ILVO aims to help eradicate malnutrition as well as an excessive food intake through knowledge about the functionality of primary products and process optimization.
Food and HealthFlanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Sectors

Themes
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ILVO is committed to the study of possible future pathways for livestock farming and fisheries in Flanders, based on dialogue and science.
Role of animal production in society -
ILVO offers tools and trajectories to guide farms, fisheries and food companies toward better business models.
Profitable and resilient food systems -
In the "Metropolis of Flanders" open space is within everyone's reach. That offers challenges as well as opportunities.
Farming and rural areas within an urbanized society -
ILVO is working to help create a circular bio-economy that offers opportunities for the agro-food sector.
Bioeconomy and closed loops -
ILVO combines promising new technologies with the so-called tacit knowledge held by researchers and stakeholders.
Precision agriculture and data technology -
The most sustainable production comes from working on optimal plant and soil health. That is what ILVO does.
Healthy soil and crops -
ILVO supports protein diversification on the condition that it contributes to a balanced, tasty, healthy and safe diet for a growing world population
Protein diversification -
Agriculture is subject to climate change, and also contributes to it. Climate is thus an important challenge.
Towards climatesmart agriculture -
Marine production and the sustainable exploitation of the marine environment are becoming more important in the blue economy.
Marine production and marine environment





Dossiers
In the ILVO dossiers you get a handy overview of all available information, contacts and publications per topic.
Find a dossierResearch projects
ILVO has an extensive Belgian and international network and is active in many projects.
Find a research project Research portalLiving Labs
Within so-called 'living labs' ILVO aims to further build on its role as a future-oriented and demand-driven knowledge center. Currently ILVO has 6 thematic living labs.
Living LabsNews
Exploratory analysis of carbon farming systems in 9 countries on the European continent

New app for recreational sea anglers collects catch data

34% of Flemish economy is bio-based and the share is growing rapidly. Pharma is leading the way.

Research on bacteria causing brown rot on potato and tomato gets boost from recent breakthrough and new DNA techniques

Biogenic mussel reef has potential as coastal protection technique and ecosystem enhancer

Healthy soil, a healthy plant ... with a touch of plastic?
