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Arable

AGROS weed control

27 October 2022

The use of crop protection products is under pressure. It is an important part of the EU’s Farm2Fork strategy, but in the Netherlands, too, efforts to reduce use have been underway for a long time. In the meantime, many agents are on the “Candidates for Substitution” list, agents that should no longer be used in [ … ]

Arable

First meeting AGROS – Exchange between the three sectors

30 June 2022

On May 31, 2022 representatives of the 3 sectors were invited to share experiences within AGROS. Some 20 participants listened to the visions that are the basis for the activities per sector. Renske Landeweert (IMEC-One Planet) kicked off with their vision on the developments in data use. IMEC-One Planet works at the forefront of chip [ … ]

Arable, Dairy, Greenhouse

Successful Future Farming & Food Experience day

30 June 2022

On May 31st WUR Field Crops together with Farm of the future and NPPL (National Project for Precision Farming) organized the Future Farming & Food Experience event. A total of 500 visitors including arable farmers, students of agricultural education, companies and policy makers. The full-day program offered a wide variety of activities. Boerderij van de [ … ]

Arable

Smart Disease detection in Seed potatoes

15 February 2022

In collaboration with AgroIntelli, Kubota and BO-Akkerbouw we are working on early detection of diseased plants with vision technology and deep learning. The diseases we are focusing on are virus infections and Erwinia, a bacterial disease. The goal of the project is to develop a prototype disease detection device consisting of a camera system and [ … ]

Arable

Thinking ahead: the future of smart mixed cropping systems

15 February 2022

What can the future of arable farming and smart mixed cropping systems look like? Scenario planning is a good way to think about this question and explore potential futures. We applied the scenario method in AGROS’ arable use case. On 25 November 2021, we organised an interactive scenario workshop with farmers, farmer representatives, researchers, policy [ … ]

Arable

Kick-off AGROS project

1 June 2020

In may 2020, the AGROS programme was launched with a digital kick-off during which the plans for the coming four years were explained. The programme is developing agrotechnologies to support ecological and biological processes in the greenhouse horticulture, arable farming and dairy industries. The AGROS programme is a collaboration between Wageningen University & Research (WUR) [ … ]

Arable, Dairy, Greenhouse

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