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Thursday - 16 novembre 2017
from 9:00 to 13:00
Main hall - DECANA - Pav. 2 (Foyer)
WORLD PEAR FORUM
ABATE FETEL: INCREASED YIELDS FOR BETTER PRODUCTIVITY
World operators debating on the top Italian cultivar
Timetable
9.30 – Registration
10.00 – Productivity development and pear profitability: which are the threshold values? – Prof. Carlo Pirazzoli – Università di Bologna / CSO Italy
10.20 – Climate changes in Emilia Romagna – Lucio Botarelli – ARPAE
10.40 – Quince grafting based farm growing – a ten-year trend. Is it the only opportunity? –Fabio Galli, Michele Mariani, Alessandro Zago – Fondazione F.lli Navarra
11.00 Round Table a comparison among technicians on the different aspects aimed at improving the productivity and developing research on the Abate peculiar shape, such as pollination, plant physiology, grafting, pruning etc.
Speakers:
- Prof. Luca Dondini – Università di Bologna
- Dr. Lauro Simeoni – Fruit Net System
- Dr. Ugo Palara – Agrintesa
- Nursery experts – ( to be defined) (plant death problem)
- Dr. Maurizio Saltari – Fruit Modena
- Albano Bergami – OI Pera
- Giori Michele – Salvi Vivai
- Mazzola Carlo – Vivai Mazzoni
11.45 The International Experience
CHILE - Mauricio Navarro - Agronomist, Pomme Fruit
SOUTH AFRICA - Christo Strydom – General Manager – Wolseley Fruit Packers Ltd.
NEDERLAND - Eric Van der Hoeff – Specialist fertilisation and tree management – Fruit Consult BV
Chairman: Ivano Valmori - AgroNotizie
from 14:30 to 17:30
Main hall - DECANA - Pav. 2 (Foyer)
RISK MANAGEMENT: SYSTEM DEVELOPMENTS AND NEWS
By CONDIFESA BOLOGNA and FERRARA
from 14:30 to 15:30
Blue Hall - SANTA MARIA - Pav. 6
FOLIAR NUTRITION
By BMS
from 15:00 to 16:00
Hall A - WILLIAMS - Pav. 3/4 1st Floor
HUMIC ACIDS AND BIOSTIMULANTS IN THE NUTRITIONAL MANAGEMENT OF PEAR TREES
By TRADECORP
from 15:00 to 16:00
Red Hall - CARMEN - Pav. 4
NEW FRONTIERS FOR THE SUSTAINABLE NUTRITION OF PEAR ORCHARDS
By AGM
from 16:30 to 18:30
Blue Hall - SANTA MARIA - Pav. 6
NEWS IN THE FMC PROPOSAL FOR DEFENDING PEAR TREES
By FMC
Friday - 17 novembre 2017
from 9:00 to 13:00
Main hall - DECANA - Pav. 2 (Foyer)
WORLD PEAR FORUM
MARKET AND CONSUMPTION: NEW TRENDS AND FUTURE CHALLENGES
Timetable
9.30 - registration
10.00 - The start of 2017/2018 marketing year for the European pears: the European offer and the first market data - by CSO Italy / OI Pera
10.15 - Export trends – Marco Salvi, Presidente Fruitimpree
10.30 - Third markets : challenges and opportunities – Simona Rubbi – CSO Italy
10.40 - The United Arabian Emirates: which opportunities for Italian pears? – James Varghese
11.00 - Pear consumptions in Italy and Europe – by CSO Italy
11.15 - Round table: discussion with the key players
- Vincent Guerin - AOP Pomme et Poire, France
- Filip Lowette – BFV, Belgium
- Leonard Kampschӧer – FRUITMASTERS, Nederland
- Gilberto Franco – ANP, Portugal
- Luca Granata – OPERA, Italia
- Alessio Orlandi - ORIGINE GROUP, Italia
- Germano Fabiani - COOP ITALIA, Italia
- Gianmarco Guernelli - CONAD, Italia
- Annabella Donnarumma - AD Eurogroup Italia, Italia
Chairman: Massimo Agostini - Gruppo Sole 24 Ore
from 13:30 to 14:30
Red Hall - CARMEN - Pav. 4
SOLUTIONS FOR THE CONTAINMENT OF THE BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG
By SIPCAM
from 15:00 to 16:00
Blue Hall - SANTA MARIA - Pav. 6
PEAR TREE NUTRITION: FROM THE FIELD TO THE TABLE
By SCAM
from 15:00 to 16:00
Red Hall - CARMEN - Pav. 4
THE SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF THE PEAR ORCHARD
By VALAGRO
from 15:00 to 16:00
Hall A - WILLIAMS - Pav. 3/4 1st Floor
FUTURE STRATEGIES: PROMOTING THE PRODUCTION OF ITALIAN WALNUTS
By FLL. ZANZI VIVAI
from 16:30
Hall A - WILLIAMS - Pav. 3/4 1st Floor
Workshop
PEARS, PRODUCTION COSTS: GROWERS’ ACCOUNTS
By the journal Terra e Vita
Moderator: Giorgio Setti
Saturday - 18 novembre 2017
from 10:30 to 11:30
Hall A - WILLIAMS - Pav. 3/4 1st Floor
Awards ceremony
STUDIO GIORGIO RAVALLI and MATTEO GIARI AWARDS
from 11:00
Blue Hall - SANTA MARIA - Pav. 6
PEAR COOKING SHOW
By CSO Italy