Faculty of Bioscience Engineering - Ghent University. The mission of the Center of Renewable Resources of Ghent University is to perform high quality multidisciplinary research related to the integral valorisation of industrial crops and renewable resources in general. The activities relate to crop production, downstream processing, product valorisation and modification and the development of applications for non-food applications and bio-energy.

The main goal of the project is to contribute to the sustainable development of the bio-diverse fruit sector in marginal rural areas of tropical America. Strengthening the informal production chain dedicated to the commercialisation of under-utilized fruits with high nutritional and functional potential;. Creating innovative and more efficient appropriate technologies that will allow optimal assessment of their potential;.

In vitro biology and horticulture focuses on technology that enables the efficient clonal propagation of a variety of plants including woody, ornamental and medicinal species. The agronomic important traits of these plants are evaluated. Plants with novel or improved properties are selected after hybridisation or obtained through genetic engineering. And is also working on new crop development through domestication and breeding.