The International Blueberry Organization (IBO) will hold its fourth annual event in Guadalajara, Mexico, from March 10-12, 2014. The seminar will bring together representatives from the world’s top producing countries with the objective of sharing information and analysis on the current state of the industry.
IBO chairman Andrés Armstrong reflected on the organization’s past events, including meetings in the United States and Chile. “After carrying out the first two years of IBO in the United States, we took it to Chile in 2013 toshare global blueberry industry analysis with this country’s industry,” Armstrong said. “For 2014 we are taking the event to Mexico, a country that is growing in production and importance. We are sure this will be a valuable contribution to local producers and exporters.”
The 2013 seminar in Santiago, Chile, included growth analysis of global plantations and production volume, as well as themost recent studies on the blueberry’s health benefits and the commercial outlook for this berry in China. The seminar also included detailed presentations from Argentina, Uruguay, Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Chile, the United Kingdom and Poland.
For more information on the 2014 Mexico event, please visit http://www.internationalblueberry.org/meetings/ or contact Blanca Nelly Partida: blancanelly.partida@aneberries.mx.
ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL BLUEBERRY ORGANIZATION: The IBO’s mission is to come together and share information with the industry, collaborating on the common objective to raise blueberry consumption and provide an international forum for understanding issues of common interest between growing and exporting countries. The ultimate objective is to develop an international platform that can help ensure the success of the global blueberry industry.
Source: International Blueberry Organization
