The second Medfel event will feature a packed programme of symposia. The TV studio set up, which provides a more dynamic format, has been retained. Crop forecasts will be broadcast over the course of the 3-day event: melon forecast on Tuesday, apricots on Wednesday and peaches/nectarines on Thursday. Another fruit in the spotlight will be the plum, with a presentation featuring the range of plum varieties available in Europe. Trade in all its forms will be showcased. The Italian, Spanish and French specialist retail federations will present their vision of local Mediterranean trade. This will be the first public appearance of the newly formed “Fédération européenne des détaillants de l’alimentaire (European food retailers’ federation)” created on 10 March. In addition to the presentations on trade, there will be a panel discussion on category management.
Organic production will be debated for the first time at Medfel, featuring a wide array of fruit and vegetables organically grown in the Euro-Mediterranean region.
Still on the theme of buying and selling fruit and vegetables, transport and logistics will feature more prominently at this second event. Sustainable development and transport cost pooling will be the two central themes of Medfel 2010.
Since its inception, Medfel has formed a natural part of the strategy of the Union for the Mediterranean (UFM). No less than four symposia are specifically devoted to this theme. The main contributor to the 2010 event will be Antoine Sfeir, political commentator and journalist, who specialises in Middle Eastern Affairs. He will outline the UFM’s vision for countries on the Southern shores of the Mediterranean. Food safety will also be debated. The French agricultural agency, FranceAgriMer, will unveil the objectives of its Euro-Mediterranean committee. Finally, the Spanish, Italian and French fruit and vegetable cooperatives will discuss the place of fruit and vegetable production in the future reform of the CAP.
 

 TUESDAY, MAY 4TH - CONFERENCES

10am-11:30am - Agora Podium TV

OFFICIAL OPENING OF MEDFEL

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11:45-12:30pm - Agora Podium TV

FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN UNION TO THE UNION FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN: ASPIRATION AND APPREHENSION AMONG THE COUNTRIES OF THE SOUTH

• Speaker: Antoine SFEIR, Political commentator and journalist, Director of Cahiers de l'Orient (Eastern Journals), Professor of International Relations at CELSA (graduate journalism school, Sorbonne university) and President of the Centre d'études et de réflexions sur le Proche-Orient (Centre of Middle Eastern Studies).
  
  
• Panel discussion led by Michel BRU, Réussir Fruits & Légumes magazine and Olivier MASBOU, Fld Hebdo magazine

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2pm-2:45pm - Agora Podium TV

EUROPEAN MELON HARVEST FORECAST

• Speakers:
  Catherine TAUSSIG, APREL
  Bernard BORREDON, Co-president of AIM (Inter-professional Melon Association)
  Bernard BORREDON, Co-president of AIM (Inter-professional Melon Association)
• Panel discussion led by Eric HOSTALNOU, Roussillon Chamber of Agriculture

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3pm-3:45pm - Agora Podium TV

EUROPEAN CONSUMER SEGMENTATION (FRUIT) AND CONSUMER PREFERENCE (APPLES AND PEACHES)

Findings from the European Isafruit project have provided us with an overview of the principal segments defining the profile of European fruit consumers. Can new varieties of apples and peaches help to increase fruit consumption?

• Speakers:
  Marleen ONWEZEN, consumer behaviour researcher – Wageningen University Research (Netherlands)
  Joan BONANY, director of fruit research programme – IRTA (Spain)
  
• Panel discussion led by Michel BRU, Réussir Fruits & Légumes

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4pm-4:45pm - Agora Podium TV

VISION OF LOCAL MEDITERRANEAN TRADE

The purpose of this round table, which brings together representatives of the Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and French retailers is to highlight existing local-level food trading models, which revitalise towns and stand up to competition  from food superstores. Insee study "Le commerce de détail en Europe: diversité et convergence des tissus commerciaux" (diversity and convergence of commercial networks within European retail trade) published in December 2009) reveals a greater number of specialist food stores in the Southern Mediterranean countries: 27 specialist food stores per 10,000 residents in Spain and 29 in Portugal as opposed to 5 in the United kingdom and Germany and 2 in Finland.

