Transcript Document 7471653

How to obtain a more
sustainable pre-harvest fruit
chain?
The ISAFRUIT approach
Esther Bravin, Remco Schreuder, Gondy Hejermann, François Warlop, Matthias Görgens, Karin Fricke, Daniela
Mencarelli Hofmann, Katharina Kockerols and Lukas Bertschinger
ISAFRUIT main objective
Increasing fruit consumption
• trans-disciplinary approach
• delivering high quality produce
• from environmentally friendly sustainable
production methods
Objectives
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Increase the quality of fruit and fruit
products
Increase fruit safety
Augment the convenience
Improving availability of quality fruit
Contribute to the possibility of lower
price
Economic part of Isafruit in the
pre-harvest fruit chain
ISAFRUIT
Know how
More quantity per hectare
Better quality (more high class
apples)
Less residuals
More organic production
More profit
Key-factor for production
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Choose the right variety for your farm
Increase the part class I (in %)
Increase crop per hectare (kg/ha)
Increase the performance of the crop (kg/h)
• More key-factors for fruit growers will be
identified
Tools for growers (I)
- model Profitfruit • User friendly tool to calculate production costs
and gross margin:
- conventional
- organic
- with less residuals
- new techniques
The tool will be introduced to the
producer and will be available per Internet in
four languages (English, German, French and
Dutch)
Tools for growers (II)
- Decision model on conversion• help fruit growers to convert with limited risks
« what risk to convert my orchard to organic farming ? »
• identifying determining technical, social,
economical attributes
Sanitary conditions, cultivated variety, production cost, grower availability…
• provide user-friendly tool giving relevant answers
More information
www.isafruit.org