PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME:

Tuesday 12 June:

9.30 - 10.30
Official opening
Mohammed Sbitri, Deputy Director - IOC
Slavko Perica, Director of the Institute for Adriatic Crops and Karst Reclamation, Split

10.30 - 11.00
World olive growing, Mohammed Sbitri - IOC

11.00 - 11.30
Coffee break

11.30 - 12.30
Olive growing in Croatia and the role of the Institute

12.30 - 13.30
Irrigation management in olive farming, R. D'Andria

13.30 - 15.00
Lunch break

15.00 - 16.00
Yield and oil quality responses of olive growth under deficit irrigation: case studies, R. D'Andria

16.00 - 16.30
Water quality for irrigation of olives, K. Chartzoulakis

16.30 - 17.30
Discussion

Wednesday 13 June:

9.30 - 13.30
Field trip

13.30 - 15.00
Lunch break

15.00 - 15.45
Irrigation systems for olive culture: efficiency and improvements, K. Chartzoulakis

15.45 - 16.30
Irrigation of olives: effects on growth, yield and oil quality, K. Chartzoulakis

16.30 - 17.00
Discussion

17.00 - 18.00
Course closure