Delphy Improvement Centre (Horticulture)

Delphy Improvement Centre is your partner for research, knowledge development and demonstration in greenhouse horticulture. In our modern greenhouse facility we develop, test and demonstrate new cultivation concepts and greenhouse technologies from all over the world. All our efforts contribute to a more sustainable and profitable greenhouse horticulture worldwide. Development of cultivation systems and (applied) research in the field of:

(LED) Lighting
Energy saving
Digitization (sensors, models and demonstration)
Variety Research
Plant health

Participation in the Delphy Improvement Centre entitles you to:

Carrying out research and testing on a practical scale.
Demonstration of your products to invited guests.
Knowledge exchange with guests, other participants, colleagues and Delphy
(we receive about 5.000 visitors a year).

Compartment structure

The Improvement Centre has:

7 compartments of 1.000 m²
12 compartments of 150 m²
4 compartment of 250m²
4 daylight-free research facilities (Vertical Farming)

Climate, substrate, CO₂, screening, etc. can be regulated within every compartment. Multiple factors related to the cultivation process can be simultaneously sampled or tested.

Research at the Delphy Improvement Centre

The Delphy Improvement Centre executed cultivation related experiments in all kinds of crops. This leads to new cultivation concepts and new know-how. Variety trials for breeding companies are also part of the research activities.

Experiments are established in close coordination with our target audience: the grower. The knowledge should focus on the question of the entrepreneur, therefore each experiment is set up with a so-called guidance committee of growers. Through intensive consultancy participators learn how a result is achieved or even how it is not yet possible. A cultivation expert is often part of the guidance committee of growers which ensures practical knowledge being available.

Sharing the knowledge from experiments

In total, more than 300 growers and clients visit the Delphy Improvement Centre weekly or monthly with their relations to evaluate the experiments. The gained knowledge is shared with a wider public of growers and other interested people through knowledge days and articles in the press. Because of the practical focus of the Delphy Improvement Centre nearly 5.000 (inter)national guests visit the Delphy Improvement Centre annually.

Recognised Research Institute

Improvement Centre BV is an official Research Institute recognised by the Dutch government. Improvement Centre BV also executes a lot of privately financed experiments and has a close connection with the practical circumstances. These assignments originate from suppliers and grower (groups) that actively participate in the set-up and guidance of the experiments.