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    HORTGRO Science Technical Symposium 2016

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    The HORTGRO Science Technical Symposium 2016 will take place from May 30 to June 3 at Allée Bleue in Simondium, South Africa. This is the first time the symposium will be a five-day event focused on increasing profitability throughout the fruit value chain. Over the five days, there will be sessions on fruit production principles, the main symposium topics, post-harvest issues, and field days for stone and pome fruits. International experts will present on topics like water productivity, internal browning, innovative technologies, and new fruit cultivars.

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    The HORTGRO Science Technical Symposium 2016 will take place from May 30 to June 3 at Allée Bleue in Simondium, South Africa. This is the first time the symposium will be a five-day event focused on increasing profitability throughout the fruit value chain. Over the five days, there will be sessions on fruit production principles, the main symposium topics, post-harvest issues, and field days for stone and pome fruits. International experts will present on topics like water productivity, internal browning, innovative technologies, and new fruit cultivars.

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    The HORTGRO Science Technical Symposium 2016 will take place from May 30 to June 3 at Allée Bleue in Simondium, South Africa. This is the first time the symposium will be a five-day event focused on increasing profitability throughout the fruit value chain. Over the five days, there will be sessions on fruit production principles, the main symposium topics, post-harvest issues, and field days for stone and pome fruits. International experts will present on topics like water productivity, internal browning, innovative technologies, and new fruit cultivars.

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    HORTGRO Science Technical Symposium 2016

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    The HORTGRO Science Technical Symposium 2016 will take place from May 30 to June 3 at Allée Bleue in Simondium, South Africa. This is the first time the symposium will be a five-day event focused on increasing profitability throughout the fruit value chain. Over the five days, there will be sessions on fruit production principles, the main symposium topics, post-harvest issues, and field days for stone and pome fruits. International experts will present on topics like water productivity, internal browning, innovative technologies, and new fruit cultivars.

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    Press Release 20 April2016

    Only 5 weeks left to book your seat at the HORTGRO Science Technical Symposium
    2016. This year the theme is:

    Increasing Profitability
    Throughout the Fruit Value
    Chain
    This, the most prestigious event on the deciduous fruit calendar will be held at Alle Bleue,
    Simondium, from 30 May to 3 June 2016.
    This is the first time ever that the Symposium will be a five-day event. In association with
    the Deciduous Fruit Development Chamber we kick off on the 30th of May with a focus on
    the principles of fruit production. This will be followed by the two main symposium days with
    the theme: Increasing profitability throughout the Fruit Value Chain. Exporters and postharvest experts should not miss Day 4 when we investigate the technical affairs of the postharvest world. We end off with a Pome Fruit Field Day in Grabouw, and a Stone Fruit Field
    Day at Alle Bleue. (Read more about the different days here: http://www.hortgroscience.co.za/symposium/day-programme/)

    Day 1

    Day 2

    Day 3

    Day 4

    Day 5

    New Entrant Day

    Symposium Day 1

    Symposium 2

    Post-harvest Day

    Field Days
    Stone & Pome

    R342

    R1026

    R912

    R1026

    R399

    All prices VAT inclusive

    At this symposium you will get the latest insights about fruit production, influences and
    influencers in the field. Its a world where change is the only constant, and well look into

    several contextual aspects, including current challenges such as climate change and the
    severe drought in South Africa.
    Improving water productivity in irrigated agriculture is on everyones lips. Prof Elias Fereres,
    from the University of Cordoba, Spain and researcher at the Institute for Sustainable
    Agriculture of the Spanish Research Council at Cordoba, will be talking about whether we
    have reached our water productivity limits?
    International postharvest plant physiology expert, Dr Michael Reid from UCDavis, University
    of California, will be sharing his insights on internal browning and innovative production and
    postharvest technologies for horticultural producers in the developing world.

    The ever-changing demands of the markets require constant adjustment of the apple offer in
    order to guarantee competitiveness. For this reason, new and interesting hybrids from
    around the world are evaluated for their suitability of cultivation in South Tyrol. Dr Walter
    Guerra, an expert on new cultivars at the Laimburg Research Centre for Agriculture and
    Forestry in South Tyrol, Italy, will give one of his talks on Gala Mutations. He has one of the
    most comprehensive collections of Gala mutations in the world and will talk to his experience
    with the different mutations and to how one goes about selecting the most stable mutation.
    UKZN hydrologist Prof Roland Schulze and the ACDIs specialist agriculture, food security
    and climate change researcher Prof Stephanie Midgley will also take to the stage.
    And lastly we are excited to have local award-winning writer, journalist and film producer,
    Max du Preez on stage to share his thoughts on challenges facing agriculture in South
    Africa. (Read more about our speakers here: http://www.hortgroscience.co.za/symposium/speaker-bios/)

    Find the full programme here: http://www.hortgro-science.co.za/symposium/wpcontent/uploads/2016/03/Symposium-2016-Programme.pdf


    And
    Register online here: http://www.hortgro-science.co.za/symposium/register/

    For more information, please contact the symposium coordinator: Erin Morkel 082 445 8674
    PLEASE NOTE: Members of the press that are interested in attending the symposium,
    please send an e-mail with your request to [email protected] specifying which days you
    would like to attend.

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