Annual meeting of scientific researchers and the truffle industry
2-3 April 2014
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The Truffle Technical Fair (JTT)
The JTT will be held in 2014 for the first time in Lorraine thanks to support from LabEx ARBRE. Its aim is to promote an exchange between truffle farmers and truffle sector professionals and scientists and technicians working in laboratories involved in truffle research by gathering from 20 to 30 specialized technicians and truffle engineers, visiting researchers and truffle-farming representatives from the Lorraine region and from the French Truffle Federation (FTT).
What is the Truffle Technical Fair?
The decline in truffle production as definitively been over for 25 years and we are even now seeing a trend of increased production. This increase is in part due to an experimental scheme implemented by the French Truffle Federation and scientific advances made possible thanks to investments from INRA. For 20 years, 28 technicians have been directly involved in following experimental sites that represent a total planted area of 125 hectares. JTT2014 was created to facilitate group discussions about results rendered from each regions experimental schemes.
Why host the Truffle Technical Fair in Lorraine?
The Lorraine region has a long tradition of truffle production and consumption. Several species of truffles can be found in Lorraine such as the Burgundy truffle (Tuber aestivum), the Mésentérique truffle or the Meuse truffle (Tuber mesentericum) and the black Périgord truffle (T. melanosporum). The black truffle culture, as well as that of the Burgundy truffle, represent for farmers and foresters in Lorraine a concrete and viable opportunity for diversification. The House of Truffles in Boncourt on the Meuse, which welcomes more than 2000 visitors each year, is an excellent example of the current trend in eco-tourism which truffles could help develop further. The Truffle Technical Fair in Lorraine aims to facilitate a local truffle exchange with technicians from surrounding regions but also presents an opportunity to showcase experimental schemes already in place in the region.
For the detailed JTT 2014 program
For more information, visit the JTT2014 website
