Chile: FIA agency director examines date palm growth in Tarapacá

Published 2024년 9월 2일

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The Foundation for Agrarian Innovation (FIA) in partnership with Arturo PRAT University and Kelümilla company, is executing a project to cultivate dates in the Atacama Desert, Chile. The project, which has received initial success with the rapid growth of the palm trees imported from California, aims to reduce the production period from seven to three years. FIA is also promoting other desert agriculture innovations including desert honey and blueberry production. The Great Meeting of Desert Agriculture saw the participation of international experts and the unveiling of the future agricultural governance plan in Pica.

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The international date market amounts to nearly 7 billion tons, and has a historical and very important focus on Arab countries. This makes it an interesting possibility for the FIA (Foundation for Agrarian Innovation) agency, which promoted a project that seeks to take advantage of conditions found in areas of the Atacama Desert to produce the precious fruit. The project financed and technically supported by FIA is executed by the Arturo PRAT University (UNAP) and the Kelümilla company. The plants were imported from California and micropropagation technology was applied to accelerate their growth. A year ago, FIA director Francine Brossard planted the first of 4,000 palm trees in the Santa Rosita oasis, in the Pica commune in the Tarapacá region. This week she visited the plantation and confirmed the rapid and robust growth they have had. Normally, date palms begin to produce at 7 years, and with this process it is expected that this period will be reduced to 3 years. “This is ...

Source: Portaldelcampo