crops, reforestation and the design of biological corridors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2123,"template":"","categories":[],"class_list":["post-2236","experto","type-experto","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regenera.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/experto\/2236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regenera.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/experto"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regenera.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/experto"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regenera.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regenera.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regenera.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}