Projects Field crops
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Towards regenerative agriculture: the case of dairy and arable farming in the Netherlands
PhD project by Loekie Schreefel. Farm animals reared under a circular paradigm can play a crucial role in feeding humanity while decreasing the... -
Strip cropping
The alarming decline of biodiversity and increase in extreme weather means there's an urgent need to develop resilient production systems. The strip... -
NWO Biological control of the new invasive pest species Spotted Wing Drosophila
The Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD), Drosophila suzukii, is an invasive fruit fly from Asia that infests ripening fruit. It is rapidly spreading north... -
WUR S766 for intensive stone fruit production
Production site for the Prunus spinosa consortium. - This group of rootstock and fruit tree growers started the market introduction of the WUR S766... -
DiverIMPACTS - crop diversity as the foundation for sustainable European production chains
The DiverIMPACTS project (Diversification through Rotation, Intercropping, Multiple Cropping, Promoted with Actors and value-Chains Towards... -
Decision making in soil based irrigation systems for high water use efficiency and minimized drainage
The main objective of this PhD project is to investigate the best way to use the least amount of water during irrigation considering the trade-off... -
Soilless cultivation of apple
Soilless cultivation offers new opportunities for growing apples on sandy soils. For example, soilless cultivation in trenches is a potential solution... -
Soilless cultivation of blueberry
Soilless cultivation offers new opportunities for growing blueberries. Cultivation in containers leads to improvements in fruit size and firmness. -
ReMIX - mixed crops for resilient European agriculture
The ReMIX project (Species mixtures for redesigning European cropping systems) was designed to encourage the use of crop diversity and to employ... -
Efficient innovative application techniques
New innovative application techniques can be used to significantly reduce the emission of crop protection agents. It may also be possible to reduce...