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Using of the power of nature in food production. Ecological principles lead us to mixed cropping systems: narrow strips of different crops helping natural enemies to find a good biotope. Controlled traffic farming prevent soil compaction and improve moisture availability. New technologies are needed to support this transition. Together with 10 business partners we are looking for working solutions in 8 (sub) work packages.

The work packages are:

  1. Transition pathways: What scenarios hoe zit de landbouw eruit in 2040? Welke scenario’s zijn denkbaar? En welke eerste stappen moeten gezet worden?
  2. Integration of sensors, decision support and actuation specific operations in the field: A: Automated detection and control of pests and diseases in crops. B: Disease detection in seed potatoes. C: Detection and control of potato volunteer plants and other weeds. D: detection of plant species and classification systems of vegetations in field margins. E: detection and management of fauna to be protected in crops. F: R&D on other crop management activities
  3. Design and test of small scale infrastructure at farm level for IT and power supply

Agros final meeting: results of the first 4 years, prelude to continuation of the programme

AGROS, the research program in which Wageningen University & Research (WUR) and 26 private partners worked on an ‘Evolution towards sustainable AGRicultural Business Systems’ recently concluded with a final meeting. It was also announced there that the program will be continued with AGROS-II.’Modelling is not objective’Modeling and artificial intelligence (AI) have become indispensable within the [ … ]

Save the date: AGROS-closing event on Wednesday April 24

With ‘AGROS-the road towards sustainable high tech agriculture’ as a title, the AGROS-project will organize its final event on Wednesday April 2024 in Wageningen. Marc Jacobs, a data scientist with a down-to-earth view on AI and its influence on society, will kick off the event with an inspirational introduction. Jacobs is the author of books [ … ]

AGROS – a future structure for energy

A previous update of this work package explained how the agricultural sector cannot avoid gradually working towards a ‘fossil-free’ agricultural company. Because agricultural companies are often large producers of energy in the form of electricity (solar panels and wind turbines), conversion to hydrogen, as an energy carriers is an interesting alternative. The scale on which [ … ]

AGROS knowledge sessions

Knowledge sessions are currently being organized for the partners of AGROS to dive deeper into the knowledge developed during the project. The first sessions about Digital Twin and Computer Vision were organized in November 2023. On Tuesday, December 5, the spotlight was on the cultivation plan in an online webinar, led by Monique Bijlaard  of [ … ]

A farmer’s data space

Digitalization has become an indispensable part of life around us. Data has also become increasingly important on farms. Buyers of agricultural products, for example, are asking more and more about registrations of substances used in order to justify that food has been produced safely. Furthermore, farmers must also supply all kinds of data to the [ … ]

The AGROS program

The AGROS programme is a collaboration between Wageningen University & Research (WUR) and 29 private partners, with funding provided by two of the Top Sectors programmes: Agri & Food and Horticulture & Starting Materials. AGROS stands for ‘Evolution to sustainable AGRicultural Operation Systems’. The main goal is to develop tools that can support production that is based on natural, biological and ecological processes and thereby steer production towards sustainable use of inputs like energy, water, plant protection, products and labour. The knowledge obtained from the research and experiments, and the professional guidance provided will benefit the participating arable and dairy farmers, greenhouse growers and technology companies. Over the next four years, the business community and the government will invest more than €6.5 million in this programme.