Fruit trees come in from the cold
In 1998, Rafael Guarga won a Rolex Award for his innovative and inexpensive method of protecting crops from frost. Since then he has continued to refine the technology, further reducing the cost to farmers.
"The main impact [of winning a Rolex Award] is the acceptance of the system and its wider distribution.”
His hard work is bearing fruit. The Selected Inverted Sink system (SIS) is winning him customers beyond his native Latin America – in both the United States and Europe.
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The fruits of success
Overnight frost can destroy, in a few hours, a crop of fruit grown in orchards over a period of months.
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Professor Rafael Guarga
GUAYABO 1729/602
CP: 11200
Montevideo
UruguayTel: + 598 2 401 10 62 / 401 76 88
info@frostprotection.com
