1st Agriconferences on Tomatoes from Morocco

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The city of Agadir, capital of the Moroccan Tomato, will host december 9, 2009 (one day before SIFEL) the first international conference:
“Tomato from Morocco, challenges: Euro-mediterranean, Technicality & Markets”.

Agriconferences brings together key experts, moroccan and european leaders of organizations of producers, trade actors in fruits and vegetables to discuss the challenges the moroccan tomato is facing as well as the latest strategic, technological and commercial developments of the sector.

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Program overview

  • 09:00 am Welcome speech
  • 09:05 am Introduction speech Minister of Agriculture
  • 09:20 am The Tomato export secteur, a strategic asset of Plan Maroc Vert : Facts and figures
  • 09:30 am The Mediterranean Union and its impact on the North-South Fruit and Vegetables trade
  • 09:55 am Update on the current negociations
  • 10:20 am The perspective of european organisations
  • 11:15 am How to produce 100 Kg/m² of tomatoes
  • 11:40 am Controlling the greenhouses’s climat and cogeneration: a key point in the Dutch Production
  • 12:05 pm Closed greenhouses, a technique to be known
  • 2:30 pm Survey and technical recommandations on the expertise field mission held in october 2009
  • 3:05 pm New types of suitable greenhouses for Morocco
  • 3:30 pm The IPM tomato crop, progress and new threats: Tutta Absoluta
  • 4:25 pm Saint Charles platform, asset or constraint
  • 4:50 pm The European fruit and vegetable sector in upheaval
  • 5:15 pm The Netherlands, a trading hub of fruits and vegetables for North and West Europe
  • 5:35 pm New transport issues in Morocco
  • 6:00 pm Recommandations and conference closing
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Keynote speakers

  • Pieter Abraham Alexander Klapwijk - Intervenant Agriconferences 2009
    • Peter Klapwijk
    • Co-founder, Green Q Intervision BV
    • The Netherlands
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  • Hassan Benabderrazik - Speaker Agriconferences 2009
    • Hassan Benabderrazik
    • Former Secretary General of Ministry of Agriculture
    • Morocco
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  • Dr. Ep Heuvelink - Speaker Agriconferences 2009
    • Dr. Ep Heuvelink
    • Associate Professor Wageningen University
    • Netherlands
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  • Mohammed Zahidi - Speaker Agriconferences 2009
    • Mohammed Zahidi
    • President ASPEM
    • Morocco
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  • Theo Tijssen - Speaker Agriconferences 2009
    • Theo Tijssen
    • Chairman Dutch Produce Association (DPA)
    • The Netherlands
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  • Angelique Delahaye - Speaker Agriconferences 2009
    • Angélique Delahaye
    • President Légumes de France, Vegetables producer
    • France
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  • Hans van den Heuvel - Speaker Agriconferences 2009
    • Hans van den Heuvel
    • Director Hillfresh International
    • Netherlands
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  • Georges Jordan & Alain Barniol - Speakers Agriconferences 2009
    • Georges Jordan
    • Chairman Saint Charles International
    • France
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