The Irta is working in the first International Congress of the sweet Catalonia fruit

Fruita 10 aims to highlight the area of the fruit of Catalonia and open up new markets for businesses. The Minister of agriculture, food and Rural Action, in the presentation of the Congress noted that "the Catalan fruit sector is pointer in quality of production, given the high experience, and has an outstanding capacity for innovation, through institutions such as the Irta." "For this reason, it is important to get this production to the countries where demand is growing, such as the India or China."

For the Advisor, "10 Fruita is a unique opportunity for potential exporters of fruit of Catalonia". Bring to Catalonia to these large international operators means a significant saving of travel and contacts in new markets, and the Congress will serve platform of business, as it said full. In this regard, as of Wednesday 5 may, thirty operators of fruit, mainly from new markets outside the classical EU, attend the Congress to know Catalan fruit production and establish trade relations with the companies in the country, according to the objectives of Fruita 10. International operators come from Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, India, Russia, Iran and China.

The day before the Congress these operators will be different technical visits to spaces like the Irta experimental station in Gimenells. On this visit, they will know the application of methods and techniques connected with specific infrastructures and installations for experimentation in fruit trees; plantations of reference of Apple, pear and peach trees as well as experimental plantations for the varietal evaluation of fruit sweet, dry and olivera, among others. The operators will also travel to the plantations of fruit trees of Fruits Ponent, in addition to visiting the own credit to see the production process.