The Institute of Crop Science develops scientific activities covering several aspects of the plant-based food production and supply chain. Global attention to this sector greatly increased in recent decades in relation to multiple factors, such as the need to produce and provide healthy, safe, and high-quality food for a growing world population, while reducing the environmental impacts.
At the Institute, we tackle major environmental and food security issues that impact on societal sustainability, according to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Interdisciplinary research and education activities are run by a group of researchers in the field of crop physiology and molecular genetics, agronomy and horticulture, microbes, soil and water sciences, and crop storage and processing.
Training
PhD in Agrobiosciences
Three-year Programme structured in 2 curricula: Genomics and crop production; Agriculture, environment and landscape
PhD in Agrobiodiversity
The goal is to enhance human resource capacities in the use and management of genetic variation in agricultural and natural systems
Vini italiani e mercati mondiali
News and Events
Research lights up Tuscany: BRIGHT-NIGHT, the European Researchers' Night, returns on September 26. The program of initiatives organized by the Sant'Anna School
“The world of wine offers many job opportunities for the younger generation.” Pietro Tonutti, professor at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, presents the eleventh edition of the Master’s Degree in Italian Wines and World Markets
Sustainable agriculture: the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies is coordinating the NUSYC project to obtain fertilizers from biological and food waste and urban residues
More than 400 experts participated in the 15th edition of the Scientific Days of the Italian Society of Horticulture: research and innovation to promote the Italian horticultural sector
Seminars
