Morocco Berry Conference 2022

Kimitec® is a biotechnology multinational company based in Spain and dedicated to the research, development and marketing of biopesticides, biostimulants, prebiotics and probiotics for the farming industry.

Over 15 years ago, Kimitec® set out to become the alternative to synthetic chemicals in agriculture, putting consumer health, respect for the environment and natural productivity at the heart of agricultural production.

Koppert contributes to the better health of people and the planet. In partnership with nature, we make agriculture healthier, safer, and more productive. We provide an integrated system of specialist knowledge and natural, safe solutions that improve crop health, resilience, and production.

CMGP.CAS is a leading world-class service provider for agriculture and infrastructure. Its comprehensive offering including irrigation, fertilizers, crop protection, seeds, solar energy and water solutions makes him the one-stop-shop provider for agriculture farmers and water utility operators.

Currently with a direct footprint in Morocco, Senegal and Cote d’ivoire and indirectly across West Africa, its scope keeps expanding to eventually serve the whole continent. With 1,000+ employees the group serves clients in 10+ African countries ranging from small-scale farmers to large Morrocan and international commercial farms.

Kekkilä-BVB is the global leader in the production of substrates for professional growers. Through product brands BVB Substrates and Kekkilä Professional we serve and support growers in over 100 countries.

We focus on customer success by supporting professional growers with expert knowledge, efficient logistics and reliable products made of high-quality raw materials. To ensure high quality and reliability our R&D department is equipped with technically advanced laboratories and test areas. We acknowledge the challenges the future offers in feeding a growing population with limited natural resources. With over a hundred years of experience, we aim to be the forerunner in the horticultural food production chain and to be part of the solution to this global challenge.

PROMAGRI is a Moroccan company that distributes agricultural inputs: crop protection products, plant nutrition products and certified seeds.

The company has been serving Moroccan agriculture since 1950.

With a very extensive distribution network, PROMAGRI has 11 branches in the main agricultural regions of the country. The 3 keywords of the company are: quality, proximity and service.

The company participates in the development of Moroccan agriculture by providing farmers with the best solutions thanks to a team of agronomists and agricultural technicians who are specialized, competent and concerned about environmental issues.

Today, PROMAGRI is developing its product portfolio by investing in products that respect the environment, the user and the end consumer. This ecological transition can only be made thanks to the main players in the chain, of which the distributor has a big role to play.

COMPO EXPERT GmbH with headquarters in Münster/Westphalia is an international company with 21 sales offices in Europe, North and South America as well as in Asia and Africa.

The company produces high-quality specialty fertilizers and biostimulants in its two own fertilizer plants in Krefeld (Germany) and La Vall d ‘Uixó (Spain), thus offering professional users safe solutions for the areas of fruits, vegetables, field crops, turf and public green as well as nursery and ornamentals.

Our innovative product range includes specialty mineral and stabilized fertilizers, slow and controlled release fertilizers, water soluble and liquid fertilizers as well as biostimulants, trace elements and soil conditioners. With this product range, COMPO EXPERT holds a leading market position.

The company currently has around 700 employees worldwide.

COMPO EXPERT is a subsidiary of Grupa Azoty S.A., with almost 15,000 employees; it is the largest chemical company in Poland and the second largest producer of nitrogen and compound fertilizers in the European Union

International Nursery was founded following an association between the Agricultural Group TAZI and the company Grow Group, respective leaders in their field of activity, this partnership lasted 14 years to meet a specific need for technically superior plants.

Since 1997, International Nursery has been innovating and excelling in its market gardening plant production sector; it is today the leader in the propagation of red fruit plants in Morocco and plans to produce 15,000,000 red fruit plants in 2023.

