Toenemende biologische internationale handel biedt kansen voor Nederland

De bestedingen aan biologische producten blijven wereldwijd sterk toenemen. Omdat het aanbod van biologische producten in de grootste markten achterblijft bij de vraag, zijn er volop kansen voor de Nederlandse biologische productie, maar ook voor de Nederlandse handel in biologische producte

Glastuinbouw 2001: groenten slecht, sierteelt redelijk tot goed

De Nederlandse glastuinbouwsector laat in 2001 grote verschillen in bedrijfsresultaten tussen de 3 takken zien. De productprijzen van glasgroenten daalden gemiddeld met circa 16% ten opzichte van 2000

Organic produce from the Republic of South Africa. Exploring the conditions for enhancing trade in organic vegetables, fruit and wine

Conditions for enhancing the trade in organic products between the Netherlands and the Republic of South Africa were assessed by means of a SWOT analysis, based on information acquired through interviews and desk research. There is a large potential to enhance the trade in organic products between the two countries, although the following issues need to be addressed: the finalisation of the RSA legislation on organic production (which will enable large enough volumes to be produced and traded), skills development and the presence of an effective platform for organic production in the RS

Tuinbouw open grond: redelijk jaar voor alle takken

De verkenning van de tuinbouwsectoren in de open grond is vooral kwalitatief van aard, omdat een groot gedeelte van de afzet en daarmee de prijsvorming van de producten nog moet plaatsvinden. De uitkomsten zijn daarom omgeven door een grotere onzekerheidsmarge dan bij de andere bedrijfstypen in de land- en tuinbouw

Biologische Internationale Handel

Organic products are considered to have a major impact worldwide on sustainable development due to their contribution to a better environment and the improvement of animal welfare. On behalf of the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, the market for organic products is being stimulated in the Netherlands. Market information is indispensable in this regard, but previous reports have only focused on organic production and consumption. This report provides insight into the trade of organic products, with the Netherlands in a central rol

Exploring interactive systems using peripheral sounds

Our everyday interaction in and with the physical world, has facilitated the development of auditory perception skills that enable us to selectively place one auditory channel in the center of our attention and simultaneously monitor others in the periphery. We search for ways to leverage these auditory perception skills in interactive systems. In this paper, we present three working demonstrators that use sound to subtly convey information to users in an open office. To qualitatively evaluate these demonstrators, each of them has been implemented in an office for three weeks. We have seen that such a period of time, sounds can start shifting from the center to the periphery of the attention. Furthermore, we found several issues to be addressed when designing such systems, which can inform future work in this area.</p

Design for the periphery

In everyday life, we are able to perform various activities simultaneously without consciously paying attention to them. In line with Weiser and Brown s [25] vision of calm technology, we see major opportunities to leverage these skills in interaction with technology by designing interactions that can take place in the periphery of our attention. In order to design such interactions however, a detailed understanding of human attention skills is important. This paper therefore provides an extensive theoretical background on attention theory and links this to the design of interactive systems. The aim is to lay a basis for design-research on interaction design for the periphery