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CREA with 5 research centers, is a partner of the international SPIN-FERT project, which aims to increase soil health and produce peat-free growing substrates. The production process of various bio-based and waste-derived fertilizer products will be optimized, in a circular economy perspective…
The Institute of Horticulture – National Research Institute has been providing scientific support for the development of Polish horticulture for over 70 years. Innovative technological solutions, new varieties and principles of plant protection against pests and pathogens implemented in horticultural production solve important problems of modern agriculture. The research conducted reflects…
The National Institute of Horticultural Research (Instytut Ogrodnictwa – Panstwowy
Instytut Badawczy) in Skierniewice, Poland (INHORT), is a governmental R&D organization supervised by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The research programme of the Institute covers all areas related to horticulture, from basic studies to applied research, with emphasis on breeding, plant protection, agronomy, organic horticulture, storage and processing of both fruits and vegetables,
food safety, horticultural engineering, economics and marketing. The Institute’s
facilities consist of several laboratories with up-to-date instruments, greenhouses and screenhouses (50 chambers), and experimental fields (with total land area of about 200 ha).
INHORT is coordinating SPIN-FERT and is contributing to several tasks, including the development of innovative microbial formulation, trials with alternative growing substrates and development of innovative tools for assessing soil quality.