Committing to the path of innovation and transparency is a historical strategy of the company, human capital is our great strength to maintain better quality throughout the production process by ensuring the rigorous application of sanitary procedures and reference monitoring of the various quality certifications (BIO Ecocert, ISO 9001, SMETA, ONSSA Certification …

International Nursery does not have its genetic program, which allows it to provide a multiplication service in total transparency

Bio Rivulis Leading The Mass Adoption of Micro Irrigation Globally Rivulis is a global micro irrigation solutions innovator offering the broadest portfolio in the market featuring the industry’s most recognized product brands and a comprehensive range of services. Rich in history that spans more than 50 years and strong field expertise as early pioneers of the micro irrigation industry, it is our vision to lead the mass adoption of micro irrigation globally by increasing accessibility to all growers everywhere through simple, affordable and smart technology for a more sustainable future for all. Rivulis’ multi-disciplinary Product Development & Irrigation Solutions Design team of highly skilled agronomists, engineers and hydrologists ensures we develop and deliver field-trusted solutions. HELPING GROWERS AND OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS GROW BEYOND – SEASON AFTER SEASON We are dedicated to sustaining an ecosystem of success for our business partners and growers and helping them GROW BEYOND their highest expectations.

ARZAK SEEDS TRADE is a company active in the phytopharmaceutical market, seeds, seedlings, foliar fertilizers and hygiene products, which makes every effort to make its know- how available to all operators in the agricultural sector. To do this, we develop training and know-how actions at the level of prescribers and producers by mobilizing technical and human resources well beyond what is required. Innovation is an integral part of our mission.
Our vision is to focus on our customers, to provide innovative answers to the changing needs of producers and this in partnership with our foreign partners.

TOMRA Food designs and manufactures sensor-based sorting machines and integrated post-harvest solutions for the food industry. We innovate the world’s most advanced analytical technology and apply it to grading, sorting, and peeling.

Over 12,800 units are installed at food growers, packers, and processors worldwide for confectionery, fruit, dried fruit, grains and seeds, potato products, proteins, nuts, and vegetables.

The company’s mission is to enable its customers to improve returns, gain operational efficiencies, and ensure a safe food supply via innovative, useable technologies. To achieve this, TOMRA Food operates centers of excellence, regional offices, and manufacturing locations within the United States, Europe, South America, Asia, Africa and Australasia.

TOMRA Food is a member of the TOMRA Group that was founded on an innovation in 1972 that began with the design, manufacturing and sale of reverse vending machines (RVMs) for automated collection of used beverage containers. Today TOMRA provides technology-led solutions that enable the circular economy with advanced collection and sorting systems that optimize resource recovery and minimize waste in the food, recycling and, mining industries and is committed to building a more sustainable future.

TOMRA has ~100,000 installations in over 80 markets worldwide and had total revenues of ~10.9 billion NOK in 2021. The Group employs ~4,600 globally and is publicly listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE: TOM).

Since 1983 as a supplier of solutions for fruit and vegetable growers.

PROJAR is a growing technology company that offers a complete solution package for each type of crop. Currently, our know-how and expertise consolidates our position as a manufacturer and supplier of hydroponic growing solutions at an international level.

With more than 40 years of experience, the company is dedicated to the manufacture of substrates and coir fiber, as well as the commercialization of agroinputs.

Being manufacturers has allowed us to know very well the behavior of peat and coir fiber, the two most important raw materials for hydroponic cultivation.

Thanks to our background and know-how we are experts in hydroponic solutions for berries and we have participate in many important projects in the main productive regions.

UNITEC is an international group specialized in designing and manufacturing innovative

technologies for the handling, the quality selection and the packing of fresh fruit and vegetables.
For over 95 years, UNITEC has been improving fruit and vegetables processing quality in the several countries of the world where it operates, providing technological solutions and services based on innovation and with the highest standards in terms of reliability and profitability for its Customers.
At an international level, UNITEC has created its own network of operational branches in some of the leading fruit and vegetables producing Countries (Washington, California and Oregon in the USA, France, Spain, Chile, Argentina, South Africa, Turkey, Russia, Australia and Canada) and a sales structure that allows it to meet clients’ requirements in over 65 Countries where it operates.

