Presentation of EUFRUIT at the 2016 Interpera Congress

AREFLH an Hortgro co-organised the 2016 Interpera congress and took this opportunity to present the EUFRUIT project to the attendees:

Interpera 2016: Success in South Africa

More than 130 participants from various countries gathered on 16, 17 and 18 November in Paarl, Cape Town, South Africa for the 9th edition of Interpera, the International Pear Congress. The representatives came from Belgium, Spain, France, Italy, New Zealand and the United States to attend this annual pear meeting.

The event was co-organized, from Europe by AREFLH, and from South Africa by Hortgro, with the help, for the technical visits, of CERES Fruit Growers, Fruitly Africa and Wolseley Fruit Packers.

Two days of field visits in this magnificent country allowed the participants to get to know the local pear production better. In 2015 the production occupied an area of 12,700 ha for a production of 410,000 tons. Packams Triumph is grown on an area of 4,300 ha (34% of the total production), followed by Forelle (3.300 ha, 26%), Williams Bon Chrétien (2,200 ha, 20%) and Abate Fetel 810 Ha, 6%).

South African agriculture has many advantages: low parasitic pressure, abundant labour force, low wages and very competitive production costs. This explains its strong exporting capacity. Its main markets are Europe (43%), the Middle East (20%), Asia (18%), Russia (5%) and Africa (6%).

The two-days conference was devoted to:
Varietal innovation, which has been much more active over the past ten years with a clear trend towards red varieties
The evolution of world production, which is constantly increasing. It has risen from 15 million tonnes in 2002 to 25 million tonnes in 2014. China is by far the main producer with 18 million tonnes followed by the European Union (2,400,000 tonnes) and Argentina (850,000 T)
The major market trends developments due to the Russian ban and the markets repositioning that followed, to countries such as the Middle East, Asia, and, tomorrow, Africa. The export of pears has also been analysed, China comes first, with 14% (370,000 T). It is followed by Argentina (12%, 340,000T), Belgium (11%), the Netherlands (11%) and South Africa (8%).

The high quality presentations of the congress are all available on www.interpera.com.

Documents

	Interpera 2016 Programme () Interpera 2016 Programme
	EUFRUIT Powerpoint Presentation for Interpera 2016 () EUFRUIT Powerpoint Presentation for Interpera 2016

Links

Press release about Interpera 2016 Press release about Interpera 2016

Press release about Interpera 2016 - 2 Press release about Interpera 2016 - 2

Details

Activity type

Organising/holding industry group meeting/event

Activity work package

Project management

Activity number

AREFLH-WP1-A10

Activity contact

Andrea TIVOLI
EU Policy Officer
AREFLH - Assembly of European Regions producing Fruits, Vegetables and Ornamental Plants
Rue Montoyer 21, 1000 Brussels
Tel : +32 2 743 30 02
Mob : +32 4 922 052 66
[email protected]
www.areflh.org

Activity partner

AREFLH

Activity country

France

Last edit

10-10-2017

Event

Event name

Interpera Congress 2016

Event location

Stelenbosch, South Africa

Event participants

Jacques Dasque, AREFLH
Pauline Panegos, AREFLH

Event dissemination

Oral presentation and distribution of leaflets

Event invitees

Stakeholders and producers from the pear sector

Female participants

65

Male participants

65

Total participants

130