NTFP and Agroforestry

Co-Director — Innovation and Technology Transfer — NTFP and Agroforestry

NTFPs and wild plants of interest are exploited through densification techniques applied in a natural setting or within agroforestry systems. Offering support to NTFP sectors, economic diversification and regional development are a priority.

Areas of application
  • Development of innovative agroforestry systems
  • Development of cultivation methods for wild plants of interest and NTFPs (densification, field cultivation, greenhouse cultivation, indoor cultivation)
  • Support to emerging sectors through crop diversification
  • Reclamation of devalued agricultural land
    Cultivation of gourmet fungi
General expertise
  • Agroforestry
  • Fungi cultivation
  • Agronomy services in an agroforestry setting
  • Plant and fungal biology
  • Horticulture
  • Sustainable development

Experts

Researcher

  • Windbreaker and riparian bands
  • Agroforestry
  • Forest sciences

DEC

Research Technician

Research Professional

  • Organic plant production
  • Agroecology
  • Greenhouse and indoor cultivation

Research Professional

  • Soil science
  • Precision agriculture
  • Agroforestry systems

Environmental Technician

  • Agroforestry
  • Producer network
  • Mycology-related events

Agricultural Technician

  • Windbreaker and riparian bands
  • Essential oils
  • Agroforestry systems

DEC

Research Technician

  • Agroforestry
  • Agri-environment
  • Emerging crops

Master Degree Student

  • Mycosilviculture
  • Forest mushrooms
  • Mycorrhizae

Research Professional

  • Molecular biology
  • Soil microbiology
  • Plant pathogens

Success Stories

When applied research becomes a tool for regional development In addition to research and innovation, regional development is at the heart of Biopterre’s mission, especially...
The Technological Showcase, located directly in the Boisé Beaupré of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière is an experimental plot focused on the cultivation of non-timber forest products (NTFP). It...

Project Summaries

2018-2019

The production of seaside plants is an avenue that Reford Gardens wishes to develop for their high gastronomic and environmental potential. The first phase of...

2014-2020

Shoreline erosion has been a concern for the city of Montmagny for a long time. The erosion process appears to be accelerating over time, and...

2019-2020

The Saint-Valerien-de-Rimouski forest garden was established in June 2019 by Biopterre and Groupe SYGIF, on a 325 m2 vacant plot located behind the community centre, in the...