March 15, 2022
RADICLE Crops (RC) is a quinoa R&D company located in Wageningen, Netherlands. Our main ambition is to develop new quinoa varieties that growers around the world can grow. Quinoa has the potential to transform agriculture and global diets. To realize this potential, quinoa needs to become widely available and accessible.
January 13, 2022
Of all the protein crops suitable for human consumption, chickpea (Cicer arietinum) is, after soy, particularly promising for cultivation and local processing in Flanders and in Northwest Europe. That is, if varieties become available that can cope better with our climate and cultivation conditions, and that provide a good yield and a decent protein content. ILVO has therefore decided to start breeding chickpea for suitable, high-performance seed.
December 14, 2021
Pitch your company´s story, innovations and objectives to a global audience of 200+ executives from the international agri-food industry. Increase your visibility, earn PR and connect to collaboration partners and investors.
July 18, 2021
At this moment of time we are preparing CROP Innovation & Business 2022 in Ghent, Belgium on March 27-29, 2022.
July 14, 2021
In 2022, the first international CROP Innovation & Business (CROP IB) China will be held in Sanya Yazhou bay, Hainan, China. On Thursday October 14th, 2021 an online pre-event will be held, setting the stage for the first CROP IB China in September 2022.
May 04, 2021
Link to recorded livestream and presentations 2021 conference.
April 08, 2021
Ghent-based company Protealis, a new spin-off from VIB and ILVO, is making its debut today in the plant breeding industry. Inspired by the mission to grow more sustainable plant-based proteins locally, Protealis aims to harvest the full potential of legume crops. With innovative breeding technologies and proprietary seed coatings, Protealis will create new opportunities for European farmers to help overcome Europe’s protein deficit.
March 16, 2021
Every company currently involved in developing, validating and applying products for the agrofood chain must choose from a wide range of imaging technologies which claim to improve performance of development or operational capabilities. The key questions these companies must ask is how they can get the most out of these technologies, and even more importantly, how can they integrate these technologies into current workflows in a simple and logical way.