Urban Crop Solutions ( UCS ) and the Provincial Technical Institute ( PTI ) in the Belgian urban center of Kortrijk have agree on a collaboration whereby an indoor farm supplied by UCS will be used for training purposes by PTI Kortrijk to train students with the skills required to become indoor farmers . It is becoming seeming that as indoor land organization advance and become more popular and commercial-grade , they are here to appease as an additional agrarian method acting . It is therefore imperative that the operator of indoor farm are properly educated and school in decree to capitalize on and excerpt the maximum value from any investiture in an indoor farm .
Urban Crop Solutions , incorporate in 2014 , is a innovator in indoor farming with a customer base across four continents and farming building block installed worldwide . The company has see over the retiring years that operating an indoor farm is not as easy as some have consider . It is therefore crucial that operator of indoor farms are well trained in plant growth , as well as in the mathematical process of the mechanical and electric constituent of an indoor farm . The get need for indoor land installations has make a requirement for operator also . With this partnership , the Technical Institute and UCS hope to lend to filling this gap for indoor farm operators identified too with their own clients .
PTI Kortrijk is a well - recognise proficient and science institute with more than 1000 student graduating every year . The reputable agriculture campus of the institute is well illustrious in Belgium . With this partnership with Urban Crop Solutions , the institute once again demonstrates that it is forward - cerebration and proactive in preparing its educatee for the world of piece of work . come out right away , the students at the institute will be teach how to run an indoor farm and will behave out internships at both the UCS installation , as well as those of their customers .
“ We are very prestigious that Urban Crop Solutions has chosen to be so generous to partner with us , ” says Leen Claus , Deputy Director , Campus Science and Agriculture of PTI Kortrijk . “ It was always clear for us that operate an indoor farm is a unique but engaging craft as it is like a combination of lock a normal farm and operating a factory . With the opening to leverage the expertise and leadership within the commercial-grade indoor land industry of Urban Crop Solutions , we are convinced that we will be trip a Modern generation of leaders to get innovative and sustainable farm . conception and cooperation with international partners are of import pillars in the visual modality of our shoal . ”
“ Our avail technicians finger the gap come forth in educated personnel in the indoor husbandry community as more indoor farm arise . In some circumstances , we have to take over the operation of an indoor farm until our client finds the right staff office to bring off their indoor farm . The partnership with PTI gives us the possibility to send students from the institute to our guest for internship and to eventually launch their vocation in this promising new industry . ” explain Maarten Vandecruys , CTO of Urban Crop Solutions .
Jean Pierre Coene , CEO of Urban Crop Solutions , adds , “ this partnership for us is also an opportunity to give something back to a region whose broad and historic expertise in farming and simple machine building we have been leveraging . ”
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