The registered participants could select one of the 4 technical tours of October 4^th in Apulia and one of the 2 tours of October 7^th in Sicily, on the basis of first- come-first-served. In case the number of selections for a single tour exceeds 50 for Apulia, and 100 for Sicily, the participant will be moved to another tour. The final participant list will be communicated on October 2^nd.

Technical tours Apulia 4^th October, 2017

Tour	Departure from Foggia	1st VISIT	2nd VISIT	Lunch in vineyard	Arrival at hotels (Bari)
1	7.30 a.m.	OP AGRITALIA @ Fratelli Laporta (Trinitapoli) http://www.masterfruit.it/	OP GIULIANO PUGLIAFRUIT (Turi)	SERROPLAST (Rutigliano)	17.30
2	7.30 a.m.	PIGNATARO (Casamassima)	AGRICOOPER (Noicattaro)	SERROPLAST (Rutigliano)	17.30
3	7.30 a.m.	OP GIULIANO PUGLIAFRUIT (Turi)	FRA.VA (Acquaviva delle Fonti)	SERROPLAST (Rutigliano)	17.30
4	7.30 a.m.	ROMANAZZI (Castellaneta Marina)	PEVIANI GROUP (Ginosa)	SERROPLAST (Rutigliano)	17.30

OP Agritalia, at Laporta farm: automated irrigation/fertigation system, subirrigation, soil nutrition monitoring probes, soil management, plastic coverings and reflective groundcover, DSS and sustainability indicators, integrated farming, certifications.

OP Giuliano: table grape vineyards, plastic coverings, peach, apricot, cirtus and cherry orchards, new varieties, seasonal vegetables, 70.000 m² production plant, pakaging house, cold storage, Global G.A.P and Tesco Nurture certifications.

Pignataro farm: table grape vineyards, cherry orchards, vegetables, organic farming, soil nutrition monitoring probes, plastic coverings, 30.000 m² production plant with packaging house and cold storage rooms, Biodiversity Friend Certification (WBA),

Agricoper farm: integrated pest management, reduction of pesticides use and residues, plastic coverings, packaging, pre-cooling, cold-storage into a new efficient production plant of 20.000 m² (6.000 m² covered), innovation of packaging design (grapes to go).

FRA.VA farm: cover crops, training systems, soil nutrition monitoring probes, 26.000 m² production plant, postharvest micro-wave technology to avoid SO₂, biodegradable packaging, certifications and Biodiversity Friend Certification (WBA).

Romanazzi farm: 270 ha biologic farming, plastic coverings, cover crops, varieties, 3.600 m² of covered production plant with 3 cold storage rooms, BioAgri Cert, Global G.A.P.-Grasp, IFS certifications.

Peviani farm: integrated farming, application of Europgap, BRC and IFS production standards, control of process guaranteed by the Quality Management System according to UNI EN ISO 9001:2000, certifications.

Technical tours Sicily 7^th October, 2017

Tour	Departure from Palermo	1st VISIT	2nd VISIT	Lunch	3rd VISIT	Arrival at hotels (Palermo)
1	7.30 a.m.	Az. Agr. Biodinamica Golden Grapes Brucculeri (Naro)	Az. Agr. GEVA dei fratelli Vita (Favara)	Convento San Domenico (Canicattì)	Az. Cervino Interfruit (Canicattì)	18.45
	7.30 a.m.	Az. Agr. GEVA dei fratelli Vita (Favara)	Az. Agr. Biodinamica Golden Grapes Brucculeri (Naro)	Convento San Domenico (Canicattì)	Az. Agr. Lodico (Canicattì)	18.45
2	7.30 a.m.	Az. Agricolo Lo Giudice (Gela)	Az. Siriac (Acate)	Il “Castello” (Mazzarrone)	Az. Co.Ra. srl (Mazzarrone)	18.45
	7.30 a.m.	Az. Agricolo Lo Giudice (Gela)	Az. Chessari (Chiaramonte Gulfi)	Il “Castello” (Mazzarrone)	Az. Co.Ra. srl (Mazzarrone)	18.45

Tour 1 – CANICCATTI' AREA

Visit to Canicattì area farms: Soilless grapevine cultivation, bagged grapes, biodynamic faming, covering types, traditional vineyard of cv Italia and Red Globe.

Tour 2 – MAZZARRONE AREA

Visit to Mazzarrone area farms: Soilless grapevine cultivation, covering types, greenhouses, topworked vineyards, traditional vineyard of cv Italia and Red Globe.

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