The centre is the initiative of the Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO), together with the University of Ghent, Ghent University College and the Flemish government. The greenhouse space can be divided into various modules to allow different growing conditions to be replicated, while the building as a whole is built according to the latest sustainability standards. The new complex cost €5.25 million. “I’m certain this complex will keep Flanders at the top of agricultural production,” Peeters said. “It will also stand as a symbol of our future-oriented cooperative approach to problems in agriculture and horticulture, still an economically powerful and modern sector in Flanders.”
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