• Speakers:
  Francis VAN DER ELST, President of UNFD
  Donatella Prampolini, Vice-President of FIDA
  Mariano SANCHO HERRERO, Managing Director of FENADA
• Panel discussion led by Olivier MASBOU, Fld Hebdo

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5pm-5:45pm - Agora Podium TV

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, A CRITERION OF ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY FOR THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE INDUSTRY

Incorporated at the heart of the company’s business, clear commitments to sustainable development will have a dramatic effect on a company. We should really know how to uphold them and make full use of these new sources of added value.

• Speakers: Adèle ROMAN, TRIESSE

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 WEDNESDAY, MAY 5TH - CONFERENCES

9:45am-10:30am - Agora Podium TV

FOOD SAFETY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION: A MAJOR GEOSTRATEGIC CHALLENGE

Food safety derives from the right of all individuals to have access to adequate and sufficient food, both in terms of quantity and quality.
The opposite is the case in the Mediterranean region, where the prevailing factor is a growing lack of food safety. This issue must be considered a priority for political action in the Euro-Mediterranean region.

• Speakers:
  Fouet CHERIET, Engineer, INRA Montpellier
  Hassan BENABDERRAZIK, economist and former Secretary General to the Moroccan Ministry of Agriculture
  Antoine SFEIR, political commentator and journalist, Director of Cahiers de l'Orient (Eastern Journals)
  
• Panel discussion led by Olivier MASBOU, Fld Hebdo and Michel BRU, Réussir Fruits & Légumes

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9:45am-10:30 – Conference room

PESTICIDES: FOOD SAFETY ISSUES IN SOUTH-NORTH TRADING

• Speaker: Mediterranean and Pyrenean Analysis Centre

10:45am-11:30am - Agora Podium TV

EUROPEAN APRICOT HARVEST FORECAST

• Speakers:
  Vincent FAUGIER, President of AOP (PDO) Abricot de France
  Elisa MACCHI, CSO Ferrara (Italy)
  José Antonio PLAZA, Coopérativas Agro Alimentarias (Spain)
  
• Panel discussion led by Michel BRU, Réussir Fruits & Légumes

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11:45-12:30pm - Agora Podium TV

ORGANICALLY GROWN FRUIT AND VEGETABLES IN THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN REGION

Presentation of the development of organic production in the Mediterranean (production zones, products and key figures) in Spain, Italy, Morocco and France along with corporate testimonials.

• Speakers:
  Elisabeth MERCIER, Director of AGENCE BIO
  Jean-Luc ANGLES, Anecoop (Spain)
  Emmanuel EICHNER, Alterbio (France)
  Tom FUSATO BRIO, Primavera (Italy)
  Henri de PAZZIS, ProNatura (Morocco)

• Panel discussion led by Patrick MARCOTTE, Coordinator of the Languedoc-Roussillon Regional Federation for Organic Farming (FRAB) 

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2pm-2:45pm - Agora Podium TV

SEGMENTATION OF THE TABLE PLUM RANGE

The table plum is extending its range with the arrival of new varieties. What are the different types of segmentation in the principal European markets?

• Speakers:
  Frédérique GARDEL, Agrifood Export Advisor, UBIFRANCE French trade commission in London
  Alain VIALARET, Director of Blue Whale, Montauban France
• Panel discussion led by Michel BRU, Réussir Fruits & Légumes

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3pm-3:45pm - Agora Podium TV

THE RANGE OF APRICOT VARIETIES: FROM FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR RESEARCH TO CONSUMER EXPECTATIONS

• Speakers:
  Vincent FAUGIER, President of AOP Abricot de France
  Jean-Marc AUDERGON, INRA AVIGNON
  Jean LICHOU, CTIFL
  
• Panel discussion led by Eric HOSTALNOU, Roussillon Chamber of Agriculture

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4pm-4:45pm - Agora Podium TV

ISSUES SURROUNDING TRADING AND A HORIZONTAL MULTI SECTORAL APPROACH IN THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN REGION

What do the countries in the Mediterranean basin represent for our agricultural sectors? Privileged customers? Formidable competitors? Influential partners?
Trading activities are intense and bilateral relations wide-ranging with countries in the Mediterranean region, which, even where they are not all EU Member states or applying for membership, are partners of the EU’s neighbourhood policy. The various French farming sectors have very differing commercial interests in the Mediterranean region, but all share a strong common interest in developing more structured relations in this region.
To this end, FranceAgriMer, a national establishment for agriculture and fishery products, has recently set up a Euro-Mediterranean committee, where the public authorities and all sectors involved in agriculture and fishing are working together to structure a horizontal approach to relations between these French sectors and other Mediterranean countries.

