Kmetijski Institut Slovenije - Agricultural Institute Of Slovenia
Slovenia

Description: The Agricultural Institute of Slovenia (KIS) is a research institution founded in 1898. It is the nation's leading agricultural research institution conducting basic, applied and developmental research, as well as expert work on diverse aspects of agriculture. The KIS has the status of public research institution implies a governmental non-profit institution with defined activities in the sense of public service. The KIS has well-equipped laboratories (plant science/physiology, plant genetics, agro-chemistry and plant health) and infrastructure centres for quality control of agricultural products and products used for agriculture. The institute provides training and post-graduate education of researchers and is responsible for knowledge transfer to end users (farmers, agricultural companies, seed producers etc.). The KIS employs 85 researchers and a total of 210 staff and is structured in nine organisational departments. In frame of its registered activity the Institute carries out the following tasks: basic, applied and developmental research projects; expert projects defined by law; advising, studies and laboratory and infrastructural service; qualification and post-graduate education of researchers; supervision and quality verification of agricultural products and products used in agriculture, publication of research results, expert and control work. The regional focus lies on the Julian Alps.

Official contact:

Vladimir Meglič, PhD
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Tel: +386 1 2805 180

Staff members involved:

• Lovro Sinkovič, PhD
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  Tel: +386 1 2805 278)
• Branko Lukač, PhD
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  Tel: +386 1 5607 413)
• Antoaneta G. Kuhar, PhD
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  Tel: + 386 1 2805 103)
• Irena Bertoncelj, PhD
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  Tel: +386 1 2805 219)

Working Packages: WP1, WP2, WP3, WP4, WP5

Category: Academic

Links:

• Website: www.kis.si 
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KISinstitut 
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/KISinstitut 
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kmetijski-institut-slovenije 

Julian Alps, Mts. Triglav and Kanjavec with Pršivec and Vogar below. Picture taken from Mt. Vogel. Photo: L. Sinkovič