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Expansion of analytical and laboratory facilities and research infrastructure of the Horticultural Plant Breeding Department at the Institute of Horticulture – National Research Institute
The investment is carried out under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (KPO) Programme for part of the investment A2.4.1 "Investments in the expansion of research potential for part of the investment in the scope of: support for investments in the expansion of public analytical and laboratory facilities in the plant breeding sector of institutes supervised by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development".
Contract No. KPOD.01.19–IP.04-0039/23 of August 11.10.2023, XNUMX
Mon Expansion of analytical and laboratory facilities and research infrastructure of the Horticultural Plant Breeding Department at the Institute of Horticulture – National Research Institute
The purpose of the project is to expand public analytical and laboratory facilities and research infrastructure in the plant breeding sector by increasing the supply of knowledge and innovation in scientific environments, the availability of modern research infrastructure ensuring its technological modernity and the ability to conduct research in the areas of plant breeding, food safety, resistance to climate change, sustainable economy.
Achieving the goal will be possible thanks to the availability of modern research infrastructure, which IO-PIB plans to create within its structures, by expanding the analytical and laboratory facilities and research infrastructure of the Department of Horticultural Plant Breeding, which will contribute to its consolidation and improving the quality of genetic research, streamlining and increasing the efficiency of creative breeding in order to obtain innovative genotypes of horticultural plants ensuring stable yields and high quality in the conditions of changing climate and increased pressure of pests and pathogens, as well as introducing modern plant breeding methods and techniques to breeding programs.
The reported investment project will consist in the construction of two modern, energy-efficient facilities in Skierniewice intended for conducting scientific research and development work in the field of breeding vegetable and fruit plant varieties, i.e.: a modern greenhouse complex with technical facilities (task 1) and a two-story laboratory and analytical facilities (task 2) with the necessary laboratory and supplementary equipment. In addition, the project plans to expand and modernize the irrigation and cultivation infrastructure of the breeding quarters (task 3) and to equip the laboratory for unconventional breeding methods with modern analytical equipment (task 4). The expansion of the laboratory and analytical facilities will be supplemented by the use of a photovoltaic installation for the entire greenhouse complex and the laboratory building. The investment also plans to build retention tanks for the needs of the newly built facilities and use rainwater collected in these tanks to irrigate crops under research and plant breeding.
Effects of the project: supporting the state's activities in the field of introducing new/improved species of vegetable and fruit plants into cultivation; (i) increasing the resistance of horticultural plants to changing climatic conditions and the pressure of pests and pathogens, which translates into greater stability of plant production and minimising the risk of losses; (ii) reducing the negative impact on the environment by reducing the use of plant protection products and fertilisers and the emission of harmful substances; (iii) automation of harvesting, which leads to greater efficiency and reduction of production costs; and (iv) increasing the health-promoting, storage and processing values of horticultural plants, which has a beneficial effect on consumer health and improves the quality and nutritional value of products.
The project will take into account the assumptions of the universal design concept in accordance with the principles of sustainable development - rational use of natural resources, the principle of equal opportunities and non-discrimination and the principle of equal opportunities for women and men, as well as in accordance with Article 17 of Regulation (EU) No. 2020/852 (chapter on taxonomy) - the DNSH principle. The planned undertaking is a response to the objectives indicated in the KPO as part of the investment: A2.4.1. Investments in the expansion of research potential for part of the Investment: Expansion of analytical and laboratory facilities in the plant breeding sector.
Total value of the project: 56 766 960,00 PLN
Value of EU funding: 46 152 000,00 PLN