• Speaker: Bruno DUPONT, President of the FranceAgriMer Euro-Mediterranean committee

5pm-5:45pm - Agora Podium TV

BEYOND 2013: WHAT IS THE FUTURE FOR THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLES CMO?

Among the scenarios prepared by the Commission’s various divisions as part of the CAP 2013, that of a single CMO regulation is one of the projects favoured by Brussels. What would the consequences of such a reform be for agricultural sectors in general, and for the fruit and vegetable industry in particular? Why do professionals working in the sector remain committed to the existence of a fruit and vegetables CMO? What will be the place of countries from the Southern shores of the Mediterranean in future negotiations? Finally, has the second component (rural development) been sufficiently explored as a possibility?

• Speakers:
  Jean Michel DELANNOY, Felcoop (France)
  Davide VERNOCCI, Conf coopérative (Italy)
  José Antonio PLAZA, Coopérativas Agro Alimentarias (Spain)
  
• Panel discussion led by Olivier MASBOU, Fld Hebdo

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6pm-6:45pm - Agora Podium TV

TRANSPORT POOLING OR HOW TO POOL YOUR COSTS?

"Over the years, a number of players in the fruit and vegetable distribution chain have been working hard to optimise their transport costs, but with a vision centred solely on their own organisation. This approach is no longer able to offer practical and sustainable optimisation of costs, and the particular need to consider environmental protection, traffic restrictions in town centres, etc. is leading us to engage in a collective discussion.
What levers and mechanisms can be deployed to enable us to adopt a shared approach, based on transport cost pooling and optimal management of costs?”

• Speakers:
  Jean-Paul MEYRONNEINC, Managing Director of UNTF
  Maryline POUBEAU-TEXIER, Director of RESOLVEO
• Panel discussion led by Philippe DESFILHES, journalist Les Echos, Le Moci, L'Usine Nouvelle...

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 THURSDAY, MAY 6TH - CONFERENCES

9:45am-10:30am - Agora Podium TV

CATEGORY MANAGEMENT: MYTH OR REALITY?

• Speakers:
  Pascal GOURMEZ, CTIFL
  François MARIE, Director of FLORETTE Group
  Chaibi NAJLA LAMAA, CARREFOUR (TUNISIA)
  
• Panel discussion led by Olivier MASBOU, Fld Hebdo

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10:45am-11:30am - Agora Podium TV

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE NEW TAXES INTRODUCED

To promote sustainable development, the public authorities are placing a strong focus on what they call green taxation. The transport system has been affected by the introduction of an eco-tax on HGVs using the non-conceded state road network (toll motorways excluded). What feedback mechanisms are in place and what are the consequences for transport costs?

• Speaker: Jean-Paul MEYRONNEINC, Managing Director of UNTF
• Panel discussion led by Philippe DESFILHES, journalist Les Echos, Le Moci, L'Usine Nouvelle...

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10:45am-11:30 – Conference room

FOOD QUALITY AND SAFETY: FEL PARTENARIAT®, A GENUINE GUARANTEE OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE

FeL PARTENARIAT® is the first self-monitoring convention bringing together a number of federations (ANEEFEL, CSIF, UNCGFL), validated by the DGCCRF in the fruit and vegetable sector. It is based on a genuine partnership between suppliers, the company committed to the FeL PARTENARIAT® programme, the DGGCRF and professional federations. Apart from documented procedures, validated by the DGCCRF, it offers companies support with regulatory and technical matters, in particular in developing their professional standards.

• Speakers:
  Véronique DECLERK, CSIF 
  Valérie AVRIL, ANEEFEL 
  Annick GROISY, UNCGFL
  

11:45-12:30pm - Agora Podium TV

EUROPEAN PEACH/NECTARINE HARVEST FORECAST

Screening of a video on summer fruit production in Emilia-Romagna during the presentation on the peach harvest forecast (mission undertaken in July 2009)

• Speakers:
  Pierre GIOVANELLI, President of AOP Pêches et nectarines de France
  Elisa MACCHI, CSO Ferrara (Italy)
  Manel SIMON, Catalonia Qualitat (Spain)
  José Antonio PLAZA, Coopérativas Agro Alimentarias (Spain)
  
• Panel discussion led by Michel BRU, Réussir Fruits & Légumes and Eric HOSTALNOU, Roussillon Chamber of Agriculture

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1:45pm-2:30 – Conference room

ANALYSIS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE POSITION OF THE PEACH SECTOR

How competitive is the French peach industry? What are its strengths and weaknesses?

