Research and Innovation

The Research Commission

Directory of the fruit & vegetable research centres from the member regions of the AREFLH

THE AREFLH plays an important role for the fruit and vegetables sector and the horticulture in Europe. Our assembly is indeed the interlocutor of the Head office of the Agriculture of the European Union.

During the meeting of October 20th, 2010 in Brussels, we undertook, with the cooperation of networks EUFRIN and MEDEX, to set up a platform of research and innovation, which collects the priorities of the network from the producer up to the consumer.

The success of this ambitious project passes by the synergy of the devices of basic and applied research. It is with this aim that we publish this directory of the centres of experimentation of the regions members in the AREFLH.

This document already gathers a majority of centres, and we deeply wish that the others can join us to strengthen the dynamics of innovation of this sector.

Jean Jacques VIDAL, President of the Research and Innovation Committee

The 30 research centres are the following ones :

Belgium : Pc Fruit
France: Acpel, Aprel, Arelpal,Bretagne Plant, Cate, Cefel, Cehm, Centrex, Ch Agri Côte D'or, Ch Agri Morbihan, Interbio, Invenio, La Moriniere, La Pugere, La Tapy, Planete Legumes, Secl, Sehbs, Serfel, Sileban
Italy: Alsia, Iasma, Creso, Crpv
Spain: Cita, Ifapa Churriana, Irta, Itga, Ivia

See the directory 


The researchers in the European Union

On August 24th, 2009
carte_chercheurs_europe

In black: The total number of researchers, any disciplines, in full-time-equivalent
(Source : Eurostat et Erawatch, 2004)

• Some marks on the agronomic research in Europe
(Institutes, employees and researchers)

France

  • 4 public research institutes
  • 11.000 employees (INRA: 8.000 of which 2.000 researchers)

Netherlands

  • 1 important center: the WUR (Universities and institutes) since 1998
  • 6.000 employees of which 1.000 researchers

Norway

  • 15 organisations coordinated by a research national council since 1993
  • 1.900 researchers

United Kingdom

  • Numerous universities and about twenty research organizations. Several councils, among which the BBSRC ( 6.000 researchers), which develop the not medical biological research, through 8 institutes.

Italy

  • 6 departements, 30 research institutes, 23 universities

Czech Republic

  • 22 research institute, 9 universities
  • National coordination program since 2003
  • 2 400 employees