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We gladly invite you to our conference, dedicated to berry growing and processing, and the congress on freezing and cold logistics that will take place on December 7–8, 2023
25.08.2023, 14:11
VII International charitable, scientific and practical, two-day conference Berry Growing and Processing in the Condition of Wartime. Learning to Win! will take place on December 7–8, 2023 (Rivne).
III International Congress on freezing and cold logistics for products from berry fields, orchards, and vegetable plantations will be held parallelly with the conference. On December 8, a business tour to the leading berry and processing enterprises the region will take place on the second day after the conference. On the second day, December 8, will be a business tour to the well-known enterprise Nikdaria and, in parallel, the School of berry growingwith Hanna Lutsko (optional).
The conference organizer – the media group Technologies and Innovations, publishers of the well-known journal Berry Field.
Venue – Rivne, hotel and restaurant complex Aivengo
The main idea of the conference: is to give support for our berry growers, gardeners, and vegetable growers even in this tough time for us, also popularizing the latest technologies and best practices acquired in the extreme conditions of wartime, contributing to the development of farms and enterprises, and solving issues of the food security and wellness of our country overall.
The conference program covers:
• Conference section: Berry growing: main trends and challenges during wartime. Speeches from practical farmers and representatives of technological companies.
• Discussion panel: Sales on the domestic market and for export: product quality and certification, packaging, logistics, pricing policy, etc.
• All-Ukrainian congress on freezing and cold logistics for products from berry fields, orchards, and vegetable plantations: up-to-date technologies multiply by quality.
• Exhibition of equipment, tools, plant protection products, fertilizers, etc.
• Negotiation tables with trade networks.
• Exhibition-tasting of drinks and processed products from berries, fruits, and vegetables, including adding honey (candies, dried fruits, chips, frozen products, jams, freeze-dried products).
• Charity auction of goods and services for berry growing and horticulture for supporting the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The auction will take place with the support of the Charitable Foundation Strong and Free.
• Business tour to leading berry and processing enterprises of the region on the second day of the conference, December 8.
• School of berry growing with international berry growing expert Hanna Lutsko, which will be held on December 8, in parallel with the business tour.
Participants: owners, managers, chief specialists of berry, horticultural and vegetable farms, processing enterprises and product freezing companies, representatives of technological companies, scientists, and everyone who is interested in creating and successfully developing own business on their land.
Conference participants will discuss many multifaceted issues:
• Modern berry growing: what crops to choose to be in trend.
• Results of the 2023 season and prospects for market development in 2024.
• Rules for choosing high-quality planting material.
• Niches take over, or about the prospects of sea buckthorn, honeysuckle, alpine strawberry, rosehip, elderberry, currant and other rare berries.
• Berry growing in open and closed soil: cultivation experience.
• Effective methods of increasing the yield of berries.
• Financial aspect of berry growing.
• Mechanization and automation in the berry orchard: from planting to harvesting.
• New trends in sorting, processing and packaging.
• Types and technologies of fruit and berry processing.
• Manufacturer and seller: how to find a common language and be in the plus.
• Experience in the processing of fruit and berry products.
During the Congress on freezing and cold logistics, the following issues will be raised:
• Market of frozen berries in Ukraine. Results of the 2023 season. Prospects for the 2024 season.
• Presentation of successful experience of freezing and cooling of berries.
• Export of frozen berries.
• What is profitable: own freezing capacity at the enterprise or outsourcing services from specialized companies?
• Selection of refrigeration equipment: what mistakes should be avoided?
• Review and analysis of various technologies, types of freezing and cooling of berries, future prospects.
• Analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of the freezing business.
• Labor protection in production, personnel selection, energy efficiency.
On December 8, there will be a business tour to the well-known enterprise Nikdaria, located in the village of Rakovichi, Zhytomyr district, Zhytomyr region. (geolocation - https://maps.app.goo.gl/P1Bbw3LMNkPKsfuw5).
Nikdaria (TM iBerry) is one of the most innovative companies in Ukraine, which grows blueberries on an area of more than 160 hectares. The company`s assortment also includes asparagus, honeysuckle, sweet corn, and watermelon. On the plantations of the Nikdaria, blueberries of the Elliot, Chandler, Patriot, Spartan, Duke, and Blue Gold varieties are grown. Approximately 3,333 plants are planted on one hectare. The average blueberry yield is 5 tons per hectare. Plantations are equipped with a perfect irrigation system from the Eucalyptus R company. The harvested berries are sorted on the UNITEC sorting line. A refrigerator from the company 4 Stykhii is also installed in the household.
Read more about Nikdaria company at the following link: http://surl.li/nfqcg
Also, the School of berry growing with Hanna Lutsko will be held in parallel. The program of the berry grower school is available at the following link: http://surl.li/nfqcp
We invite you to join our business community for the sake of common victory in the future. After all, now more than ever, it is important to support each other, unite and solve urgent issues together. We believe in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and common victory.
Condition of participation:
If you are a participant
For producers of agricultural products: – UAH 3,500 – 2 days (the price includes payment for participation in all events for 2 days, including a business tour or a berry growing school, to choose from); UAH 2,000 – conference day (December 7).
For non-producers of agricultural products (companies): UAH 3,000 – conference day (December 7); UAH 4,500 – 2 days (the price includes payment for participation in all events for 2 days, including a business tour).
For small farms and scientists: UAH 1,500 per conference day.
(The price includes a coffee break, lunches, and a buffet; service during the event; participation in the presentation of fruits and berries, as well as drinks and dishes; a conference participant`s package with informational materials; a detailed post-event report with the final speakers` presentations sent by email by mail, contacts of all exhibitor partners, speakers of the event).
Please note: subscribers of our journals Horticulture and Vegetable Growing. Technologies and Innovations, Drinks. Technologies and Innovations, Berry Field and Nut Wood are provided with a special discount in participation – 10 OFF.
Phone number for booking rooms at the Aivenho Hotel +38 050 662 74 62
Registration for participants and partners, please contact us:
Larysa Tovkach, phone: +38 097 96 89 516
Anna Pankratenkova, phone: +38 097 759 25 83
Iryna Petroniuk, phone: +38 096 49 166 92
Project manager: Nadiya Yashchuk, tel. +38 (068) 568-58-22, rnadia@ukr.net
Creative director: Kateryna Konyeva, editor-in-chief/publisher of the project "Technologies and Innovations", phone: +38 067 238 18 51 kateryna.koneva@gmail.com
Media partners of the conference: Horticulture and Vegetable Growing. Technologies and Innovations, Berry Field, Nut Wood, Drinks. Technologies and Innovations, www.techhorticulture.com www.techdrinks.info www.jagodnik.info