Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Themes

• Healthy crops

  The most sustainable production comes from working on optimal plant and soil health. That is what ILVO does.

  Healthy crops
• Societally acceptable animal production

  ILVO is committed to the study of possible future pathways for livestock farming and fisheries in Flanders, based on dialogue and science.

  Societally acceptable animal production
• Healthy diets

  ILVO aims to help eradicate malnutrition as well as an excessive food intake through knowledge about the functionality of primary products and process optimization.

  Healthy diets
• Profitable production systems and value creation

  ILVO offers tools and trajectories to guide farms, fisheries and food companies toward better business models.

  Profitable production systems and value creation
• Rural development in urbanized Flanders

  In the "Metropolis of Flanders" open space is within everyone's reach. That offers challenges as well as opportunities.

  Rural development in urbanized Flanders
• Climate mitigation and adaptation

  Agriculture is subject to climate change, and also contributes to it. Climate is thus an important challenge.

  Climate mitigation and adaptation
• Bio-economy

  ILVO is working to help create a circular bio-economy that offers opportunities for the agro-food sector.

  Bio-economy
• Marine production and the marine environment

  Marine production and the sustainable exploitation of the marine environment are becoming more important in the blue economy.

  Marine production and the marine environment