Curriculum Vitae (in English)
- Kurt Werth
- Born in 1946 in the province of Bolzano/Bozen (Südtirol - South Tyrol) - Italy.
- Intermediate school for Agriculture (Bolzano)
- High School for Engineering in Agriculture ( Trento).
- From 1965 to 1994 consultant in the
South Tyrolean Advisory Service for Apple and Wine-growing. - Basic work in building up the Advisory Service in South Tyrol
- Specialization in apple production.
- Topics in the 30 years of service at the Advisory Service:
- Tree Training and high density plantings ; Apple varieties; Fruit Quality
- IPM - Integrated Pest Management and IFP – Integrated Fruit Production
- Collaboration with the Market Organizations (Cooperatives)
- Specialization in economics and investments in family farms
- Nursery technology and nursery tree production
- Publication of many articles about different subjects on apple growing in
- „Obstbau - Weinbau“, the local magazine published monthly by the Advisory Service.
- Publication of many articles in different European and International technical magazines for Apples.
- Publication of different books and brochures on different subjects : „How to Establish a High Density Planting“, “Economics and Production Costs in Apples“ „Labour Management“, „Apple Growing in Italy“. „Data about the South Tyrolean Apple Growing“, “The Computer in the Apple Growing”, „Colour and Quality of the South Tyrolean Apple Varieties“. „Plant Protection in Apples“,
- Visits to all the main apple growing areas in the world (most of them several times);
- Different speeches ,meetings ,symposiums and consulting projects outside of South Tyrol: in different apple-growing areas in Italy, Austria, England, Germany, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Slovenia , Croatia, Serbia ,Turkey, Lithuania, Ukraine, Moldavia, Iran, New York State , Washington State, Michigan (USA), Canada ,Chile, Uruguay, Australia, New Zealand, China, Korea, Japan
- Close contacts with many Advisory Services and Research Stations around the globe.
- Meetings with different scientists visiting every year South Tyrol
- Close contact with Nurseries and Nursery Association’s around the globe
- From 1995 to 2002 Executive Manager of a 250 ha apple farm in South Tyrol
- Since 1998 responsible for the organization of the International Congress INTERPOMA in Bolzano
- Since 2002 Private Consultant , locally and Internationally and
- from 2002 until 2010 Executive Director of the “Variety Innovation Consortium South Tyrol” (SK Südtirol),founded by VI.P and VOG the two major PO´s in South Tyrol, which together unites 24 Cooperatives with a total production of 1,1 Million t apples.
- Languages: German, Italian and English.