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The National Institute for Research and Development for Biotechnologies in Horticulture Ştefăneşti – Argeș has over 65 years of research and development in horticulture.
Currently, the Institute
operates in accordance with Law 45/2009 on the organization and functioning of the Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences “Gheorghe Ionescu-Şişeşti” and the research and development system in the fields of agriculture, forestry and food industry, Government Ordinance no. 57/2002 on scientific research and technological development, approved with amendments and completions by Law no. 324/2003, with subsequent amendments and completions, and GD 706/2019 respectively.
The fields of expertise are specified in art. 5 of GD 706/2019 on the reorganization of INCDBH Ștefănești. The main field of activity of INCDBH Ștefănești is classified in class 721 – CAEN code 7210 Research and development in natural sciences and engineering (CAEN code 7211 Research and development in plant biotechnology approved by GD 706/2019 is replaced by 7210 according to Order no. 377/2024 on the updating of the Classification of Activities in the National Economy).
The Minister of Agriculture and Forestry approved the establishment of the Ștefănești Horticultural and Viticultural Experimental Station, Argeș region, by Order No. 498890 of April 15, 1959.
The purpose of the station establishing was to organize a model horticultural and viticultural unit for the area and, at the same time, to solve the main problems of the development of viticulture and fruit growing in the Argeș region, especially on sloping lands. Among the basic problems that it had to solve, we mention: the rational use of sloping lands by planting with grapevine and trees; increasing the fertility of poor lands taken into cultivation; establishing adequate, economic, and grapevine and trees cultivation technologies; studying grapevine and tree varieties, and multiplying the valuable ones adapted to the area; obtaining new resistant and productive varieties; producing grapevine and fruit growing planting material to support actions in the region; establishing grapes processing technologies to obtain quality wines.
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