No less than 135 interested parties came to Randwijk, The Netherlands on Friday, 17 June, to be informed about the ins and outs of modern pear storage by both national and international experts. Organiser AgroFresh even flew in several experts from South Africa and South America to share their knowledge with the Dutch pear growers and keepers.
Guest speakers included:
⦁ Daniel Manriquez, AgroFresh South America: Pears South America;⦁ Pim van der Horst, FruitConsult: Application moment SmartFresh;
⦁ Frank van de Geijn, FBR Wageningen: Control moisture loss;
⦁ Peter Wood, AgroFresh South Africa: Pears South Africa;
⦁ Marcel Wenneker, PPO Fruit Randwijk: Controlling fruit rot prevents losses;
⦁ Gian Piels, Nedcool Kerkdriel: moistening pears.