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Carbon farming opportunities for crop cooperatives in Uganda

Migadde, A. (Student); Vries, J.W. de

Cooperatives are fundamental organizations in small holder agriculture in developing countries. With the rising and immeasurable climate change effects in such economies, cooperatives urgently need to compete as more ecologically as compared to their current economic and social targets. With the deteriorating …

2020-09-01Economie & ManagementMaster

Improving sustainability through production planning in the Netherlands

Kooij, Y.C. (Student); Burgess, P.

The Netherlands encounters an increasing amount of greenhouse gas emissions. One way to decrease those emissions is the improvement of sustainability. The subject area of the research is “sustainability in the agricultural sector in the Netherlands”, as well as using production planning as a solution …

2020-08-10Natuur & LandbouwBachelor

Microbiota in Dung and Milk Differ Between Organic and Conventional Dairy Farms

Sophia Gomes (Onderzoeker); Peter van Bodegom (Onderzoeker); Maaike van Agtmaal (Onderzoeker); Nadejda Soudzilovskaia (Onderzoeker); Monique Bestman (Onderzoeker); Elza Duijm (Onderzoeker); Arjen Speksnijder (Onderzoeker); Nick van Eekeren (Onderzoeker)

Organic farming is increasingly promoted as a means to reduce the environmental impact of artificial fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, and antibiotics in conventional dairy systems. These factors potentially affect the microbial communities of the production stages (soil, silage, dung, and milk) of …

2020-07-28Natuur & LandbouwArtikel

Simulating Small-Scale Agricultural Adaptation Decisions in Response to Drought Risk: An Empirical Agent-Based Model for Semi-Arid Kenya

Wens, Marthe; Veldkamp, Ted I. (Lectoraat Klimaatbestendige Stad); Mwangi, Moses; Johnson, J. Michael; Lasage, Ralph; Haer, Toon; Aerts, Jeroen C. J. H.

In Eastern Africa, increasing climate variability and changing socioeconomic conditions are exacerbating the frequency and intensity of drought disasters. Droughts pose a severe threat to food security in this region, which is characterized by a large dependency on smallholder rain-fed agriculture and …

2020-07AlgemeenArtikel

A case study of Pungdzong dairy farmers group

Ugyen, P. (Student); Oude Luttikhuis, W.M.T. (Docent)

This applied research is an attempt to analyse the effectiveness of milk marketing and facilitate developing a sustainable milk value chain for dairy farmer’s groups in Punakha district. Both quantitative and qualitative methods of survey, key informant interviews and focus group discussion were used …

2020-03-01Economie & ManagementArtikel

Green education to strengthen human capital

Goris, W.

This one-off magazine is a joint publication of Dutch and Indonesian partners in the INNOCAP and vegIMPACT NL programmes. These partners worked together to strengthen agricultural education in poultry, horticulture and ruminant production at SMK level. SMKs (Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan) are vocational …