The blueberry industry in Morocco, despite being young, is a very experienced industry and is consolidating as an increasingly important activity in the agro-export offer of his country. It is an industry that is in full growth and that produces fruit of excellent quality, which has been able to take advantage of the offer of new varieties of the crop and the abundant technology that the market offers for the development of the fruit-growing activity.

Far markets

This reality of growth forces the Moroccan industry to diversify its markets, consolidating its presence in the European market, but seeking to reach more distant destinations, with the perspective of being a protagonist in the Asian and Eastern markets, especially China. .

In this objective, all the knowledge, experience and technology that exists to support the fruit in its post-harvest stage, both in the packaging, transfer, transport and distribution of the fruit so that it arrives in good condition to the final consumer, is of the utmost importance for the Moroccan industry today.

world specialist

For this reason, postharvest doctor Bruno Defilippi will be one of the important figures in the program of the XXVIII International Blueberry Seminar that will be done in Agadir on September 13 and 14 next.

Bruno Defilippi He is a researcher at the Chilean Agricultural Research Institute (INIA), and is perhaps the most important benchmark in the post-harvest stage of fruit at an international level. Not only is he recurring for the export industry in terms of advice regarding his knowledge of the special phenomenology of the fruit at this stage, but he is a scientific consultant, author of many publications and recognized by the world related to fruit growing.

The INIA postharvest expert is the first South American to join the editorial committee of the magazine Postharvest Biology and Technology, the most important medium on issues of Biology and Postharvest in the world, made up of researchers from Europe, the United States, China and now, South America. In this select group of international professionals, he is in charge of assigning reviewers and deciding if certain paper or collaboration has sufficient theoretical or scientific merits and conditions to be published.

Publications

Despite his youth, he doctor defilippi He is the author of numerous investigations in different countries of America and Europe, individually and in working groups, the vast majority of which have been scientific research papers on the different aspects of blueberry behavior once harvested. His work has meant a contribution to the South American industry, which has allowed him to offer the world market firm fruit in good condition after 30 or 40 days of travel to the shelf or final consumer.

Recently, the doctor defilippi launched the book / bulletin "Quality in blueberries: physiological and technological bases for harvest and post-harvest management", which is called to be a great contribution for producers and participants in the cultivation of blueberries anywhere in the world, due to the fact that It deals with the different aspects that directly and indirectly affect the quality, firmness and good condition of the arrival of the fruit in international markets, a key factor for the fruit industry in any country.

Opportunity

The presence of Dr. Bruno Defilippi in the program of XXVIII International Blueberry Seminar in Agadir, means a great opportunity for those attending the meeting to interact with the greatest specialist in cultivation and, in addition, with a history of great generosity to share their knowledge with the public interested in the multiple aspects of cultivation.

El XXVIII International Blueberry Seminar It will be held 13 and September 14 in the halls of Hotel Les Dunes D'or Center De Congrès, in the city of Agadir, Morocco.

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