Brazil: guava pole producers enter the production pruning phase

Published 2021년 2월 18일

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The article outlines the successful initiation of a comprehensive Municipal Fruit Program in São Rafael, Brazil, aiming to cultivate guava across 10 hectares, hosting 6,500 seedlings and expecting an initial yield of 150 tons from April to November of the same year. This innovative approach, spearheaded by the Municipal Secretary of Agriculture, Franco Fiorot, adopts a strategic pruning schedule to ensure year-round production and income stability for the 23 participating producers. Each producer receives comprehensive training and benefits from a detailed planting schedule, with projections showing a gradual increase in yield, reaching an average of 450 tons by 2023. This initiative is part of a larger program, divided into five centers focusing on various fruits, to further bolster agricultural productivity and economic growth in the region.

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The projection is to harvest approximately 150 tons of fruit in the first harvest, scheduled for the period from April to November 2021. The Municipal Secretary of Agriculture, Franco Fiorot, informed that the production pruning phase was staggered, being divided into pairs of producers. “We adopted this strategy so that producers can produce throughout the year and, consequently, generate more income. The technical team of the Agriculture Secretariat has been conducting this whole process and we have received important reports about the expectation for the beginning of the harvest and about expanding production ”, said the secretary. The forecast is to reach the year 2023 producing an average of 450 tons of fruit in the 10 hectares of area, where around 6,500 seedlings are grown by the 23 participating producers. Before starting the production phase, the producers underwent several training sessions and pruning was carried out to form the plant. Producer Édio Ramos Shmit, from ...

Source: Abrafrutas