In 2018 is in samenwerking met varkenshouder Dirk Dekker het project Startersboerderij gestart. Dekker maakt zich - als ondernemer zonder opvolger - hard voor nieuwkomers in de agrarische sector. Steeds meer burgers hebben de ambitie om een agrarisch bedrijf te runnen. Ze zijn innovatief, hebben een frisse blik en zorgen voor bedrijvigheid en werkgelegenheid op het platteland. De weg ernaartoe is er echter één van puzzelen en uitdagingen aangaan. Want boer of tuinder worden: hoe pak je dat aan? Gedurende het project Startersboerderij is gewerkt aan een verkenning van deze uitdagingen. Waarom is het zo lastig om als nieuwe boer toe te treden tot de agrarische sector? Wat hebben starters nodig om succesvol te kunnen starten? Welke oplossingen dragen zij zelf aan en wat is hiervoor nodig? Welke rol kunnen huidige boeren zonder opvolgers hierin spelen?
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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.