Agriculture Cooperation

Hazera’s Latin America Event

Seed industry leader Hazera conducted a seminar in the Dominican Republic for the Latin American market.

on february 22 – 27 hazera, a leading international player in the seed industry, held a professional international seminar, composed of lectures and field days, was held in the dominican republic.

the seminar was attended by 50 participants from various latin american countries: venezuela, colombia, ecuador, bolivia, cuba and the dominican republic.

hazera held the seminar this year in the dominican republic due to the geographic proximity to their customers and because ferquido, their leading distributor, collaborated in organizing the event.

the conference opened in the capital city of santo domingo, with a day of lectures by experts in the following topics:

  • tomatoes: yaron giras – tomato global product manager
  • onion: ben de nijs – regional product manager – onion, radish, leek
  • fertilization of onions using advanced technology: jose arias – director departamento agrot?cnico de ferquido (dtf
  • activities of the distributor ferquido in the dominican republic: marcial najri – ferquido’s ceo 

hazera’s representatives who attended the conference included yuval cohen – manager of the america business unit, moshe oren – sales manager in latin america, nadav sander – sales manager in the caribbean, ben de nijs – regional product manager – onion, radish, leek and yaron giras – tomato global product manager.

the next two days were devoted to visiting exhibition plots with determinate tomatoes grown in open fields. displayed in the plots were some 11 varieties that were new in the region and the world.
during the field visits, customers received detailed and professional explanations by hazera’s product managers and owners of the plots.

the event attracted attention in the dominican republic, and was covered by three leading agriculture magazines, and a local television channel conducted interviews with the hazera team, growers and guests. 

 

     

 

 

 

 

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