Op basis van een uitgebreide literatuurstudie, 25 interviews met gebiedspartijen in Midden-Delfland en een aantal multi-stakeholders workshops is in kaart gebracht hoe een gebiedsgerichte aanpak gericht op landschapinclusieve kringlooplandbouw in Midden-Delfland vorm krijgt dan wel versterkt kan worden. …

Cut, cooled, packed, transported and traded all over the world, flowers represent a showcase of a worldwide integrated trade-logistics system. As one of the most perishable, vulnerable and time-critical products, speed is everything in harvesting, moving and trading of flowers. In the international trade …

The purpose of this Young Professional Semester Portfolio is to create a collection of micro wedding packages for millennial couples in the Netherlands for Santé Weddings and Events – a wedding planning company in Amsterdam. The micro wedding packages will be a solution to the problem that the company …

Technology students need strong vocational education that supports both cognitive and career development in order to be adequately prepared for highly qualified jobs. The professional identity and underlying I-positions of teachers largely determine whether the quality of teach-ing meets these requirements. …

Raspberries are high-valuable soft fruit for growers. But it is even more interesting for them to grow during wintertime when weather as in Portugal is still favorable, as the offer is low on the market and they can distinguish really easily and sell raspberries at high prices. ‘Sapphire’ is currently …

Production of dry encapsulated forms of anthocyanins from tulip petals with high antioxidant activity and their utilization in lipsticks. Anthocyanins (of the Greek anthos = flower and kianos = blue) are the most important pigments of the plants. These pigments are responsible of the shiny orange, pink, …

Using the reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography with diode-array and massspectrometric (in ESI mode) detection, a composition of Catharanthus roseum petals was established. After the acid hydrolysis, all five anthocyanidins were found to be different comparing to the ordinary anthocyanidins …

Flower industries in Ethiopia are characterized by frequent violations of workers’ rights and freedoms as well as environmental protection and handling problems. Despite the problems, little and/no case study research was conducted in the sector. Hence, a case study research was conducted on four rose …

Lecture at Minerva Academy on the occasion of the exhibition 'Planten op reis' in Museum De Buitenplaats.

• Our research suggest that anthocyanins are promising anti-bacterial agents • The antimicrobial effects are highly dependent on the source of the anthocyanin-extract • Rose-anthocyanins appear to posses the strongest anti-bacterial effects • Gram-positive strains appear to be more sensitive compared …