NPPC - Food Research Institute and Research Institute of Plant Production have expertise and can contribute besides many other activities in: monitoring of contaminants in soils (pesticide residues, PAHs) and crops (pesticide residues, mycotoxins) due to changing agroecological approaches on the farm, especially in localities with high initial levels of pesticide residues; monitoring the changes in bioactive content of crops due to changing agroecological approaches on the farm level.

NPPC is a unique research organization of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural development covering four research institutes, experimental facilities, and laboratories. NPPC provides comprehensive research in the field of sustainable use and protection of natural, especially soil resources and water for plant and animal husbandry, ensuring quality, safety, innovation and competitiveness of food and non-food products of agricultural origin, impact of agriculture on the environment and rural development, and knowledge transfer into practice.
Expertise of NPPC research institutes: regional research experience on agro-ecosystems; soil GIS systems; biodiversity and ecosystem services; Plant Gene Bank of Slovakia; Centre for animal genetic resources; food and feed quality labs, food and feed composition databases; intensive and extensive production systems; economic modelling and analyses and efficient network with national stakeholders in agro-food sector, etc. www.nppc.sk