LA SOCIEDAD INTERNACIONAL DEL AGUACATE y

L O S C O N G R E S O S M U N D I A L E S D E L A G U A C AT E y L A S O C I E D A D I N T E R N A C I O N A L D E L A G U A C AT E

T H E W O R L D AV O C A D O C O N G R E S S E S ( WA C ) a n d T H E I N T E R N AT I O N A L AV O C A D O S O C I E T Y ( I A S )

VIII WAC Lima Perú Daniel Teliz Ortiz

sep 2015 México

AVOCADO ORIGIN

8000 YEARS MESOAMÉRICA

CODICE MENDOCINO 1524  TRIBUTES TO BE SENT TO TENOCHTITLAN

14 TOWNS

5° AHUACATLAN teeth = place Place or town where Avocados grow

AHUACATLAN = TOWN (TEETH) WHERE AVOCADO GROWS

AVOCADO ORIGIN 8000 YEARS MESOAMÉRICA

Ahuacatlán, NAY Ahuacatlán, PUE Ahuacatlán, MEX AHUACATLÁN

AMERICA POSSIBLE PLACE ORIGIN 3 RAZAS

AVOCADO DISTRIBUTION XVI

WAC & IAS ORIGIN Accumulation of information on avocado production derived from

empiric and scientific experiences Organization for its comercialization

Exchange of information and experiences

OBJETIVE

WAC – IAS

LIST of 8 WACs and IAS PRESIDENTS

1st WAC 1987 SOUTH AFRICA

1st WORLD AVOCADO CONGRESS 1987 SOUTH AFRICA, J O H A N N E S B U R G

Coordinator:

JAN TOERIEN 1941-2010

Fundador de los WAC y promotor de la International Avocado Society

Presidente IAS 1991-1995

 JAN et al. worked with AVOCADO ROOT ROT Phytophthora cinnamomi • METALAXYL and PHOSPHOROUS ACID • RESISTANT ROOTSTOCKS

 POSTHARVEST MANAGEMENT

 TREE CANOPY MANAGEMENT= INCREASE TREE DENSITY, PRUNING, BETTER AGRONOMIC MANAGEMENT

 JAN VISUALIZED THE NEED TO INTERCHANGE AGRONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INFORMATION AMONGST COUNTRIES

ORGANIZED THE 1st WORLD AVOCADO

CONGRESS 1987

SOUTH AFRICA

2 ND WORLD AVOCADO CONGRESS 1991 USA CO CHAIR: MARY LU ARPAIA

Universidad de California, Riverside

2° WORLD AVOCADO CONGRESS 1991 USA, CALIFORNIA HANK BROKAW CAS President 73-74, 86-87

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AVOCADO NURSERIES IN THE WORLD. CLONAL ROOTSTOCKS

WILLIAM HENLEY BROKAW

Whittier, California (1927-2010)

2° CONGRESO MUNDIAL DEL AGUACATE 1991 USA

MARY LU ARPAIA UCR WILLIAM HENLEY BROKAW CAS Co-chair Organizing Committe Co-chair Organizing Committe IAS propossal accepted 1991 II WAC USA, California Jan Toerien 1st IAS PRESIDENT 1991 - 1995

3ER WORLD AVOCADO CONGRESS 1995 ISRAEL

SHMUEL GAZIT Presidente IAS 1995-1999 1995 III WAC

Israel, Tel Aviv

ISRAEL JERUSALEM: 3 FILOSOFÍAS RELIGIOSAS

7000 ha AVOCADO= 115,000 Ton > EXPORT TO EUROPE (distance and time)

