Site Visit Objectives:
To present AGROINNOVA’s fields of interest in research and agro-environmental technology transfer and to illustrate some of Agroinnova’s international cooperation programs and activities in China, as examples of sustainable agriculture.

Company Profile:
AGROINNOVA is a centre of competence developed by plant pathologists at the University of Turin. It is located on the university campus of Grugliasco (Turin) and has modern and well-equipped laboratories, greenhouses and experimental fields. AGROINNOVA brings together the skills acquired so far by public and private, Italian and international researchers in the fields of agro-environment and agricultural and food industry. AGROINNOVA carries out research, knowledge and technology transfer, lifelong learning and communication on up-to-date topics in the above stated sectors. AGROINNOVA’s special features include two academic professors, 40 PhD students, postdoc fellows, consultants and technicians, more than 30 ongoing research projects worldwide, and 25 high level courses carried out during the period 2003-2008. Currently, most of their staff is based in Italy while the rest is abroad. In particular, AGROINNOVA operates in Grugliasco, at the Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea in Rome and in past years has gained broad expertise in the coordination of European projects as well as in knowledge of technology transfer in emerging economies such as China.