Zimbabwe is a country where rainfall is unreliable and its frequency and intensity has decreased for the last ten years now. This is affecting the growth of crops especial for most smallholder farmers who are depending on rain fed agriculture. In order to improve maize productivity in the areas affected …

De landbouw zal in de toekomst door deze ontwikkelingen meer last krijgen van droogteschade en natschade wat de opbrengsten niet ten goede zullen komen. Waterschappen moeten gedurende deze perioden hierop anticiperen door het aanvoeren dan wel afvoeren van oppervlaktewater om grondwaterstanden te beïnvloeden. …

One of the characteristics of arts-based environmental education is that it encourages participants to be receptive to nature in new and uncommon ways. The participant is encouraged to immerse him or herself in nature, to seek a “deep identification.” In my paper I explore if there could be cases where …

Korte impressie van de installatie lezing 01-06-2011 van Dr. Anne Nigten, lector Kenniscentrum Kunst en Samenleving.

Phosphate is essential for agricultural production and therefore plays a key role in the global production of food and biofuels. There are no agricultural alternatives for phosphate, and a substantial fraction of our annual phosphate consumption is dispersed into the environment where it is largely lost …

Cities need to become environmental sustainable, they have to reduce their ecological footprint by reducing waste, CO² emissions, use land sustainably and take care of the biodiversity. This research took The Hague as an example to investigate the possibilities for an urban agriculture initiative to …

The research areas are called Park Lingezegen and Agro Park Bergerden, between Arnhem and Nijmegen. Agro Park Bergerden is trying to grow larger to make more frofit. This assignment is focued on new economical opportunities in Agro Park Bergerden. Currently Agro Park will be expanded by following the …