Perspectief op een schone ruit

Deze notitie gaat over de introductie van landschapselementen rond de Ruit van Rotterdam. Planten verwijderen vervuiling uit lucht, water en bodem, geven restruimten een bestemming en verhogen de kwaliteit van de leefomgevin

Op weg naar een duurzame aardappelteelt bij verdroging

Met precisielandbouw kan de efficiency van het watergebruik door gewassen aanzienlijk worden verhoogd. Een geschikte techniek is ondergrondse fertigatie, waarbij water en nutriënten gedoseerd worden toegediend op basis van de gemeten gewasbehoefte

Data collection on maize growth during a field visit in Shan State, Myanmar

Although maize yields in Myanmar has been more than doubled since the year 2000, productivity of maize growth is still low. In The SAM project ‘Geodata for Agriculture and Water Facility’, maize growers, organized in the Golden Paddy Platform, are supported to improve their farm management practices in order to optimize their yields and close the yield gap. Therefore, an in-app advice-rating system is developed for facilitating the farmers. During a field visit farmers were interviewed to collect baseline data to enable the monitoring of the effectiveness and impact of the tool. The visits and data collection showed that farmers are aware of the importance of proper land preparation and fertilization and all farmers are motivated to improve their farm management practice, but no farmer logged its data. It was noticed, that yields varied considerably between farmers. Some yields were below the national average. It appeared, that most farmers did not provide the amount of fertilizer according to the recommendations of the Golden Paddy GAP booklet. Some farmers had identified the Fall army worm. It is recommended to ask farmers lo log their farm management practices for empowering them by concrete figures and positive trends

Priorities and approach of the Dutch research in organic food and farming

Organic research in the Netherlands is strongly tuned to the actual demand from the organic sector or enterprises on one hand and future societal development on the other hand. It comprises research activities at different levels varying from strategic (long term) research to production of applied know-ledge. A multidisciplinary approach and participation of different stakeholders in all phases, from devise to result, are important characteristics of the research

Transition to more water efficient agriculture production in Thailand : Fact finding

Thailand will face major water scarcity problems. The question is how Thailand can remain an important producer of agriculture crops (such as rice) while facing severe water shortages in the near future. To generate “more crop per drop” a sequence of innovations need to be introduced