Dutch policy strives to increase the amount of agroforestry. This pilot study aimed to research the forces and obstacles for this growth, in particular the role of various drivers of change. Therefore we conducted a case study in Lingezegen Park (near Arnhem, The Netherlands), using the transition model …

Het onderzoek gaat over de adoptie van digitalisering in de landbouw, waarbij precisielandbouw en smart farming centraal staan. De rol van loonwerkers bij het toepassen van precisielandbouwtechnieken en de uitdagingen in kennisoverdracht worden onderzocht. Ook wordt gekeken naar de toegenomen vraag naar …

The production of milk replacers (MR) originated in the 1950s as a side product of cheese production and is widely used in most developed countries by dairy farmers as a substitute for cow’s milk and it has been demonstrated that its use could improve the growth and overall health of young calves, which …

The following report writes about the implementation of sustainable farming practices,as a way of mitigating deforestation and environmental degradation in Central- and South America. The knowledge gap was to which extent sustainable farming practices around the world may be implemented in Central and …

It is argued that if we decide to keep a technology or practice if we get at least one positive result from it, we do not have to change anything at all. Even factory farming, and wars, have some positive results... Due to the complexity and all the "smart" devices and apps, we may have started to feel, …

Lichaamstemperatuur is een belangrijke gezondheidsparameter van de koe. Meten van de lichaamstemperatuur met een rectaalthermometer is echter arbeidsintensief, en geeft alleen een momentopname van de inwendige temperatuur. Automatisch bijhouden van de lichaamstemperatuur zou een goede toevoeging zijn …

The world’s population is consistently increasing and as such is the demand for food. Current industrial farming methods pollute the environment and are unsustainable on multiple levels. To be able to feed future populations it is necessary to look for new, efficient, and more sustainable ways to feed …

Species rich grasslands provide ecosystem services such as floral and faunal diversity, livestock forage, carbon sequestration and water regulation. However, the best combinations of sward diversity and management intensity to achieve the above-mentioned ecosystem services are not fully known. To address …

Our planetary footprint has become so incredibly large, precisely because we have been doing less and less ourselves. Our entire culture revolves around outsourcing. First to slaves, then to wage slaves, machines and now also to AI. We let others produce (often industrially) all sorts of things, in clean-looking …

In this report, a proof-of-concept is described for an admin dashboard which has been integrated with 'vertical farm ' installations. This dashboard allows the end-user to monitor, control and automate many such installations through a global dashboard with the primary objective to allow for large-scale …