4° WORLD AVOCADO CONGRESS 1999 MÉXICO

RECONOCIMIENTO

COMITÉS ORGANIZADORES WAC

DANIEL TÉLIZ ORTIZ Presidente IAS 1999-2003 1999 IV WAC

México, Michoacán

FIELD TRIPS

1999 IV WAC MEXICO,MICHOACÁN

Jan Toerien, Mary Lu Arpaia, Daniel Teliz, Hank Brokaw

1999

IV WAC

MEXICO

AMAPWG  1996 SAAGA promoted consumption SA avocados Europe (UK)  98-99 ISRAEL (Gaby Naamani, AGREXCO) – South Africa (Chris Keeve, SAAGA) exchanged projected and actual avocado exporting information to Europe for informed marketing decisions  1999-IV WAC Mexico shared ideas and experiences with other countries (workshop chaired by Jan Toerien) = AMAPWG  2nd meeting 2001 Malaga, Spain  3rd meeting 2002 Tzaneen, South Africa: Israel, España, Kenia, Argentina, Chile, Perú y Australia  Weekly shipment reports  AMAPWG still working: latest weekly report: http://www.avocado.co.za/export-market (21 aug 2015)

 AMAPWG: Israel, South Africa, Spain, Mexico, Kenya, Argentina, Peru, Chile, Colombia, Brazil.  AMAPWG history by Gabi Naamani http://www.avocadosource.com/CAS_Yearbooks/CAS_86_2002/CAS_2002_PG_075-091.pdf

5° World Avocado Congress 2003 ESPAÑA

FERNANDO PLIEGO ALFARO Presidente IAS 1999-2003 2003 V WAC Málaga, España Profesor Universidad de Málaga

V WAC ESPAÑA, MÁLAGA

2003

6° WORLD AVOCADO CONGRESS 2007 CHILE

MÓNICA CASTRO VALDEBENITO Presidente IAS 2007-2011 2007 VI WAC CHILE, Valparaiso

7°

World Avocado Congress 2011 AUSTRALIA

ANTONY ALLEN Presidente IAS 2011-2015 2011

VII WAC Australia, Cairns

8° WORLD AVOCADO CONGRESS 2015 PERÚ

JAMES BOSWORTH CROVETTO PRESIDENTE IAS 2015-2019 2015

VIII WAC

Lima, Perú

PERÚ AND AVOCADO JAMES HAS BEEN THE PROHASS

DIRECTOR FROM 2004 TO 2010 AND HAS WITTNESSED THE INCREASE IN

AVOCADO PRODUCTION AND EXPORTATION WHICH PLACES PERU AS

THE 3rd HASS PRODUCER IN THE WORLD AND THE 2nd WORLD EXPORTER

PERÚ AND THE AVOCADO WORLD THE PRESENT 8th WORLD AVOCADO CONGRESS IN

PERU IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT A GREAT COUNTRY, RICH IN HISTORY AND CULTURE AND TO OBSERVE AND LEARN ABOUT THE LATEST ADVANCES IN THE AVOCADO TECHNOLOGY AND COMMERCIALIZATION

8 WAC THE

8

WORLD

AVOCADO

CONGRESSES

HAVE

CONGRAGATED AVOCADO PRODUCERS, RESEARCHERS, IMPORTING

AND

INTERNATIONAL

EXPORTING

ENTERPRISES

NATIONAL

TO

AND

EXCHANGE

AGRONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INFORMATION. THE END RESULT OF THESE COORDINATED EFFORTS IS AN AVOCADO INDUSTRY THAT SERVES THE INCREASING NUMBERS OF CONSUMERS IN THE WORLD AND WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT INCOME TO FAMILIES AND ENTERPRISES.

EXCHANGE OF AGRONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INFORMATION AND EXPERIENCES OBJECTIVE WAC – IAS

IAS

WAC

BALANCE

IN THIS WAY, THE INTERNATIONAL AVOCADO SOCIETY

AND THE WORLD AVOCADO CONGRESSES ARE ACHIEVING THEIR PURPOSES

OBJETIVES WAC fulfilled IAS Fulfilled

YA ACABÉ

THAT’S ALL FOR NOW FOLKS