The Institute is a comprehensive research institution with a focus on agricultural resources and environment in Guangdong province. As an agricultural resources and environmental science research center, the institute targets at serving the plant nutrition, farmland conservation, new fertilizer production, agricultural resource utilization, agricultural pollution detection and prevention. It has established the Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Fertilizer in South Region, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nutrient Cycling and Farmland Conservation, Guangdong Engineering Research Center of New Fertilizer and Effective Fertilization, Guangdong Engineering Research Center of Agricultural Waste Utilization, and Guangzhou Research Center of Wastes to Resources.
