INSTITUTE OF SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT CULTIVATION

IUNG

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Megvalósító osztály: Department of Soil Science and Environmental Analysis

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Introduction

The Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation (IUNG) is the largest and the oldest research-development centre in Poland, and the State Research Institute of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. It has gathered extensive experience in soil sciences, environmental protection, farming, and landscape management research. The Institute closely collaborates with national and regional administration in the development of sustainable strategies for agriculture, testing policy effects, and implementing tools and databases for improvement in decision-making processes. IUNG coordinates the national monitoring of soil quality and the national agricultural drought monitoring system. The Institute is highly experienced in international projects. IUNG has initiated and leads the National Soil Hub which involves soil scientists, administration, and other stakeholders dealing with soil and land management. 

Roles

The IUNG-PIB partner is specialist in the field of soil research soil chemistry, monitoring and land management processes. This topic has been studied very detailed in many scientific projects funding by Polish National Science Center (43) and EU (36). Moreover, the IUNG team closely collaborate with national and regional administration in the development of sustainable strategies for agriculture, testing policy effects and implementing tools and databases for an improvement in decision-making processes. The IUNG team coordinated national monitoring of soil quality as well as supports ministries in development of policy instruments and implementation of Soil Mission. Role in the project: Conducting and supervising irrigation field experiments to determine fate (transport and accumulation) of hormonally active compounds and to evaluate the effectiveness of the newly developed bio-based treatment in the limiting the hormonal risks in irrigation waters and consequently in arable lands.