• Speaker: Caroline Blot, FRANCEAGRIMER

2pm-2:45pm - Agora Podium TV

RUNGIS: INTERNATIONAL MARKET AND PLATFORM WITH A NEW RAIL TERMINAL

The Rungis market today represents a consumption of 1M tonnes and comprises a logistics platform with a direct rail link to Perpignan opening in 2010. Presentation of this new tool (capacity of over 400,000t) which is totally compatible with the goal of sustainable development... a terminal with a bright future.

• Speaker: Rungis International Market
  
• Panel discussion led by Philippe DESFILHES, journalist Les Echos, Le Moci, L'Usine Nouvelle...

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 EVENTS, MEETINGS AND WORKING GROUPS

4th, 5th and 6th May

11:30am-1pm – Conference room

SUD PRIMEUR – BAYLE APERITIF

9 chefs from restaurants in Carcassonne, including 5 Michelin starred chefs, will serve an aperitif to Medfel participants
 ­- Eric BIVENT – Brasserie du Donjon
 ­- Jean-Pierre BLASCO – l’Auberge des Lices
 ­- Jean-Marc BOYER – Le Puit de Trésor
 ­- Philippe DUCOS – Le Domaine d’Auriac
 ­- Fabien GALIBERT – La Bergerie
 ­- Pascal LEDROIT – Domaine Gayda
 ­- Pierre MESA – Le Conte Roger
 ­- Franck PUTELAT – Le Parc
 ­- Jérôme RYON – La Barbacane

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TUESDAY, MAY 4TH

9am-12am – Conference room

TRANSLOG SUD DE FRANCE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

2pm-6pm  - Meeting room

CRENO GROUP MEETING

3pm-4:45pm – Conference room

AREFLH MELON MEETING

5pm-6pm – Conference room

FRANCEAGRIMER MEETING

6pm-6:45pm - Agora Podium TV

ANDES ASSOCIATION PRESS CONFERENCE

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 5TH

8am-6pm – Meeting room

CRENO GROUP MEETING

9:30am-12:30pm

ORGANIC SECTOR MEETING

11:45am-1pm - Conference room

ABRICOT DE FRANCE MEETING

2pm-3:45pm - Conference room

FELCOOP MEETING

4pm-5:45pm - Conference room

AREFLH PLUM MEETING

6pm-6:50pm - Conference room

PÊCHES NECTARINES DE FRANCE PRESS CONFERENCE FOR THE LAUNCH OF THE SUMMER CAMPAIGN

6:45pm-7:30pm - Agora Podium TV

SUD DE FRANCE COCKTAIL

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THURSDAY, MAY 6TH

9am-10:30am - Conference room

AREFLH PÊCHES NECTARINES MEETING

3pm-4:30pm - Conference room

PECHES NECTARINES DE FRANCE MEETING

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 Conferences of Medfel 2009:

	Forecast for 2009
	Forecast for 2009 (summary)
	Reactualisation of the Europêch forecast (apricot)
	Reactualisation of the Europêch forecast (peach)
	Download Conferences Program

 OFFICIAL OPENING of Medfel - Tuesday 28th April 2009

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By Georges FRÊCHE, President of the Languedoc-Roussillon Region
and Aziz AKHANNOUCH, Minister of Agriculture of Morocco
In the presence of regional, national and international personalities

 PLENARY CONFERENCES

Led by Michel BRU, Réussir Fruits & Légumes and Olivier MASBOU, Fld Hebdo

Tuesday 28th April 2009

THE UNION FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN, A POLITICAL AMBITION WITH UNDOUBTED ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES FOR THE SECTOR

The fruit and vegetable sector is a major challenge for Euro-Mediterranean cooperation, given the importance of that sector to the agricultural output of the Mediterranean regions of the European Union and to the exports of the south and east Mediterranean countries (SEMC). Aside from the obvious competition between the SEMC countries and the EU countries, many opportunities are arising in association with the scale of the potential SEMC market, the complementarity of output from North and South and the dynamics created by the Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade Area (EMFTA). Case studies demonstrate that the development of true strategic alliances between businesses from the two shores of the Mediterranean means that value is created for players in the fruit and vegetable sector and more generally throughout the areas concerned.

