10 September 2026
Programme for Provar Information Day
Plan your day at Slanghoek Mountain Resort with sessions focused on practical agricultural research, field-ready insights, and Q&A with the Provar team.
Preliminary Programme
Morning Block
Session 1 & 2
The programme outlines the current speaker lineup and session themes for Provar Info Day 2026. Final timings and speaker order will be confirmed closer to the event.
The Industry We Are Building Towards
Tristan Dorfling, Provar
Operational Decision-Making Under Uncertainty
Calla du Toit, Producer / Industry
System-Level Weaknesses in the Fruit Value Chain
Charl Herbst, Producer / Industry
Panel Discussion: Shared Risk, Shared Future
Who owns the gaps in the fruit value chain?
Next 10 Years – Looking to the Future
Prof Wiehann Steyn, Hortgro
Highlights
Featured Sessions
Focused discussions on evaluation, innovation and industry challenges.
Afternoon Block
Session 3 & 4
Stone Fruit Evaluations & Tastings – Kyra Pienaar, Provar
Stone Fruit Rootstock Evaluations – Chad van Wyk, Provar
Pome Fruit Evaluations & Tastings – Iwan Labuschagne, Provar
Pome Fruit Rootstock Evaluations – Tristan Dorfling, Provar
The 2026 Countdown: Balancing Global Compliance with Commercial Viability in South African Fruit Packaging
Nitasha Baijnath-Pillay, Hortgro
Evaluation of New Apple Rootstocks to Tolerance of Replant Disease
Alex Kruger, Stellenbosch University
Innovation in Action: Designing Packaging for Real-World Export Conditions
Ewan Krige, Superior Packaging