05 Jul 2024
Protecting intellectual property is key to maintaining competitiveness and sustainable growth. Registering brands and packaging in key markets such as China not only protects intangible assets, but also enhances product reputation and quality.
04 Jul 2024
'There is such a wide and powerful offer of biological inputs that, in my opinion, there is so much information that one tends to get a bit lost,' says Walter Masman, 'I use them in a complementary way to conventional ones. I am convinced that they generate a positive impact'.
02 Jul 2024
Roxane Flores, Director of Human Capital Development and Regulatory Affairs at AFIPA, shares her visit with Cristián Osorio, a cherry grower from Coltauco, and together they discuss the main challenges that Chilean farmers face in bringing their cherries to international markets.
02 Jul 2024
Nicolás Zamorano, consultant for Asian markets, commented that in China, consumers 'were mainly trained on cherry varieties. Today the business is no longer global, but increasingly specific, along with the requirements customers have for each variety'.
27 Jun 2024
Professor Walter Masman concluded the Mundoagro Capacita course on 'Cherry tree management and physiology', focusing on what is currently happening with regard to the use of cover crops, fertilisation, irrigation and new cherry varieties.
24 Jun 2024
Nutrient analysis in leaves is fundamental to modern agriculture, allowing growers to assess the nutritional status of orchards and plan targeted fertilisation interventions. This tool is crucial for ensuring high quality fruit.
20 Jun 2024
More than 1,200 representatives of the cherry industry gathered at the second version of CherryTech in Chile, the most important technical event for cherry production. Participants took part in three master classes and three forums with 15 speakers.
20 Jun 2024
In the third lecture of the course 'Management and Physiology of Cherries', Professor Walter Masman explained the various phenological events that occur at the tree level and described their knowledge as fundamental to understanding production and growth.
19 Jun 2024
Is it a bad idea to use cyanamide and tandem with dormancy-breaking caustics? This is an unfriendly strategy, but highly recommended in years with low cold accumulation and in variety/ rootstock combinations that give precocity and are found in early areas.
18 Jun 2024
Bacterial canker shows a wide variability, influenced by agro-climatic conditions and crop management practices. This variability is observed both in terms of incidence (1% to 30% or more) and symptom intensity in different locations and cultivars.