• Jean-Louis GUIGOU - IPEMed
  
• Fatima El HADAD-GAUTHIER - Ciheam-Iamm
  
• Mohamed ZAHIDI, ASPEM, Maroc
  
• Marwan SOLIMAN - Trader & Expert
• Claude CHÉREAU - former Ambassador of France to the FAO et farming representative on the Union for the Mediterranean project)

Wednesday 29th April 2009

THE EUROPÊCH' EUROPEAN SUMMER FRUIT HARVEST FORECASTS

Every year, the peach, nectarine and apricot forecasts and the Europêch’ melon forecasts make the news in the summer fruits sector. For stone fruits these forecasts are coordinated and published by the Roussillon Chamber of Agriculture, but above all they are produced by various national institutions representing the four European stone fruit-growing countries, namely Italy, France, Spain and Greece. Those forecasts will be the first factor setting the tone set for the forthcoming campaign, allowing us to gauge the forces at work so as to be as well-prepared as possible to take on the market and to take account of the impact of the economic crisis on the market environment (consumption and purchasing power, trading relations, devaluations etc.). Alongside the peach and apricot forecasts, in 2009 we will see the melon forecasts, which will provide an update on prospective output for the main producer countries, such as France, Spain and Morocco.

• Eric HOSTALNOU - Chambre d'Agriculture du Roussillon
  
• Catherine TAUSSIG - APREL

Thursday 30th April 2009

THE MEDITERRANEAN AND EUROPE

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Until now, the Mediterranean has been seen as an established entity and it has not acquired the status of a new project to be developed. The two shores are much more important on the maps used by strategists than on those produced by economists”. Those are the words of Predrag MatvejeviTCH (pronounced Matveyevitch), the author of the famous Mediterranean Bible, translated into more than twenty languages. The speech given by this writer, poet and intellectual, born to a Croatian mother and a Russian father, will offer both a historical and a contemporary perspective on the Mediterranean, an area too long ignored by the European Union: a Europe cut off from the “cradle of Europe.

• Predrag MATVEJEVITCH - Chairman of the Naples "Laboratorio Mediterraneo" Foundation board, International Vice-Chairman of the London P.E.N. Club, member of the Brussels European Commision "Groupe des sages"

 AGORAS – Medfel/TV Podium

Tuesday 28th April 2009

ROAD/RAIL: CURRENT OUTLOOK, LIMITATIONS AND SOLUTIONS

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Road/rail projects for the movement of fruit and vegetables and their benefits in the context of sustainable development.

• The current state of road/rail traffic between Perpignan and northern France
• The current limitations on road transport (working hours of drivers, handling of return trips etc.)
• Road hauliers as the spearhead for projects.
• The Perpignan road/rail project and the benefits for the Spanish market.
• Philippe MALET, NOVATRANS
• Bruno KOTHE and Laurent MEDINA, FNTR 66
• Fabienne CHAUVINEAU FOURNIER, MP2 Director
• Jean Paul MEYRONNEINC - UNTF General Delegate

FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES

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A general overview of the interdependence in fruit and vegetable trading between the EU and the countries on the southern and eastern shores of the Euro-Mediterranean

• Francesco de ROSE - Farming General Management at the European Committee
  
• Pierre Diot - Chairman of French "AOPn Tomatoes and Cucumbers"
  
• Led by: Christian DI SCIPIO, journalist

FRUIT & VEGETABLE PORT FLOW PERSPECTIVES IN THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN

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An overview of the main European ports specialising in the handling of fruit and vegetable imports and an assessment of which will be the two or three “flagship” sites in the Mediterranean region.

