Deze scriptie onderzoekt hoe schaduw van vaste zonnepanelen de productiviteit en kwaliteit van een perennial-ryegrass/white-clover grasland beïnvloedt. Op een proefperceel van Massey University (Palmerston North, Nieuw-Zeeland) werden vier zones vergeleken: onder de panelen, tussen panelen, aan de uiteinden …

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 …

Cross-Laminated-Timber (CLT) is an environmentally friendly construction ma-terial which is suitable to replace concrete and steel in mid- and high-rise build-ings. The global usage of CLT is expected to grow annually by 12.6% until 2027. Due to a housing shortage as well as the tightening environmental …

In Nederland is steeds meer kritiek op gangbare landbouwsystemen, vanwege de degradatie van de bodem, de afname van biodiversiteit en de effecten op de klimaatverandering. De maatschappelijke vraag naar duurzame landbouw groeit hierdoor geleidelijk, waarvoor agroforestry, zoals een voedselbos een antwoord …

Royal Eijkelkamp is a company in the Netherlands that specializes in soil improvement, soil conditions, water preservation, and agricultural research. The company has started an innovation platform in partnership with Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences that is named InnoFields. The InnoFields …

In the Netherlands, intensification of agriculture has led to doubled yield per hectare, but the production driven practice come with an alarming and irreversible effects on the environment. Pressure on land and natural resources is increasing, biodiversity is declining, and climate change is getting …

Past decades traditional agricultural landscapes characterized by a wide variety of grasslands, field boundaries, watercourses, and trees started to disappear. Population growth required an ever-increasing demand for food and traditional agricultural systems were converted to monocultures. With this …

Dit onderzoek gaat in op de relatie tussen bodemactiviteit en landgebruik. Hiervoor is gekeken naar de biologische activiteit in de bodem bij drie verschillende vormen van landgebruik. Bodembiodiversiteit staat onder druk in Nederland en de rest van Europa; dit komt mede door de huidige vorm van de conventionele …