New authorities in the Argentine Blueberry Committee

The chamber that brings together the exporters of the sector renewed authorities for the period 2021-2023. The new board of directors represents a continuity in the line of conduct.

New Board of Directors

The Argentine Blueberry Committee (ABC) renewed through elections the Board of Directors that will lead the entity during the 2021-2023 period. As president, Alejandro Pannunzio was elected, who was already serving as vice president in the previous management.

Pannunzio is an agronomist, PhD from the University of Buenos Aires, and Professor of the Irrigation and Drainage Chair of the Faculty of Agronomy of the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has been an irrigation consultant and blueberry producer for more than fifteen years. He also chairs APAMA, the Association of Blueberry Producers of Mesopotamia Argentina.

Argentine blueberries

The ABC represents the interests of blueberry exporters in Argentina, bringing together, in addition to companies, the regional entities of the three productive zones of the country: NOA (Tucumán, Salta), NEA (Entre Ríos, Corrientes) and Buenos Aires. In total, there are currently about 2515 productive hectares of which 80% is exported to markets in the United States, Canada, Europe and the United Kingdom, China, Hong Kong, among other incipient ones such as Israel.

The ABC's interaction is both with public organizations such as health and commercial entities as well as with unions and civil society organizations, establishing in the latter case strategic alliances to implement in national territory the actions related to the social commitment of the chamber.

Continuity and Strengthening

The brand new board of directors confirmed that it will continue with the entity's line of conduct with a focus on strengthening the design and implementation of actions framed in both social and commercial policy. Some of the management axes for the next two years will be:

Continuity and strengthening of the actions that have been implemented for the prevention of child labor: new projects to open more child care and attention centers; continuity of the Social Compliance System within the framework of the PAR Project (together with RENATRE and Fundación DyA, in alliance with municipalities in the three productive zones).

Promotion of the Internal Market: fifth season of the Better with Blueberries campaign to encourage local consumption and position blueberries as a healthy snack for the whole family. Positioning of the Argentine blueberry in the global market, focusing on strengthening existing markets where local fruit is highly valued for its unique flavor. The challenge is presented in logistics and foreign trade aspects.

Diversification and new markets

Strengthening of the technical area for the phytosanitary item for the opening of new markets and diversification of demand.

“Undoubtedly the challenge now is to improve our competitiveness, that implies addressing the tax issue that falls on the sector; improve labor relations by ensuring that social benefits are not incompatible with activity during harvest and pruning periods; get China to lower our tariff to zero in order to access that market from which we should be able to derive a third of Argentine production; and finally to be able to strongly develop a varietal improvement program that allows us to have our own varieties ”explained Pannunzio.

Board of Directors ABC 2021-2023

President: Alejandro Pannunzio

Vice President: Federico Baya

Secretary: Jorge Pazos

Pro secretary: Juan Ramón Paredes

Treasurer: Adolfo Storni

Pro Treasurer: Francisco Estrada

1st Member: Luis D´Andrea

2nd Member: Jorge Schein

3rd Member: Ariel Evangelista

Account reviewer Owner: Nicolás Tretiak

Alternate Auditor: Gabriel Wasserman.

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