• Fruit and vegetable imports in Europe: where are the ships arriving?
• What are the criteria when selecting a port site?
• Which are the Mediterranean ports of tomorrow that will play a role in this field?
• Will we be able to escape the grip and domination of the Northern Range ports?
• Paul TOURRET - Director of Isemar, Applied Research Centre in Maritime Economics
• Dominique BIZARRO, Director of Port-Vendres
• Jean Paul MEYRONNEINC - UNTF General Delegate
• Led by: Christian DI SCIPIO, journalist

Wednesday 29th April 2009

WHICH WATER SUPPLY SOURCES ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AND WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE IN 2025?

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Water sources and the methods by which water is supplied to the towns and fields of the Mediterranean region currently show that, with a few exceptions, the mobilisation of conventional and renewable resources still predominates today and this will remain true in the future.

• Jean MARGAT - Hydrogeologist, Vice-President of the Mediterranean Institute of Water, and of the Blue Plan, Author, and recipient of the Hydrology International Price in 2008
  
• Led by Pierre MAGNETTO, Developpementdurablelejournal.com

EURO-MEDITERRANEAN, THE TESTIMONY OF BUSINESSES

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• Melons: Bernard Chiron from the company Bernard Chiron SA
• Peaches: Mrs. Alix Bouchard - Manager of the La Melba Cooperative
• Led by: Christian DI SCIPIO, journalist

AGORA ON THE ISSUE OF WATER (SOLUTIONS and ONGOING PROJECTS)

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With limited options for the use of conventional resources, many countries have to develop new sources of supply: mainly non-conventional water production (reuse of waste water, desalination of sea water or brackish water and collection of rainwater), the development of which has begun in some countries and which is already planned in the South; on a secondary basis, water imports.

• Pr. Redouane CHOUKR-ALLAH - Professor in: Salinity and plants nutrition, use of non-conventional waters, Horticultural Complex of Agadir
  
• Led by Pierre MAGNETTO, Developpementdurablelejournal.com
  

OPTIMISATION OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN FOR THE FRUIT & VEGETABLE SECTOR

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To facilitate constructive debate among carriers, distributors and wholesalers/importers about the challenges of overland fruit and vegetable transport:

• The practices of distribution firms as regards fruit & vegetable logistics;
• The current situation and malfunctions engendered by logistics practices (collection, bulking and traceability issues etc.);
• The joint initiatives that the partners wish to take in order to improve processes.
• Georges JORDAN - General Director, Saint-Charles International
• Yannick  MESGUEN - Transports JH MESGUEN
• Jean Paul MEYRONNEINC - UNTF General Delegate
• Led by: Christian DI SCIPIO, journalist

WOODEN PACKING CASES AT THE HEART OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT...

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As it is a sustainably managed material, wood allows our farmers’ and tree growers’ fruit and vegetables to be collected, packaged and transported in complete security. Right through to the consumer, wooden packaging meets the requirements for freshness, naturalness and harmony with the produce protected in that wooden case.

• Jacques BROSSILLON - President, SIEL GROW (wood packaging association, Group Recycling of Wood)
  
• Jean-Emmanuel HERMES - Managing Director, SIEL GROW
  
• Thierry PERE - Vice-President, SIEL GROW; Péré Frères company (Marmande)
  
• SOPEXA
  
• Led by Pierre MAGNETTO, Developpementdurablelejournal.com

Thursday 30th April 2009

REFORM OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLE MARKETING STANDARDS WITHIN THE EUROPEAN UNION

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Firstly this will include a summary of the contribution made by European trading standards regulations over the last 40 years. Then there will be a review of the regulatory aspect of the reform package and, lastly, a few areas for reflection in envisaging solutions that will become available to traders under the new regulations.

• Philippe HUSSON - CTIFL, Inter-professional technical centre for fruit & vegetables
  
• José Antonio PLAZA - President of the Stone Fruit Commission of the Federation of Spanish Cooperatives
  
• Led by: Christian DI SCIPIO, journalist

CONTROLLING PESTICIDE RESIDUES IN THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SECTOR

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• "Notre alimentation est devenue plus verte", click here
  
• "Sur les résidus", click here
  
• What analytical plan for self-inspection should be implemented and how should this be done?
• What tests should be carried out and how should you choose a laboratory?
• Multi-residue methods in Europe (GCMSMS and LCMSMS)
• European regulation and harmonisation of MRLs
• Mikael BRESSON - Commercial Director, Laboratoire PHYTOCONTROL
• Led by: Christian DI SCIPIO, journalist

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