Our strategic vision and objectives are:

• Develop a critical mass of high profile researchers in the area of fresh produce
• Characterization and valorization of indigenous cultivars
• Exploitation of underutilized fruit crops under Cypriot condition
• Improve and adapt preharvest management practices to climate change
• Incorporate innovative postharvest applications in the supply chain of fresh produce
• Create a critical mass of interest and raise awareness among policy makers and end users for the deployment of the Group results at commercial scale
• Identify market challenges and opportunities for the Cypriot horticultural sector with special reference to fruit crops and grapes