Quality Control
- Development and implementation of a total quality management system
- Implementation of export fruit quality specifications
- Liaison with packhouse management regarding fruit quality and other technical aspects
- Monitoring of daily packed fruit quality and feedback to Commercial team
- Control of packhouse fruit shelf life system
- Management of quality control and packing at source
- Compilation of packing specifications
- Management of shipping and storage temperatures as well as technical matters relating to packing material
Varietal development
- Significant investment in breeding programmes
- Green Marketing is one of the few exporters nominated in South Africa by Sunworld to export their range of new stonefruit and grape varieties from South Africa
- Green Marketing is one of three exporters licensed to export Ben Dor stonefruit varieties from South Africa
- Green Marketing is one of only a few exporters with access to Bradford & Star-Fruits varieties grown in the Western Cape
Pesticide Reduction
- Inhouse initiative driven by chempac
- FCM Mating disruption in citrus
- CM Mating disruption in apples and pears
- Monitoring of FF, FCM, Thrips in citrus and stonefruit
- Monitoring of FF, CM, Mealy bug in topfruit and grapes
- Stem Band control of Snout beetle in topfruit and grapes
- Development of new Bacillus Subtilis Botryticide for grape