KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN

KU Leuven, having access to both a large number of commercial farms that are needed to run the testing activities but also to the DATS that will be tested, participates in this project as a Leader of 2 TCs that will take place in both Germany and Belgium and will be responsible to engage the local farmers in both TCs.

KU Leuven boasts a rich tradition of education and research that dates back six centuries. The university’s basic research orientation has always been and will remain fundamental research. At the same time, the university remains vigilantly open to contemporary cultural, economic and industrial realities, as well as to the community’s needs and expectations. KU Leuven is currently by far the largest university in Belgium in terms of research funding and expenditure, and is a charter member of the League of European Research Universities (LERU). KU Leuven conducts fundamental and applied research in all academic disciplines with a clear international orientation. In the Times Higher Education ranking KU Leuven is ranked as the 13th European university, while in the Reuters Top 100 of the World’s most innovative institutions, KU Leuven is listed as the first European university, for the fourth year in a row.

Partner role:

KU Leuven, having access to both a large number of commercial farms that are needed to run the testing activities but also to the DATS that will be tested, participates in this project as a Leader of 2 TCs that will take place in both Germany and Belgium and will be responsible to engage the local farmers in both TCs.