Replacement and new varieties: Keys for the competitiveness of table grapes in Northern Chile

Published 2021년 6월 28일

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A seminar by the University of Chile's Water Studies Group and Corfo, attended by over 50 producers and experts, emphasized the importance of switching to new table grape varieties to remain competitive internationally. The seminar highlighted the need for technical knowledge, financial and marketing considerations, with over 40% variety replacement in the Copiapó valley. It also noted the challenge of water restriction and the potential of incorporating new species like citrus, mangoes, or fig trees for small producers. A detailed analysis of the productive potential of 50 small farmers in the Huasco Valley was funded by the Innovation Fund for Competitiveness.

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Replacing the traditional table grape varieties with new ones is the key to continuing to export competitively to international markets. This was stated by the Water Studies Group (GEA) of the University of Chile and which presented to more than 50 producers, experts and technical authorities of the region and the country, who met at the Seminar "Bases for the replacement of species and varietal alternatives of table grapes in Atacama ”. The seminar addressed the research of professionals Paula Santibáñez, Rodrigo Gálvez and Julio Haberland, who highlighted the long productive tradition of the region in table grapes, as “a factor that can facilitate the replacement of varieties, thanks to technical knowledge in the plantation , the management in the production of the crop, but that must also consider financial and marketing variables ", warned the Director of the GEA. In this regard, the Regional Ministerial Secretary of Agriculture, Patricio Araya Vargas, highlighted that ...

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