The main objective of the project is to enable Polish plant products to enter new markets and increase their competitiveness by effectively responding to import requirements of new customers and improving the controls carried out by the Main Inspectorate of Plant Health and Seed Inspection, using modern crop inspection methods and laboratory tests.

Within the implementation of Task 2 and Task 6 of the FITOEXPORT project, the project team of the Remote Sensing Division of the Institute of Aviation will develop and implement modern remote sensing technics in the process of sustainable production of competitive healthy food, with particular emphasis on crop inspections (detection of changes during the vegetation cycle), assessment of the impact of meteorological conditions on crops, verification of seed production conditions and methods for early detection of fruit storage diseases.

Consortium Leader: Main Inspectorate of Plant Health and Seed Inspection

Project Manager: Janina Butrymowicz, PhD. Eng., e-mail: j.butrymowicz[at]piorin.gov.pl

Task 2 Manager at Institute of Aviation: Hubert Skoneczny, MSc. Eng., hubert.skoneczny[at]ilot.lukasiewicz.gov.pl

Project duration: 01.01.2019 – 31.12.2021

Financing institution: National Centre for Research and Development

Programme name: The social and economic development of Poland in the conditions of globalizing markets GOSPOSTRATEG

More information: https://piorin.gov.pl/gospostrateg.

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