{"id":119,"date":"2025-04-15T09:44:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T07:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eurocastanea.ekuanimeprojects.com\/?page_id=119"},"modified":"2025-09-08T09:13:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T07:13:43","slug":"jueves-11-de-septiembre","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eurocastanea2025andalucia.com\/en\/jueves-11-de-septiembre\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday 11 September"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Eurocastanea - 15th European Chestnut Festival<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Thursday, September 11 \u2013 Sierra de Aracena and Picos de Aroche Natural Park<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Eurocastanea 2025 - Day 2<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Agenda - AM<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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8:30 - 9:30 am Accreditation.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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9:30 \u2013 10:00 am Opening of the Congress<\/strong><\/p>

  • Speech by the Minister of Sustainability and Environment of the Regional Government of Andalusia, Her Excellency Catalina Garc\u00eda Carrasco<\/li>
  • Speech by the President of the Provincial Council of Huelva, His Excellency Mr. David Toscano Contreras<\/li>
  • Speech by the Business Unit Director of Caja Rural del Sur, Mr. Manuel Perez Barrera<\/li>
  • Speech by the President of Eurocastanea, Mr. Bertrand Guer\u00edn<\/li>
  • Welcome to the city of Aracena from its Mayor, Mr. Manuel Guerra Gonz\u00e1lez<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    10:00 - 10:30 am Opening Conference<\/strong><\/p>

    • \u201cThe value of environmental services derived from the chestnut ecosystem framework on\nCO2 markets\u201d Fernando Rodriguez Lopez. University of Salamanca<\/li><\/ul>

      Topic A. Andalusia, the chestnut tree in Southern Europe<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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      10:30 - 11:00 am The Andalusian chestnut grove<\/strong><\/p>

      • The Malaga chestnut grove: future prospects. Francisco Boza, Head of the Chestnut Sector, COAG Andalucia (Spain)<\/li>
      • The Huelva chestnut grove's future prospects, Arturo Mart\u00ednez Ronda, President of Casta\u00f1era Serrana, Andalusian Cooperative Society, Huelva (Spain)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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        11.00- 11.30 a.m. Coffee break.<\/strong><\/p>

        Topic B. Current situation and prospects for the 2025 campaign in Europe.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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        11:30 a.m. \u2013 12:30 a.m. The European chestnut grove<\/strong><\/p>

        Round table: The next European chestnut season, the situation of the crop in an environment of climate change.<\/p>

        • Situation in Italy: Giovanni Gamba, Unito<\/li>
        • Situation in France Jean-Roland Lavergne, SNPC<\/li>
        • Situation in Portugal: Maria Jo\u00e3o Gaspar REFCAST \/ UTAD<\/li>
        • Situation in Greece: Theodora Patsiavoudi<\/li>
        • Situaci\u00f3n in Austria:\u00a0Johannes Schanti, ARGE Zukunft Edelkastanie<\/li>
        • Situation in Spain: speaker to be determined<\/li>
        • Welcome to the city of Aracena from its Mayor, Mr. Manuel Guerra Gonz\u00e1lez<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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          Agenda - PM<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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          12:30-12:45 pm Debate<\/strong><\/p>

          Topic C: Processing and marketing of chestnuts<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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          12:45 - 1:45 pm Relevant experiences in processing and marketing chestnuts.<\/strong><\/p>

          How to add value to territories through chestnut management and processing. National and international experiences<\/p>

          • Ensuring the Quality and Health of Chestnuts at Retail and Consumption. Giacomo Gatti, Laimburg\nResearch Centre (Bolzano, Italy).<\/li>
          • Chestnut Organic market trends: the importance of sustainability for consumers. Alvaro Barrera\nFern\u00e1ndez, President of Ecovalia (Spain)<\/li>
          • Processing of local chestnuts: what tools to meet the needs of producers and the market? The example of the Ard\u00e8che department (France) Michel Grange \u2013 SNPC \u2013 SDCA (Syndicat de d\u00e9fense de la ch\u00e2taigne d\u2019Ard\u00e8che)<\/li>
          • Rethinking the chestnut: A shared European strategy for growth and consumer positioning. Diana Cataldo and Massimo Iannaccone, Miriade & Partners<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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            13:45-14:00 pm Debate<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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            2:00 - 3:30 pm Lunch. (Tasting of products from the Natural Park brand)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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            15.30-16.30 p.m. Future prospects for chestnut production and marketing in Europe<\/strong><\/p>

            • Introductory presentation. European chestnut sector in the context of global market. Jos\u00e9 Gomes-Laranjo\n- University of Tr\u00e1s-os-Montes and Alto Douro<\/li>

            • Debate \u2013 dialogue\/Round table:
              Roc\u00edo Vazquez, Agr\u00edcola el Com\u00fan SA
              Alcinio Perez, Refcast - Associa\u00e7\u00e3o Portuguesa da CastaRegia Douro Parka<\/p>

              National \/international marketing company<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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              16.30 \u2013 17.00 p.m. Debate<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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              17.00 - 19.30 p.m. Field visit.<\/strong><\/p>

              Facilities of the Casta\u00f1era Serrana SCA and the La Esperanza de Los Marines Cooperative.<\/p>

              • Facilities of Casta\u00f1era Serrana SCA.<\/li>
              • Pilot farms of projects deployed in PNSAPA.<\/li>
              • Farms with different local varieties (Plantalajar, Helechal, Comisaria, Vazquez) to appreciate and distinguish the tree and fruit diversity.<\/li>
              • During the visits, live demonstrations: Machinery, craftsmanship.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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                8:30 pm Dinner (Restaurant el Camino, Almonaster la Real)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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                \u2018Simultaneous translation of the lectures into Spanish, English, French, Portuguese and Italian will be available for those attending the conference\u2019.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                Eurocastanea – xv jornadas europeas de la casta\u00f1a Jueves 11 de septiembre – Parque Natural Sierra de Aracena y Picos de Aroche Eurocastanea 2025 – D\u00eda 2 Agenda – AM 8.30 – 9.30 a.m. Acreditaci\u00f3n. 9:30 \u2013 10:00 am Apertura del Congreso. Palabras de la Consejera de Sostenibilidad y Medio Ambiente de la Junta de […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-119","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eurocastanea2025andalucia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eurocastanea2025andalucia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eurocastanea2025andalucia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eurocastanea2025andalucia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eurocastanea2025andalucia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":70,"href":"https:\/\/eurocastanea2025andalucia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1170,"href":"https:\/\/eurocastanea2025andalucia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119\/revisions\/1170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eurocastanea2025andalucia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}