Planasa is a global leader in the agri-food sector, specializing in breeding the next generations of berry varieties: blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, and blackberries.

Apart from berries, Planasa has also substantial experience and a long-standing tradition in other products such as garlic, asparagus or avocado.

Our mission is to develop unique and superior varieties through a mix of traditional breeding methods and modern technology, and to make these new genetics available to our clients through our efficient and top-quality nursery operations. Exciting end consumers all over the world through a fantastic taste and the healthy properties of our products is what drives our daily activities.

We’re a US-based company with a keen focus on blueberry genetics, plants and grower support delivered to the world’s premier blueberry growers. From our humble beginnings in Lowell, Oregon nearly 40 years ago, we now also have wholly-owned nurseries in Mexico, Peru and Spain. Additionally, we have built a global team of the finest breeders, researchers, propagators and nursery professionals, grower support technicians, sales and customer service experts and more. We’re a deeply planted link in a global chain, ready to serve our customers and our industry throughout North, Central and South America, Greater Europe and North Africa. Our mission is to serve the growers and to support the blueberry industry, helping to ensure growers maximize success through our delivery of the best genetics and plants, technical know-how and global market intelligence. To fulfill our mission, we focus on cultivating exceptional plants, building strong relationships and providing responsive customer service. This is all part of how we’re helping to build A World with Better BlueberriesTM.

Advanced Berry Breeding has specialized into raspberry, and only raspberry breeding these past decades. Focusing on a single specie led us to select strictly the best varieties, aiming for a perfect match between market requirement and agronomical specifications.
Creating value all along the chain, from grower to final customer has always been ABB’s main concern.
Our tailored selections are produced worldwide, under all kind of climates, by a large range of growers.
The varieties are being tested extendedly and research for the optimal growing conditions has always been in the center of our strategy. By means of our advisor team, the results of the trials are shared with fruit producers and other partners in the value chain.
Our world is changing fast: new challenges as climate, energy and human resources appears more frequently at the beginning of the chain and customer exigence is getting higher on the other end.
At ABB we see it as an opportunity to create, to renew, to innovate: the future is already in our breeding greenhouses, new selections are coming, evolution is on!

MAF RODA AGROBOTIC is a multinational engineering company committed to provide the most innovative and high-end solutions for automation, grading, sorting, and packing in the fresh fruit and vegetables industry.
Our universal technology is completely manufactured in-house, providing an integral solution, from infeed to palletizing, that increases the performance and production of your facilities and simplify the decision making process.
Our most ambitious systems use AI and Big data to provide the most accurate internal and external analysis including colour, shape, diameter, weight, internal and external defects increasing the quality of the end product.

MAF RODA AGROBOTIC is a multinational engineering company committed to provide the most innovative and high-end solutions for automation, grading, sorting, and packing in the fresh fruit and vegetables industry.
Our universal technology is completely manufactured in-house, providing an integral solution, from infeed to palletizing, that increases the performance and production of your facilities and simplify the decision making process.
Our most ambitious systems use AI and Big data to provide the most accurate internal and external analysis including colour, shape, diameter, weight, internal and external defects increasing the quality of the end product.

We are Legro, a proud and independent family company with almost 300 employees. We were founded in 1924 and the fourth generation of Swinkels is currently at the helm. We can truthfully say that we are passionate about raw materials. As passionate as our customers, we work every day, on four continents, on producing the best, tailormade substrates and casing soils for, in particular, soft fruit, vegetable and mushroom growers around the entire globe. To maintain its optimum quality, we like to manage the entire process on our own. Therefore we own our own peat fields, coir treatment plant and blending factories.

