project - EIP-AGRI Operational Group
Technological improvements in the cultivation and postharvest of Catalan hanging tomatoes (“tomàquet de penjar”)
Mejoras tecnológicas en el cultivo y la postcosecha del tomate de colgar
Objectives
Provide Catalan hanging tomato producers with technological improvements in relation to the harvest technical itinerary, to extend the production phase, increase organoleptic quality and reduce the environmental impact. Specific objectives:
Study growing cycles under low-cost protection structures.
Improve post-harvest storage conditions and identify the pathogens that cause rot, in order to guarantee maximum product quality and extend the storage and marketing period.
Optimise the water consumption used.
Evaluate the effectiveness of edges that act as reservoirs of useful fauna to reduce phytosanitary products.
Transfer knowledge and new technologies to the productive sector.
Objectives
Dotar a los productores de tomate de colgar de mejoras tecnológicas en relación con el itinerario técnico de recolección, alargar la fase de producción, aumentar la calidad organoléptica y reducir el impacto medioambiental.
Estudiar los ciclos de cultivo bajo estructuras de protección de bajo coste.
Mejorar las condiciones de almacenamiento post-cosecha e identificar patógenos causantes de la podredumbre, para garantizar la máxima calidad del producto y alargar el almacenamiento y comercialización.
Optimizar el consumo de agua.
Evaluar la eficacia de los bordes que actúan como reservorios de fauna útil para reducir los fitosanitarios.
Transferir conocimientos y nuevas tecnologías al sector.
Activities
(a) Improve infrastructure and cultivation practices of Catalan hanging tomatoes.
(b) Assess different cultivation cycles (early, mid- and late-season cultivation) under low-cost protective structures.
(c) Improve Catalan hanging tomato postharvest conservation conditions.
(d) Identify pathogens that cause putrefaction of the fruit during postharvest.
(e) Optimise water and fertiliser consumption during cultivation.
(f) Evaluate the effectiveness of using beneficial insects to reduce the use of phytosanitary products.
(g) Transfer the knowledge and new technologies obtained to the productive sector throughout the project.
Activities
(a) Mejorar las infraestructuras y prácticas de cultivo del tomate de colgarl.
(b) Estudiar diferentes ciclos de cultivo (temprano, intermedio y tardío) bajo estructuras de protección de bajo coste.
(c) Mejorar las condiciones de conservación durante la postcosecha del tomate de colgar.
(d) Identificar los patógenos causantes de la podredumbre durante la postcosecha.
(e) Optimizar el consumo de agua y fertilizantes.
(f) Evaluar la eficacia de zonas de reserva de fauna útil para reducir el uso de productos fitosanitarios, mejorando la calidad ambiental del producto.
(g) Transferir el conocimiento y las nuevas tecnologías al sector productivo.
Contexte
The hanging tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is a traditional variety with deep roots in Catalan horticulture and gastronomy. In recent years, this variety has experienced a very significant increase in demand, which has led to stepped-up cultivation. While in the past it was grown under low-input conditions and consumed during the winter (after a post-harvest period), it is now grown using modern tomato cultivation techniques (protected cultivation, use of high-yield hybrids, high water and fertiliser inputs, consumption of freshly harvested fruit). The growing demand of the Catalan market and the loss of seasonality in consumption (it is currently consumed all year round) has led to the emergence of new production areas which compete in the market with local production, offering produce outside the harvesting cycle in our area (July-October).
Project details
- Main funding source
- Rural development 2014-2020 for Operational Groups
- Rural Development Programme
- 2014ES06RDRP009 Spain - Rural Development Programme (Regional) - Cataluña
Emplacement
- Main geographical location
- Barcelona
€ 153980
Total budget
Total contributions from EAFRD, national co-financing, additional national financing and other financing.
Contacts
Project coordinator
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Antoni Pla Urrea
Project coordinator
Project partners
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FEDERACIÓ DE COOPERATIVES AGRÀRIES DE CATALUNYA
Project partner