Pistacyl has returned to the classrooms of the University of León to share its knowledge of pistachio cultivation with students at the School of Agricultural and Forestry Engineering.
Invited by Professor Enrique Garzón, the president of the group, Alfredo Pérez, gave a talk on February 19th to a group of students of the Fruit Arboriculture course of the Degree in Agricultural Engineering, to whom he explained the pistachio cultivation system and the commitment to sustainability and quality in its production through the promotion of different research projects with academic institutions, such as the University of León itself.
Pistacyl has a close relationship with the School of Agricultural and Forestry Engineering at the ULE and for years the company has been passing on its experience in the cultivation of this dried fruit to its students through talks, such as the one that took place in May of last year, also promoted by Professor Enrique Garzón.
In addition, the company is also open to collaborating with other organisations and institutions in the region to make known its experience in pistachio cultivation, of which it is a pioneer, the main producer and a benchmark in Castilla y León.
An example of this is the participation of Alfredo Pérez last November in the informative day organised by the Higher Technical School of Agricultural Engineering of Palencia (ETSIIAA) of the University of Valladolid (UVa) with the aim of learning about the current situation of some of the high-value crops and their potential for the province of Palencia.
More recently, the president of Grupo Pistacyl took part in one of the technical days dedicated to woody crops organised on 28 January, coinciding with the celebration of the eighth edition of the Agricultural Fair that took place in Valladolid.