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Jordanian vegetable growers increase sustainable production - In Jordan vegetables are grown in in plastic tunnel greenhouses. A cheap solution. But the production per square meter is low, certainly when water... -
Model the climate and the crops: bring your production to the top! - Imagine steering the roses to bloom just before mother's day. Or designing the ideal greenhouse for growing tomatoes anywhere in the universe. This is... -
Huge increase in tomato production in Saudi Arabia due to targeted watering - Growing conditions in Saudi Arabia are very difficult. The climate is dry and warm. Nevertheless, the Greenhouse Horticulture Business Unit of... -
(R)evolution in plant breeding: new options for better photosynthesis - It seems so logical: each plant carries chloroplasts that contribute to the optimum growth and development of the plant. At least that is what has... -
Researchers united on international road map to insect recovery - It’s no secret that many insects are struggling worldwide. But we could fix these insects’ problems, according to more than 70 scientists... -
Horticulture remains human work - Algorithms, big data and image recognition are increasingly being used in greenhouse horticulture. They make improve the decisions in the field of... -
Can artificial intelligence outperform the greenhouse grower? - Tomatoes are planted in the greenhouses of the 2nd Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge. Growing tomatoes with artificial intelligence (AI) in autonomous... -
N2Africa: 10 years of cooperation with small African farmers - In the 10-year existence of the N2Africa scientific project, more than 600,000 small African farmers have been supported to increase their... -
Bright farmers help others navigate towards sustainability - For agriculture to be able to feed the world in 2050, rapid improvements in sustainability are needed. That’s the message Rogier Schulte will be... -
Search for antibiotics given boost by new WUR software - The discovery of new antibiotics has been stalled for years, while the number of bacteria that are resistant to existing antibiotics is on the rise....
