Competitiveness of the peach canning industry

NAME: Increase the competitiveness of the peach industry cannery intervening the critical points: new varieties, orchard management and price.

RESEARCH LEADER: Rodrigo Infante

DURATION: 72 meses

START: Dic 2007

BUDGET: $291.180.000

MAIN OBJECTIVE: Increase the competitiveness of the peach industry cannery through developing new varieties of early and late production, better orchard management practices and fair calculation of equilibrium price of the product.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:

Genetic breeding focused in early and late varieties.
Improvement of the orchard management practices related with thinning and harvesting
Develop an equilibrium price model that guarantees profitability for both producers and the canning industry.

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