Hoe presteren agroforestrysystemen op het gebied van biodiversiteit, koolstofvastlegging en bodemkwaliteit? Wat levert agroforestry financieel op? Om deze en andere vragen te beantwoorden is monitoring van agroforestry nodig. Deze factsheet bespreekt wat hier bij komt kijken en waar rekening mee gehouden dient te worden. Hoe kunnen we de verschillende systemen het beste monitoren en met elkaar vergelijken? De aanleiding voor deze factsheet is het evaluatierapport over drie jaar monitoring van voedselbossen, dat in juni 2023 vanuit het Nationaal Monitoringsprogramma Voedselbossen is uitgebracht (Wendel et al. 2023). Vanuit het Agroforestry Netwerk Nederland werd de vraag gesteld of de gehanteerde monitoringsprotocollen ook in andere vormen van agroforestry kunnen worden toegepast. Boerenbos en het Louis Bolk Instituut hebben in 2023 bijeenkomsten met onderzoekers georganiseerd om deze vraag te beantwoorden. Deze factsheet bevat de uitkomsten van dit traject.
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Agricultural run-off and subsurface drainage tiles transport a significant amount of nitrogen and phosphorus leached after fertilization. alchemia-nova GmbH in collaboration with University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna developed two multi-layer vertical filter systems to address the agricultural run-off issue, which has been installed on the slope of an agricultural field in Mistelbach, Austria. While another multi-layer addressing subsurface drainage water is implemented in Gleisdorf, Austria. The goal is to develop a drainage filter system to retain water and nutrients. Both multi-layer filter systems contain biochar and other substrates with adsorption properties of nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus). The filter system can be of practical use if an excess of nutrients being washed out is of concern in the fields of the practitioner by keeping the surrounding waters clean. This approach may result in economic value by re-using the saturated biochar as fertilizer and improving the soil structure, thus increasing long-term soil fertility. Link: https://wateragri.eu/a-bio-inspired-multilayer-drainage-system/
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under Grant Agreement No 858735This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under Grant Agreement No 858735. FACTSHEET NANOCELLULOSE MEMBRANES FOR NUTRIENT RECOVERY Key information Functionalized nanocellulose membranes can take up nitrate and phosphate. These membranes can be put in a water treatment unit. As the membranes are biobased, degradable materials, they can after use be added to the soil, thus returning the leached nutrients back for their original purpose providing fertilizers (nutrient recycling).
Because variables such as temperature and humidity have a profound effect on the activity of crop pests, diseases and natural enemies, the ability to monitor environmental conditions within a crop has always been important for crop protection.