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Greenhouse Horticulture
The business unit Greenhouse Horticulture is contributing to a completely sustainable and profitable sector that is fossil-free, has closed the water cycle, aims at circular use of raw materials and uses minimal amounts of chemical crop protection products.
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Energy Transition
Energy is precious. Fossil energy also causes CO2 emissions. That is why the greenhouse horticulture sector is working on the transition to renewable energy. The Greenhouse Horticulture & Flower Bulbs Business Unit of Wageningen University & Research plays an active role in this, including research into new cultivation systems and new materials. Jouke Campen (Greenhouse Horticulture Energy Research Team): “Our goal: a fossil-free, economically profitable greenhouse horticulture sector.”
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Resilient Cultivation Systems
How do we make greenhouse and flowerbulbs cultivation systems more resilient to biotic and abiotic stressors? This question is at the heart of the Resilient cultivation systems programme. Together with partners from the field, researchers from the Greenhouse Horticulture business unit develop methods, systems and technologies that promote sustainable, resilient and efficient cultivation.
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Circular Horticulture
Greenhouse horticulture is a very efficient production sector. For example, modern companies increasingly recirculate their fertilizers and water, and no nutrients or crop protection products ends up in the surface water. The next step is a truly circular sector. Alexander Boedijn (Team Circular Horticulture): “Circularity is a powerful instrument to achieve sustainable greenhouse horticulture.”
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Autonomous Cultivation
In greenhouses and vertical farms, many aspects of growing can already be controlled in various ways. So, what if you could develop a fully autonomous cultivation method that could be applied to any indoor cultivation system, anywhere in the world? That’s the ambition of WUR researchers working in the field of Autonomous Cultivation.
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Vision + Robotics
Agro Food Robotics is now Vision + Robotics. Our DNA is deeply rooted in agriculture, food, horticulture, marine, and livestock research. Vision + Robotics is powered by Wageningen University & Research, with its century-long legacy of pioneering research in these domains. We bring together a diverse team of experts in AI, computer vision, spectral imaging, and robotic systems from all corners of WUR. This unique synergy creates a powerhouse of tech-savvy individuals, united by a shared commitment to developing high-tech solutions that benefit both people and planet.
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Club of 100
The Club of 100 works on new production systems and techniques with which healthy and resilient crops can be grown. The Club of 100 - which consists of a large number of leading companies - thus contributes to emission-free, circular and autonomous greenhouse horticulture.
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