XVIII Alcanar Citrus Days

About the activity

In this 28 ena. edition of the citrus days of Alcanar we want to pay tribute to the work and constant effort of all Canarian women who have been working invisibly in the field and in citrus companies
of the population and that with their work have contributed to the economic, social and cultural improvement, placing to the town of Alcanar in a referent within the world of the citrus fruit. That is why the Rural Women’s Association wants to raise awareness of the important work that is being done to give visibility to their work, to defend their interests and needs.
There will also be topics of interest to the sector such as improving the functioning of the food chain, new varieties of clementines and pests that affect the crop.

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José Miguel Campos Rivela

José Miguel Campos Rivela is an Agricultural Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Valencia and holds a PhD in Agricultural Engineering from the Universitat Jaume I in Castellón. Researcher in the Sustainable Plant Protection program since 2004 and Institutional Delegate of the IRTA since 2019. The main areas of work as a researcher belong to the integrated management of pests: bioecology of pest species and auxiliary entomofauna, implementation of methods of biological and biotechnical control and development of sampling methods and establishment of intervention economics thresholds. He is the co-author of 66 scientific and technical publications in the field of entomology, plant protection, biological control and integrated pest management, and has made 23 contributions to national conferences and 28 to international ones. He has been an associate professor of Crop Control in the degree in Horticulture and Gardening (International University of Catalonia (UIC). Member of the Spanish Society of Applied Entomology (SEEA), of the working group of "Citrus-IPM" IOBC (International Organization for Biological Control) and the Citrus Committee of the Fruit.Net program (Generalitat de Catalunya) Has participated in 13 R&D projects funded in public, national and international calls, all in the field of biological and integrated control of pests of citrus, fruit, rice and Mediterranean crops. It has also participated in 19 R&D contracts with companies or administrations (national and / or international related to these fields. It has taught 44 days and courses aimed at the sector productive related to integrated pest control.

Schedule

Monday, November 15th

10.00 am Opening of the photographic exhibition: “The role of women in the rural world of Alcanar ” Sr. Jesus Gomez Fernandez, director of the Territorial Services of the DACC in Terres de l’Ebre.

10.30 am Opening of the conference Sr. Jesus Gomez Fernandez, director of the Territorial Services of the DACC in Terres de l’Ebre.

11.00 am Presentation of the association of women of the rural world peasants and cattle ranchers of Catalonia Mrs. Begoña Amorós Grau, manager of Citrus Terres de l’Ebre.

11.20 am The control of the food chain in Catalonia: CadeCAT Mrs. Isabel Gomar i Jimenez, Head of the Industries Service and Agri-food marketing of the DACC.

4 pm Presentation in situ (Ebro Experimental Station. IRTA) Sustainable control of Tetranychus urticae in clementines Sr. José Miguel Campos, IRTA researcher. Mrs. Mate Martinez Ferrer. IRTA researcher

Tuesday, November 16th

10.00 h New varieties of clementines Sr. Josep Cuenca, AVASA technician.

11.00 am The South African cotton swab (Delottococcus aberiae): situation current and prospects Mrs. Maite Martinez Ferrer, IRTA researcher

12.00 Closing of the day Il·lm. Sr. Joan Roig Castell, Mayor of Alcanar.