CONAPA and SMART Methodology

vendredi, septembre 30, 2022

The National Council of Avocado Producers of Mexico (CONAPA), has carried out a technical visit to learn first-hand about the situation of avocado cultivation in our country and success stories of the implementation of the SMART methodology in olive, citrus and fruity.

The National Council of Avocado Producers is a non-profit civil association, which seeks to achieve permanent integration, communication and coordination between the different agents of the chain, allowing production to be harmonized with consumption, to generate quality and competitive products that improve the social and economic well-being of the country's avocado producers.

The National Committee of the Avocado Product System A.C., is the organization that represents the Avocado Agrifood Chain in Mexico; It is made up of 10 Links, Researchers, Nurseries, Producers, Service Providers, Input Suppliers, Cutters, Carriers, Packers, Industrialists and Exporters. It is made up of the Committees of the Avocado Product System of the States of Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Hidalgo, Mexico, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Puebla, Veracruz, and Oaxaca.

The main objectives for CONAPA-CONASIPRO are to produce avocado with the levels of quality, health and safety currently demanded by the market; ensure respect for the environment and promote the integration of the entire agri-food chain, under the premise of win-win.

For 15 years and uninterruptedly, the National Council of Avocado Producers and the National Committee of the Avocado Product System have annually summoned more than 1,000 attendees to the celebration of the National Congress of the Avocado Product System, a forum in which national and international experts, share their knowledge on the most important issues related to avocado cultivation, such as conventional management, organic management, nutritional management, integrated management of pests and diseases, pruning, environmental impact, hydrology, marketing, markets, certifications , among others.

www.conapavirtual.com, has become the reference platform in the integrated management of avocado cultivation. Through this virtual tool for disseminating information, conferences, Webinars, courses, congresses, seminars, etc... have been transmitted.

The Digital Magazine "Somos Avocado" is a bimonthly digital magazine, in which articles on the integrated management of avocado cultivation, prepared by international experts, are shared. This tool is available to anyone who wishes to consult it at www.productoresdeaguacate.com and as an application in the Play Store and Apple Store such as "Somos Avocado".