Probleem: Veredeling en vermeerdering van aardappel via pootgoed zijn trage processen in de conventionele veredeling (zie figuur 1.A). Als gevolg van de complexe genetica, de moeilijkheid om specifieke locaties aan te wijzen en de onvoorspelbaarheid van de veredeling, i...

Probleemstelling: Door de stijgende vraag naar meer duurzame landbouw met minder meststoffen (stikstof en fosfor) en door toenemende perioden van langdurige droogte, staat de Europese landbouw momenteel voor grote uitdagingen. Oplossing: Microbiële inoculatiemi...

This report describes the innovation programme “Duurzame konijnenhouderij” [Sustainable rabbit farming] that ran from 2016-2020. The program is an initiative of the farmers group of LTO (the major Dutch farmers organization), supported by the innovation and valorization...

In the Dutch decree on low-emission housing of livestock maximum emission values have been set as from 2020 for newly build barns. De maximum emission value for broiler breeders has been set at 0.250 kg per animal place per year. Housing systems that comply with this va...

Doel van dit project is actuele kaarten te maken van de grondwaterspiegeldieptekarakteristieken GHG, GLG en Gt in het lage holocene deel van de provincie Friesland en de nauwkeurigheid van deze kaarten te kwantificeren. Daarmee draagt dit project bij aan de ontwikkeling...

The review of the EU Common Agricultural Policy requires Member States to develop a national strategic plan, implementing the economic, ecological and social objectives of the Strategic Plans Regulation in the form of targets for their specific situation. Suitable inter...

INITIATOR is a model that calculates all important nitrogen (N) and phosphate (P) fluxes in agricultural and natural ecosystems at national and regional scale. A key module in the INITIATOR model calculates manure production, manure application, livestock grazing, use o...

The evaluation of the Nature Pact in 2017 showed that the intended nature policy would only lead to about 65% of the target range of the Birds and Habitats Directive in 2027. In 2019 the Dutch Parliament asked for a further exploration of the remaining task in order to ...

At the request of the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV), this report examines whether forms of pricing can promote sustainability in the meat sector. The socially desirable sustainability encompasses ecological, economic and social goals. Four main ...

The world is changing rapidly and drastically due to digital trends and social developments. The emergence and use of new digital technologies and the emergence of platforms and ecosystems are driving disruptive changes in customer behaviour, the competitive landscape a...