CONECTAGRO Coquimbo 2020 will take place on Wednesday, January 15 at the Limarí Campus in Ovalle.

With the aim of articulating a meeting space and a discussion around the need to accelerate the incorporation of agrotechnology in Chile and connect all the actors who can make that happen, the National Agricultural Society (SNA), with the support of Santander Universities, the Department of Agronomy of the University of La Serena and the Foreign Trade Administration have organized the CONECTAGRO Coquimbo 2020 seminar, to be held on Wednesday, January 15, from 10 a.m., at the Limarí Campus of the ULS ( Avda. La Paz 1108, Ovalle).

The activity framed in a project financed by CORFO, considers the presentation on productive intensification of fruit through technology, by Sigalit Berenzon, CEO of the Israeli company FruitSpec; and the discussion panel about the productive challenges of the region and technology as an ally, in which José Corral (SNA Vice President), Edgardo Díaz (INIA Regional Director) and Pablo Álvarez (PROMMRA ULS Director) will participate. Additionally, Carla Cáceres, coordinator of the Indap-Capel productive alliance, will share how through the application of technology, the Capel cooperative has managed to reduce irrigation by 50%.