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Masterclass : The cultivation of the avocado tree

The production and export of avocados in Morocco have increased considerably. 

New avocado orchards are coming into production and the volume for this season 2021/2022 will increase further.

According to analysts, the volume exported for this season 2021/2022 should reach 40,000 tons, or +21% compared to the previous season.

The growth of exported volumes is remarkable: Morocco exported 6,269 tons of avocados in 2016 and 33,000 tons in 2020. The European Union market

market absorbs 90% of Moroccan avocado exports.

The area under avocado trees is estimated at between 6,000 and 7,000 mainly located in the north of the country, in the Gharb region. Composed mainly of young orchards, the Moroccan production of avocados will continue to experience a very strong growth in the years to come. With the objective of 100,000 tons within 5 years.

The Moroccan production calendar starts with the Zutano, Bacon and fuerte varieties from September to November, and with the Hass variety from November to January

  • En ligne + Visite Terrain

  • 15 days ( 05 - 19 January 2022 )

Objective
Program
Speakers

Objective

Introduce the technicians to the various technical components of avocado cultivation

Program

Day 1: January 5 – Influence of Climatic Conditions on Avocado Phenology and Irrigation (Luis Jose Montgomery)

Day 2: January 13 – Avocado Pollination (Dr. Iñaki Hormaza)

Day 3: January 14, 2022 – Nutrition and Fertigation Management in Avocado (Luis Jose Montgomery)

Day 4: January 17 – Avocado Plant Protection (Ouaznati Sidi Mohammed)

Day 5: January 18 – Economic Analysis and Profitability of an Avocado Production Project (Abdelaziz Rhezali)

Day 6: January 19 – Field Visit (Ahmed Sofa)

Speakers

Amazouz Said

Mr. Said Amazouz, an Agronomist specialized in Plant Protection, graduated from the National School of Agriculture in Meknes in 1999. He began his career at Domaine Douiet in 1999, and later joined the Azura Group (Maraissa) in 2001, where he played a key role in establishing the grafted seedling nursery.

He also managed the internal nursery for vegetable seedling production. He was part of the internal auditing team within the same group and took charge of integrated pest management development.

In 2007, he joined Koppert Morocco, a subsidiary of Koppert Biological Systems, as Technical Director. He significantly contributed to developing integrated pest management in Morocco for pepper, tomato, and soft fruit crops. In 2016, he joined the Domaines Zniber Group as Technical Director overseeing tree crops, citrus, olive trees, open field crops, and soft fruits. Since 2018, he has been one of the associated owners and the manager of the Company Solutions Agricoles s.a.r.l. This company has established itself as an agro-supplier, particularly in integrated pest management, natural pollination, agricultural nets, plant nutrition, and biopesticides. He is also an independent producer, expert, and accredited private agricultural advisor.

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Amazouz Said

Montgomery Luis Jose

My purpose in life is to be a driving force for the development of agriculture, rapidly bringing innovation and all the new technological tools that are developed to make it more efficient and profitable for farmers and also more sustainable and responsible for the Earth, in order to transcending as an agent of change to make the world a better place.

R&D Manager in Camposol, a global company who provides healthy and fresh food to the families of the world, with operations and officines in many countries, involved in crops like blueberries and avocados mainly.

Master in Innovation and Strategic Entrepreneurship (Adolfo Ibañez University, Chile); Master in Fruit and Vegetable Production (Almería University, Spain); Agronomy Engineer (Antenor Orrego Private University, Peru).

Fertigation & Plant Nutrition Specialist.

More than ten years of experience in the management of agronomic processes, mainly in avocado crop. My skills are oriented towards success, innovation and excellence.

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Montgomery Luis Jose

Hormaza Iñaki

I got my PhD in Plant Biology at the University of California, Davis in 1994. In in 2000 I got a permanent research position at the IHSM la Mayora – CSIC where, since 2009, I am a Research Professor and Head of the Subtropical Fruit Crops Department. During my scientific career, I have been involved in numerous national and international research projects focused in studies of genetic diversity, characterization and conservation of germplasm and reproductive biology in subtropical and temperate fruit tree crops. I have coordinated 50 national and international research projects and close to 40 contracts with the private sector, resulting in more than 200 publications in journals and books (130 of them in SCI journals, being first or senior author in 70% of them), more than 130 communications to scientific congresses, more than 100 invited conferences in different countries, supervision of 18 Ph.D. students and several postdocs and exchange students with other countries.

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Hormaza Iñaki

Sidi Mohammed Ouaznati

I am a specialist in plant protection. I started my professional career as a manager of a farm of 200 ha of olive trees. Then, I worked as a research assistant in phytopathology at ICARDA. Currently, I am a phytosanitary inspector in charge of the phytosanitary control phytosanitary control with the ONSSA. Concerning my higher education, I followed a technical training in crop protection at ITSHAM, in parallel with a basic degree in biology, as well as a Euro-African Master in Biosafety and Biosecurity at the university of Sciences of Rabat.

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Sidi Mohammed Ouaznati

Rhezali Abdelaziz

I am an agricultural engineer with a PhD in agronomic sciences and an MBA. With more than 10 years of experience, I work as a private agricultural consultant accredited by the Ministry of Agriculture in Morocco. My mission is to provide expertise for operators in the agricultural world. My expertise covers the supervision of experiments for companies, the development of strategies, technical and financial studies and the evaluation of agricultural public policies

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Rhezali Abdelaziz

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