The International Potash Institute is a non-governmental and non-profit organisation that is supported by the potash industries in Europe and the Near East. IPI’s mission is to develop and promote balanced fertilization for the production of higher yields and more nutritious food, together with ensuring sustainability of production through the conservation of soil fertility for future generations.

The Faculty of Horticultural Science is one of the seven faculties of Corvinus University of Budapest. The history of the faculty began in 1853 and became one of the prominent places of European horticultural teaching during the last 150 years. It is the consequence of the fact, that Hungarian society always gave a high priority to the training of agricultural specialists. The Faculty played an important and traditional role in formation of number of special horticultural regions of Hungary, appreciated worldwide. The activity of professors and research-workers contributed in a great deal to the development of such regions as Tokaj, specialized for wine production, Szeged and Kalocsa, which are known for its spice pepper production, or the eastern regions of Hungary, which produce number of delicious fruits. The task was as well to contribute to the development of the ornamental and medicinal plant sectors. The Hungarian horticulture, as a whole, supported by the knowledge and education system, produced high quality food-products, which are known as "Hungaricum" worldwide.