Cajamar organizes a conference on greenhouse horticulture: technology, efficiency and future
Description
Free in-person specialization day “Greenhouse Horticulture: Technology, Efficiency and Future”, which addresses the keys to optimizing horticultural production in greenhouses: efficient water management, pest and disease control, robotics and digital tools, and strategic vision of the fruit and vegetable sector in southeastern Spain.
This practical workshop is aimed at professionals in the horticultural sector who want to improve their results and stay at the forefront of greenhouse production. The workshop will take place at the Cajamar Las Palmerillas Experimental Station.
Context of the Day:
Greenhouses are one of the most efficient and competitive horticultural production systems in the world, but also one of the most demanding in terms of technical expertise and adaptability. Advances in water management, pest control, robotics, climate control, and cultivation technology are opening up new opportunities for those working in this sector, as well as new challenges for optimizing greenhouse horticulture.
- Efficient management of irrigation water: managing water resources as a lever for sustainability and competitiveness.
- Pest and disease control: biological control strategies, monitoring tools and sustainable plant protection.
- Robotics and specialized digital tools in greenhouses: technological solutions that are transforming production processes, with special attention to the tools available on Plataforma Tierra.
- Overview of the fruit and vegetable sector in southeastern Spain: analysis of the current situation and the main factors that condition the competitiveness of farms.
PROGRAM
- 09:00 h. - Opening.
- Sergio Ruiz Cervilla. Territorial Director of Cajamar in Almería
- 09:10 h. - Overview of the fruit and vegetable sector in southeastern Spain
- Juan Carlos Pérez Mesa. Professor of Business Organization at the University of Almería
- 09:40 a.m. - Block I. Efficient use of irrigation water. Moderator: Juan Carlos Gázquez Garrido, Deputy Director of Cajamar Innova
- Gabriel Giménez Crespo. Co-founder and CTO Agualytics Water Technology, SL
- José Antonio Fernández, President of the Federation of Irrigators of Almería (FERAL)
- Juan Francisco Restoy Pérez, intensive agriculture horticulturist in El Ejido
- Joaquín Soriano Fernández, CEO and co-founder of Ikos Tech
- 10:25 a.m. - Block II. New pest control strategies. Moderator: Corpus Pérez Martínez, Cajamar Experimental Station
- Ana Belén Arévalo Barrionuevo, Director of Technical Development in the field at Agrobío
- Estefanía Rodríguez Navarro, Senior Researcher at the IFAPA La Mojonera Centre, Almería
- Juan Antonio Sánchez Martínez, Head of the Coexphal-Cajamar Technical Commission
- Esther Molina López, Organic Horticulturist in San Isidro Los Grillos
- 11:10 a.m. - Coffee break
- 11:40 a.m. - Block III. Technological advancement and robotization
11:40 a.m. - My Advisor: Support tools for farm management on the Tierra Platform- Jesús Regodón Ruiz. Head of Digital Tools at Plataforma Tierra
- 12:10 p.m. - Robotics in greenhouses. Moderator: Manuel Lainez Andrés, Director of Innovation and Agri-food Development at Cajamar
- Antonio Lorente, CEO at Savian Robotics
- Ángel Barranco, CEO of IDM
- Juan José Magán Cañadas, Cajamar Experimental Station
- 12:55 p.m. - Block IV. Current situation and future strategies. Moderator: Ramón Gil Pérez, Director of the Cajamar Experimental Station
- José Manuel Fernández Archilla, Manager of Vicasol
- David Del Pino Rodríguez, Consultant and Managing Partner at Freshtrategy
- Pedro Ruiz García, President of Cooperativa La Palma
- Juan Jesús Lara, General Director of CASI
- 13:40 h. - Closing
- 2:00 PM - End of event