European Chestnut Days

European Chestnut Days 2021

This year the European Chestnut Days offer you a rich and diversified programme, organised in two parts.
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PART II: WEBINAR 21 & 22 OCTOBER 2021

Thursday 21 October: 9:00-12:00, crop forecasts and market outlook
The access link to the Zoom platform will be sent to registrants one day before the event

Friday 22 October: 9h00-12h00

Presentation of the New Aquitaine agricultural region
Conference on protection against diseases and pests
Information on the European research group on chestnut diseases and pests
Questions & answers

Both webinars will include translations into French, English, Portuguese, Italian and Spanish
The access link to the Zoom platform will be sent to registrants a few days before the event
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PART I: 30 SEPTEMBER TO 2 OCTOBER 2021
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Thursday 30 September 2021 (D1): Périgueux
Day for the ERASMUS group: ERASMUS working meeting, Eurocastanea General Assembly, convivial evening

Friday 1 October 2021 (Day 2): field trip to Corrèze and Haute-Vienne (farm visits)

Visit to traditional orchards in the south-west, agroforestry orchards for cattle, sorting and packaging station
Poultry and sheep agroforestry orchards, high density orchards
Harvesting site

Saturday 2 October (D3): Tech-Châtaigne trade fair in Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche

Visit to a producer organisation
Guided technical workshops: weeding, harvesting, trimming
Conference: water management, an essential tool for the professionalisation of the chestnut sector
European conference (in French): Fruit quality management with testimonies from different EU countries.
Visit of the exhibitors' stands

The co-organisers and sponsors

Past presentations

Check out all the presentations of past years (2009-2019)