Mission and vision

Mission

To advance interdisciplinary research across the food system, delivering effective solutions to the challenges it faces and contributing to sustainable development.

Vision

To become an efficient and competitive research centre capable of bringing together UPC's expertise across all areas of emerging technologies with the potential to benefit the agri-food sector.

Our ambition is to become a leading centre for agri-food research and innovation at the national, European and global levels.

Areas of Activity

Crop
production

Horticulture
Greenhouses
Crop protection
Biotechnology
Postharvest

Food technology

Food processing
Food preservation
Quality management

Precision
agriculture

Robotics
Sensor technologies
Remote sensing
Mechanisation

Valorisation

Biomaterials
Plant fibres
Circular economy
Waste reduction
Resource valorisation
Organic Waste
Growing Substrates

Sustainability

Impact assessment
Water management
Renewable energy
Biodiversity
Climate change

Digitalisation

Data Science
Communications
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning

Across the entire production chain