Orbia’s Precision Agriculture business Netafim is the world’s largest irrigation provider and the global leader in precision solutions that contribute to food, water, and land security for a sustainable future. With over 65 years of experience, Netafim pioneered the drip revolution, inducing the paradigm shift to precision irrigation. Today, Netafim specializes in end-to-end solutions from water sources to root zones and offers a variety of irrigation, open field, and greenhouse projects; landscaping and mining offerings and tailormade services used by millions of farmers, from smallholders to large-scale agricultural producers. Netafim also leads in digital farming with its state of the-art irrigation system. Netafim has 5,000 employees, 33 subsidiaries and 19 manufacturing plants, serving over 110 countries through a global sales and distribution network.

Hortisud is part of the HAS Holding group, since the first day of its existence in 1994, it has been actively committed to taking advantage of the latest technologies to provide its customers with innovative and efficient irrigation solutions thanks to its experienced team of professional agronomists and technicians.

The creation of value throughout our projects, from conception to completion, has always been our main concern, agricultural research and development is a real locomotive of our growth in the field of irrigation, and the desire to fight against the global water shortage remains our primary source of motivation. Our objective is clear: To ensure you a better optimization of your projects while privileging your needs in terms of quality, performance and cost!

BSK Air Technologies from Serbia was founded in 2003. Our dream from the very beginning was to bring innovative solutions to our clients and transform the existing technologies. All of our knowledge and experience, together with the idea to build something new and daring, led us to develop our KOKAN – Air Berry Harvester

A harvester that creates an artificial storm and collects mature berries without damaging the fruit or the plant is what we succeeded with our new KOKAN technology. A harvester that has the power of two hundred workers and can work in different weather conditions. A machine that is perfect for harvesting berries for the fresh market.
Our intention is to help everybody – from small fruit growers to corporations – to have the perfect quality of fruit ready for the fresh market.

Asfertglobal, is a company that produces biocontrol solutions, biofertilizers and biostimulants based on the use of microorganisms and new organic molecules originating from natural sources, which maximize in a sustainable way the yield potential of crops, always focusing on solutions that meet the needs of clients.

We produce unique and innovative formulations, the result of investment in R&D in partnership with the Faculty of Science of the University of Lisbon, which help to practice a more sustainable agriculture, more ecological and consequent, with zero impact on the environment.

Located in Bari, Italy, Carton Pack is an international market leader of food-safe thermoformed packaging for the fruit and vegetable industry.

Since 2019 Carton Pack collaborates with Plastic Bank for its commitment to sustainability, converting more than 50 millions of Ocean bound bottles.

Between 2020 and 2021 CartonPack launched Social Plastic® in the Italian large-scale retailers with great success.

Sustainability is an essential element and an integral part of the company mission.

Eco-sustainable materials are at the centre of the processes since they must comply with certain standards, based on the principles of reuse and recycling, with the desire to always find new natural elements capable of composing products with a low environmental impact and that minimize the pollution of the Planet.

Eco-design for Carton Pack is an economic model that wants to create ecological and sustainable packaging, from start to finish.

Thanks to eco-design, innovation and craftsmanship of the processes that are reborn in a green key meet.

Azcaval ingenieria del envasado, a company dedicated to the development and manufacture of weighing and filling machines and complete lines for blueberries, cherries, cherry tomatoes and delicate fruit in general, always adjusting to the needs of the client, based in Seville. They currently have a presence in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Holland, Chile, Peru, USA and Mexico. Firm in their project of giving the best treatment to the fruit, adding to it the greatest possible automation and versatility.

Helping growers to maximise their output more efficiently, effectively and easily and with increased sustainability. We work to achieve that aim every day by producing high quality plastic products for the horticultural sector.  For more than 30 years, Bato has been adding value to the production of (bio)plastic products. We are pioneers in our field and proud of our achievements. We are committed to offering the very best quality for a fair price and with a minimum impact on the environment, backed up by outstanding service levels. Our driving passion is looking for innovative and appropriate solutions – together with growers – that are designed to maximise yields.

“The Berrisys range of laminated plastic, sulphur dioxide generating sheets are designed to protect berries during transport and storage from postharvest fungal decay, particularly Botrytis cinerea.