Chilean Kiwi Fruit Committee prepares to implement new support tool for kiwifruit estimation

Published Nov 4, 2024

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The Chilean Kiwi Fruit Committee is developing a new tool to help producers and exporters estimate fruit size distribution at harvest time. The tool, developed as part of the "Technological Program for Export Fruit Growing in the Central South Zone" project, was piloted for three seasons and is expected to be available for farmers this season. The tool makes predictions based on limited data and can be improved with more data. It is designed to handle various agroclimatic zones and production management methods. Currently, the project is in the pilot stage with plans to make adjustments and continue collecting data for improvement.

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The Chilean Kiwi Fruit Committee is seeking to implement a new estimation tool that will help producers and exporters estimate the distribution of fruit sizes at the time of harvest so they can make more informed decisions. This tool was born as part of the “Technological Program for Export Fruit Growing in the Central South Zone (PTEC-Central South Zone)” project, which was developed with the support of the Production Development Corporation (CORFO), the Foundation for Fruit Development (FDF), and the Chilean Kiwi Fruit Committee. Elizabeth Köhler, technical advisor to the Kiwi Committee and who carried out the technical coordination of the project, indicated that this project began in 2018 and ended in 2021: “The most important thing is that it is a methodology that does not exist in the industry. What the sector is always looking for is the estimation of kilos, that is, the yields to establish operational parameters, therefore, we started working with the researcher, professor ...

Source: Portaldelcampo