1.E.4. Professional training and specialist knowledge Fact finding mission of Dipl. Ing. FH Gregor Hoffmann and Ing. Daniela Morgenbesser around municipality

1.E.4. Professional training and specialist knowledgeFact finding mission of Dipl. Ing. FH Gregor Hoffmann and Ing. Daniela Morgenbesser around municipality of Suva Reka 2010-08-18 – 2010-08-21

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Current Situation – cabbage, cauliflower production

Good agricultural skills Good handcraft Semi mechanized low tech Irrigation systems Empiric plant feeding Small amount of varieties Small amount of pesticides High pressure of „Cabbage

White“ Butterfly (Pieris brassicae)

High pressure of Cabbage Whitefly (Aleyrodes proletella)

Low budget for investions


Influencing factors – cabbage, cauliflower production

Broad band of stagged cabbage and and cauliflower varieties

Cultivation in beds Seasonably and modern pest

management Fertigation due-cultivation time

and development of plants Recourse saving, irrigation

systems (close to plant) Unique qualities, healthy

harvest = long lasting storage = constant access to market = no peaks = steady price


Future options and suggestionscabbage and cauliflower production

Increase of varieties (seed sources)

IPM integrated pest management, empiric measurements of pest development

Mechanization of cabbage plantings

Mechanization of cabbage harvest, standardization of cabbage boxes for storage

Central storages for healthy cabbage, quality management


Current Situation – tomato production

Good agricultural skills Good handcraft Short summer/autumn crop (6-9

Clusters of tomato) Single tomato / no tomatoe on the

vine Low houses Dense planting No layer system Hardly no coating/ shading low tech Irrigation systems Empiric plant feeding Small amount of varieties Small amount of pesticides No beneficial Insects Small budget for investions


Influence factors –tomato production (covered)

Long lasting healthy crop Low condensation during night /

Fungus control stem density/m² steady ventilation heat during summer Irrigation close to the plant Dripper systems, fertigation IPM Specialization on 1-2 crops Year round tomato production Steady consultancy – visits at the

farm


Future options and suggestions –tomato production (covered)

Specalisation on year round production

Demonstrations trials Start of layer systems Fertigation (fertiliser is transported

with irrigation water) dosatron, etc. Education of a fruit vegetable

consultant Steady visits of consultant Monitoring of pest development

(consultant) IPM, suggestions what and when

to spray fungicides and pesticides Standardised cluster tomato

production for Supermarkets Beneficial insects


Current Apple production

Strong growing root stock Good handcraft, high motivation Low fruit settings No pillars and wire systems No cultivation between rows Big branches Water branches Individual pest management

mechanisation No standardised boxes Individualism is very high No labeling No money for highly needed

investments Flooding instead of irrigation


Influence factors – apple production

Balanced tree Setting of blossom, fertilation Varieties for pollen, wild apples Fruit setting Natural fruit fall and fruit pruiming Breaking the Alternity Irrigation Clean row Clean paths (cultivation) IPM, integrated pest management Scab control Professional cutting in winter Control of water branches in

summer


Future options and suggestions– apple production

Change to pillar and wire system Cutting courses Inter planting of wild seedlings for

pollination Cultivation of rows and paths /

Herb control Irrigation system in rows Change of root stocks from

seedling to M27, M9 / P9 Standardization of apple

Marketing Boxes for „Suva Reka Golden“,

Suva Reka Brea burn, Suva Reka Jonagold, Suva Reka Granny….


Current situation – grape (wine) production

Super handcraft Best practice seen several times Wide range of white and red

varieties Good pest and disease control Lack of Pesticides No labeling No general marketing „Suva Reka

Rush“ No more wine production No skills of Raki and Wine

production because of „privatization“ of cooperative

Wine production lost big amount of surface and still loses (highway)


Future options / questions – grape (wine) production

Invention and start of a standardized „Grape of Suva Reka“ Brand (Sunshine of Suva Reka)

Distribution of „wine grapes“ to processing industry (wine makers)

Support of export of Suva Reka Rush

Support (technically and monetary) switch from wine grape to grape production

Irrigation, Dripper systems IPM, cutting and cultivation

curses wine production (private)


General impressions – rural vs. urban development

Suva Reka is a growing and prospering community

Enterprises will go for land Highway will take land Agricultural production is happening close to - or

even in the city

Agriculture must widen its surface – increase of intensity, mechanization will need land

In normal when modernization takes place, the surface of agricultural land increases highly

Land shortens – price is expected to go up

Foundation of a land conserving, buying and dealing enterprise owned by farmers and municipality to ensure agricultural future


General impressions – agricultural development and pollution

Training for field and crop hygiene Increase of weed control in all crops Weed competitor of water, space and

nutrients Host of diseases and pests

Cleaning of polluted fields Collection of plastics (agricultural and

non agricultural) Recycling, waste control trough city Pupil clean fields, stopping of trough

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1.E.4. Professional training and specialist knowledge Fact finding mission of Dipl. Ing. FH Gregor Hoffmann and Ing. Daniela Morgenbesser around municipality