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Target groups
Fruit growers & winegrowers
Practical advice, field research and tailored guidance for your crops and business.
Researchers
Reliable results thanks to infrastructure, expertise, and collaboration
Companies and advisors
From initial idea to official validation. We make your innovations market-ready.
A taste of our expertise
Albert Soenen Award
Win the Professor Albert Soenen Foundation Prize in 2027 with your outstanding PhD thesis in fruit production!
About pcfruit
Proefcentrum Fruitteelt (pcfruit npo) is an internationally recognised research centre in the field of fruit growing. Our research is carried out in collaboration with universities, other research institutions, industry and the fruit sector.
You’ll find us in the heart of the fruit-growing region in Flanders (Haspengouw), amongst the experimental orchards where research is carried out on apples, pears, cherries, apricots, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, berries, melons and grapes. Scientific research, demonstrations, individual advices and services to growers and businesses all come together here.
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