Barra, in Bahia, hosts the 1st Irrigated Fruit Farming Seminar in October

The city of Barra, in western Bahia, will take center stage for irrigated fruit farming in Brazil in October. That's because the region will host the first seminar exclusively focused on the activity in Bahia, the state that is the second largest producer of fresh fruit in the country, behind only São Paulo.

The 18st Irrigated Fruit Farming Seminar will take place on October 19 and XNUMX of this year and promises to present the “opportunities and innovations in Bahian soil”, the theme of the event. Barra is located in the Agroindustrial and Bioenergy Hub of the Middle São Francisco, a region that has shown great productive potential as a result of a privileged location for logistics and abundance of water resources.

“The city is bathed by the Grande and São Francisco rivers, which has allowed for the cultivation of various fruits such as cocoa, grapes, coconuts and watermelons in an increasingly technological and modern way,” says Marco Caviola, president of the Rural Producers Union of Barra (SindBarra). The organization is holding the event in partnership with private companies in the region.

The Bahia Economic Development Secretariat (SDE) is betting on the Polo project in the region, which is expected to generate 21,5 direct jobs, with a contribution of private investments in the order of R$2,3 billion in the projects being implemented and under analysis, located in the municipalities of Barra and Muquém de São Francisco.

The 1st Irrigated Fruit Farming Seminar will take place at Barra Frutos and will feature a wide-ranging program of panels, mini-courses and field visits.