ISHS Acta Horticulturae 347: II International Symposium on Integrated Fruit Production
INTEGRATED FRUIT PRODUCTION: SOME GENERAL PROBLEMS CONNECTED WITH ITS IMPLEMENTATION INTO PRACTICE |
| Author: | E. Dickler |
| Abstract:
The development of Integrated Fruit Production (IFP) can be divided into two distinct periods. The first period begins with the pioneer work in the late 1950's up to 1988. During that time, implementation of IFP into practice in Europe was very slow, the few exceptions being Switzerland, Baden-Württemberg in Germany and the South Tyrol in Italy. The second period covers the last four years during which IFP has been implemented with tremendous speed, achieving up to 100% acceptance by fruit growers and marketing organisations in important fruit growing areas. This introduction will present some of the general problems and bottle-necks regarding different components of IFP in order to stimulate the final discussions on the state of the art of IFP in the different countries. I shall not touch on matters concerning the work of IOBC/ISHS, since this has already been published in the IOBC/WPRS bulletin (1991/XIV/3). Nor shall I deal with any of the points suggested in the circular letter of the local organisation of the symposium. These will be discussed by the representatives from each country. The general problems encountered in the implementation of IFP over the last four years are broken down into the following six categories or levels. | |
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