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 development of a robust production system
The alarming decline of biodiversity and increase in extreme weather means there's an urgent need to develop resilient production systems. The strip... -
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... -
Project SMARAGD (smart mechanisation - automation - robotics for an arable farming sector with growth and sustainability)
Project SMARAGD (smart mechanisation - automation - robotics for an arable farming sector with growth and sustainability) uses the development of... -
'PPS GROEN': Public-Private Partnership project 'Gewasbescherming Robuust Optimaal En Natuurlijk'
The GROEN research project began at the start of June in 2017. In the next four years supplying companies, other parties in the chain, knowledge... -
EUFRUIT
The EUFRUIT thematic network is a project that unleashes, stimulates and uses European research potential for exploiting new opportunities in the...