COAGRISAN welcomes the Technical Conference on improving profitability in tomato.

It will be held the next day 18 November to the 10:30 hours in the Hall of COAGRISAN, It is organized by the institution Caja Rural de Canarias – Cajamar within the Plan 2014 Transfer, and assists the ICCA, FEDEX and Balsamic and the cooperative COAGRISAN.

Under the title "Improvement of profitability of the tomato in Canary", the export of Canary Islands tomato sector meets to learn about the latest research and news about production, improvement and profitability of this crop.

The scientific collaborator of Instituto Canario de Investigaciones Agrarias, Vanessa Raya Ramallo will present the conclusions of its investigation for the improvement of the productivity of the cultivation of export of Canary Islands tomato.

Then, optimization of the profitability of a farm of tomato in the Canary Islands the participation Coordinator innovation and transfer of the Fundación Cajamar will be addressed at the technical table, Juan Carlos Garrido Gázquez; the head of the agricultural technical Department of COAGRISAN, Marcelo Rodríguez Quintana; Nurseries and plant COAGRISAN health technician, Marcelino Suarez Ramirez; the integrated Control and ecological cultivation of COAGRISAN technician, Manuel Velázquez Delgado and the agronomist and consultant, Roel Bruynel.

The incorporation of new competitors, get a better quality and performance have been the concerns that have been focused to the Canary Islands producers in recent years. Investments made in improving structures and facilities have allowed to substantially improve these factors.

As for the profitability of crops, main axis of this day, the factors that influence it articulated in five axes: structures, ventilation, equipment and management of the climate; the efficient management of irrigation; integrated management of pests to the zero waste; optimization of cultivation and cost structure of the cultivation techniques.

The day will be assisted by the Territorial Director of Canary Rural box – Cajamar, Sergio Pérez García and the President of the cooperative COAGRISAN, Juan José del Pino González.

The day, It is organized on a regional basis, It is free and is intended for technicians, farmers and producers of export tomato crops.