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
![Haring among other landed fish](https://ilvo.vlaanderen.be/uploads/images/Sectorfotos/_600x300_crop_center-center_none/Mariene_sector.jpg)
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.
Toward climate-smart agriculture and food production -
Marine production and the sustainable exploitation of the marine environment are becoming more important in the blue economy.
Marine production and marine environment
![Cows next to a stream](https://ilvo.vlaanderen.be/uploads/images/_1200x800_crop_center-center_none/koeien-aan-de-waterkant.jpg)
![Rural development](https://ilvo.vlaanderen.be/uploads/images/_1200x800_crop_center-center_none/plattelandsontwikkeling.jpg)
![Drone spuit](https://ilvo.vlaanderen.be/uploads/images/_1200x800_crop_center-center_none/Drones-en-robots_FA-3.jpg)
![Protein diversification](https://ilvo.vlaanderen.be/uploads/images/_1200x800_crop_center-center_none/Eiwitdiversificatie.png)
![Dry soil](https://ilvo.vlaanderen.be/uploads/images/_1200x800_crop_center-center_none/Persbericht_19_04_2018_Klimaatexperts-ILVO-lanceren-website-en-wijzen-op-potentieel-van-agrarische-klimaatbuffers.jpg)
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
Rebalancing agriculture and environment in the Fertile Delta
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InnovOcean Campus Becomes first office building in Flanders to be labeled for excellent accessibility
![InnovOcean building from the exterior](https://ilvo.vlaanderen.be/uploads/images/_600x360_crop_center-center_none/InnovOcean-Moureauxlaan_2024-07-09-072025_lzbl.jpg)
Seeding drone, weeding robot and eager-to-learn farmers at 5th agroecology field demonstration
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Policy advice: an active land and property policy for land-based agriculture
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Seven Innovation Projects for smart farming and food processing in Flanders-Netherlands launched
![CIMAT robot](https://ilvo.vlaanderen.be/uploads/images/PB/_600x360_crop_center-center_none/475792/CIMAT-robot-wiedt-onkruid-2.jpg)
Livestock housing with renewable energy and combi cooling systems?
![Cool Energy varken-kip](https://ilvo.vlaanderen.be/uploads/images/PB/_600x360_crop_center-center_none/Cool-Energy-varkenkip-LR.png)
Agenda
28th Conference on Food Microbiology (BSFM vzw/asbl)
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The programme of the 28th ‘Conference on Food Microbiology’ in Brussels on October 10th and 11th 2024 is now available on www.bsfm.be.
Franco-Belgian Agrifood Summit
![Frano-Belgian Agrifood Summit 2024](https://ilvo.vlaanderen.be/uploads/images/Agenda/_600x360_crop_center-center_none/agrifood-summit.png)
The French Chamber of Commerce in Belgium, in collaboration with Belgian research institutes and French institutions, is organizing and insp...
Explore the journey to microbial protein marvels
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Powering the food and feed revolution by strategic investments for scale-up Don’t miss this occasion! ILVO and Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant a...