Marcelo Carrique, as part of the Democracy and Development cycle
Marcelo Carrique, president of Bioceres, spoke about the company’s journey to develop drought-resistant HB4 wheat, which has received worldwide praise.
“We have rethought ourselves as a disruptive space. In massification we would not have had the resources. If we had not differentiated ourselves with disruptive things we would not have had a future. And this implies the decision to take a path that is not on the map”, he commented.
It was during a round table at the Democracy and Development meeting, organized by Clarione in Malba, where several exhibitors participated in a debate whose central axis was the Economy of Knowledge,
There he discussed with some colleagues in the panel called “The Protagonists”, which brought together leaders from some of the country’s leading technology companies. The founders of some of the most important companies in the sector were present. Argentina has already spawned 12 tech unicorns, companies worth more than $ 1 billion.
In addition to Carrique, the speakers included Martín Migoya, of Globant; Alex Oxenford of DeRemate, OLX, Alpha Capital and LetGo; and Emiliano Kargieman, of Satellogic. Also Juan Martín de la Serna, president of the Mercado Libre Argentina; Damián Scokin, CEO of Despegar; Wanda Weigert, Executive Director of Globant Argentina
The panel discussed how Argentina can continue to be the birthplace of new unicorns, of companies that generate high value based on knowledge, software, biotechnology. But also the situation of companies, one of whose main challenges today is to generate and retain trained personnel.
Carrique he is president of Bioceres, an Argentine biotechnology company farm that trades its shares on the Nasdaq and is responsible for, among other things, the drought tolerant HB4 grain. It was a development carried out in collaboration with Conicet and the Universidad Nacional del Litoral, among others.
He is a graduate agricultural engineer from the University of Buenos Aires and completed an MBA from Austral University.
Democracy and Development, a cycle to think about the country
The knowledge economy generates US $ 6,400 in exports to Argentina millions, surpassed only by the soybean complex and the automotive industry. And it employs 450,000 people. But today the exchange rate gap and macroeconomic instability are holding back what is one of the most dynamic sectors of the national economy.
The Democracy and Development cycle will continue with tables on other productive sectors that can boost the country’s growth through the generation of exports, foreign currency and employment: agriculture and food, oil and energy, mining and industry. These are areas where the country has advantages and has demonstrated the ability to innovate.
But they undoubtedly require macroeconomics, institutional settings and the quality of education as platforms to unfold their full potential and competitiveness.
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Source: Clarin
