12 - 15th September 2024

in Melivia, Municipality of Agia, Greece

XIV European Chestnut Days 2024

Every year since 2010 EUROCASTANEA organizes an annual meeting, the "European Chestnut Days". The meeting is addressed to organizations, authorities, institutes, local stakeholders, farmers, agronomists, cooperatives and companies from all over the world involved in the chestnut production, research, processing, promotion and distribution. In 2024 the "XIV European Chestnut Days" meeting is taking place in Melivia in the Municipality of Agia, Greece, seat of the Agricultural Cooperative of Melivia the Greek representative in EUROCASTANEA, from 12th to 15th September 2024.

Eurocastanea

EUROCASTANEA is an association founded in 2024 which derived from the European chestnut network created in 2010 by AREFLH (Assembly of the European Regions producing Fruit, Vegetables and Ornamental plant).

The founding members are national or regional producer organizations from 6 countries:

France: Syndicat National des Producteurs de Châtaigne
Portugal: Refcast
Spain: Red Estatal del Castaño
Italy: Centro di Studio della Castagna di Maradi
Austria: ARGE Zukunft Edelkastanie
Greece: Agricultural Cooperative of Melivia

The main goal of EUROCASTANEA is to promote dialogue, collaboration and networking among the organizations that make up the European chestnut production. It represents, defends and promotes the common interests of the European chestnut production, it contributes to the development of the European chestnut orchards and works on the promotion of the European chestnut consumption.