9th National Strawberry Symposium debates advances for the culture

On the 12th, 13th, 19th and 20th of April, Embrapa Clima Temperado (Pelotas, RS) promotes the 9th National Strawberry Symposium, one of the main technical-scientific meetings in this production chain. The event is free and online and will be held by Embrapa channel on YouTube. Registrations can be made using this link or event website.

In this edition, technological advances for sustainable and responsible fruit cultivation will be discussed. Seven panels include topics such as integrated pest management, genetic improvement, seedling production, organic production, Integrated Strawberry Production (PIMo), sustainable production and market systems. The event will also feature reports on experiences from producers. 

The Symposium is also divided into themes per day. In the first, the focus is on opportunities and challenges for the production chain. In the second, seedling production and genetic improvement are highlighted. Next, participants address Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) for the crop. Finally, on the last day, lectures on innovative production systems close the event.

The Symposium is open to the public and lasts 12 hours. But only those who register in advance and obtain at least 75% attendance during the broadcasts are entitled to certification. The target audience is made up of rural producers, students, extension workers, teachers, researchers, farmers, technicians from the private and public sector and representatives of the production chain.     

On the event

The National Strawberry Symposium was held for the first time in 1999, by the Agricultural Research Company of Minas Gerais (Epamig), in Pouso Alegre/MG. In 2004, Embrapa Clima Temperado took over the organization of the second edition and all subsequent editions. Since it began, the event has provided an opportunity for interaction between the main researchers from Brazil and other places that grow strawberries, such as countries in South America, North America and Europe.

The partners in the project are: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Mapa), Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development of Rio Grande do Sul (Seapdr), Embrapa Hortaliças (Brasília, DF), Embrapa Uva e Vinho (Bento Gonçalves, RS ), Embrapa Meio Ambiente (Jaguariúna, SP), Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), State University of Santa Catarina (UDESC), State University of Londrina (UEL), University of Florida (GCREC), Emater/RS-Ascar, Emater-MG, Atibaia City Hall/SP and Edmundo Gastal Research Support Foundation (Fapeg).

Links to the four-day event are below:

12/04 - Opportunities and challenges for the strawberry production chain

13/04 - Seedling production and genetic improvement

19/04 - Good Agricultural (production) Practices

20/04 - Innovative production systems