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Zelflerende systemen

De bedrijfsvoering in de landbouw moet zich steeds innoveren om aan te sluiten bij eisen aan producten en effecten op milieu. Kennis en gegevens van bedrijfsvoering zal bij die innovatie gebruikt moeten worden. Op de korte termijn zal een verbeterde overdracht van bestaande generieke kennishierbij een belangrijke rol spelen, omdat veel telers nog niet alle kennis en ervaringen goed gebruiken voor verbetering van kwaliteit, opbrengst en rendement. Op de langere termijn zal ook beter gebruikgemaakt moeten worden van situatiespecifieke gegevens. Hierbij zal aangesloten moeten worden bij ontwikkelingen in de Informatie en Communicatie Technologie (ICT), zoals toegepast in zelflerendesystemen. Dergelijke systemen passen gegevens en kennisregels toe om teeltadvies te genereren. Op basis van de geregistreerde resultaten die met gerealiseerd teelt management bereikt worden, wordendaarna de gegevens en kennisregels aangepast, waarmee in het volgende seizoen een nieuw advies wordt gegenereerd.Dit rapport beschrijft een aantal activiteiten die zijn verricht in het kader van het AgroBiokon project met als oogmerk om:1. te inventariseren wat voor benaderingen er nu al zijn t.a.v. al dan niet geautomatiseerde systemen voor kennisoverdracht (hoofdstukken 4 en 5)2. te inventariseren wat voor teeltregistratie nodig is voor zelflerende systemen (hoofdstuk 6)3. te bekijken welke generieke gegevensbestanden er zijn om te gebruiken als basis voor zelflerendesystemen (hoofdstuk 7)4. een aantal methoden te vergelijken die de basis kunnen vormen voor zelflerende systemen(hoofdstuk 8)5. voorbeelden te geven van toepassing van die methoden in bestaande situaties (hoofdstukken 9en 13)6. inzichten van partners te inventariseren over de mogelijkheden van nieuwe systemen voorteeltinnovatie (hoofdstuk 10)7. een beschrijving te geven van een project om innovatie in de (zetmeel) aardappelproductie testimuleren (hoofdstuk

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VHL University of Applied Sciences (VHL) is a sustainable University of AppliedSciences that trains students to be ambitious, innovative professionals andcarries out applied research to make a significant contribution to asustainable world. Together with partners from the field, they contribute to innovative and sustainable developments through research and knowledge valorisation. Their focus is on circular agriculture, water, healthy food & nutrition, soil and biodiversity – themes that are developed within research lines in the variousapplied research groups. These themes address the challenges that are part ofthe international sustainability agenda for 2030: the sustainable developmentgoals (SDGs). This booklet contains fascinating and representative examplesof projects – completed or ongoing, from home and abroad – that are linked tothe SDGs. The project results contribute not only to the SDGs but to their teaching as well.

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De eiwittransitie is de transitie van het gebruik van dierlijke eiwitten naar plantaardige eiwitten. Naast de groei van de wereldbevolking en de welvaart, zijn duurzaamheid en dierenwelzijn belangrijke drijfveren achter deze transitie. De bovengenoemde definitie van eiwittransitie geeft gelijk de grenzen van mijn lectoraat aan. Het gaat over de eiwittransitie van dierlijk naar plantaardig. Dit sluit het gebruik van insecten als alternatieve eiwitbron uit van het onderzoek binnen het lectoraat. Insecten zijn dieren, wel is waar met een gunstige voederconversie, maar als dierlijk eiwit draagt de consumptie van insecten niet bij aan de eiwittransitie. De tweede afbakening ligt in de toevoeging ‘in voeding’. Hiermee wordt de focus van mijn lectoraat aangegeven. Binnen mijn lectoraat richten wij ons op de toepassing van plantaardige eiwitten in humane voeding en niet op de toepassing van alternatieve of plantaardige eiwitten in diervoeder. Tot slot, richten wij ons op de eiwittransitie in de volle breedte van de voeding, dus op de vervanging van alle dierlijke eiwitten, zoals die uit melk, ei en vlees.

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Agroforestry development in the Netherlands

Agroforestry in the Netherlands is taking a momentum, the professional practice is slowly but increasingly adopting agroforestry as an agricultural practice and clear government efforts are acknowledging the importance of agroforestry asa climate adaptive option that aligns with national goals. However, farmers are still facing a wide variety of challenges which also lie on policy issues. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the current bottlenecks and barriers that farmers perceive and experience in the implementation of agroforestry in the Netherlands. This review has been carried out building upon the results of an online survey where perceived bottlenecks were identified (total N=3,500 farmers and other stakeholders). Based on the aforementioned results the current relevant EC’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) normative provisions andthe Dutch national rules and regulations that promote agroforestry are referred. We also identify the potential bottlenecks that the transition to the new CAP imposes to the implementation of agroforestry. Main bottlenecks fell under three categories, i.e. issues about technical knowledge, business models, and rules and regulations. Main subjects that were raised under the rules and regulations category were unclarity on current provisions at EU and national level (e.g. CAP), registration of crops under agroforestry and related subsidies, governance at national and provincial level. Thereafter the EC’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) normative provisions and the Dutch national rules and regulations that are acting as barriers were linked to these raised subjects. Various CAP provisions concur with previous identified policy issues that are shared with other EU member states, however many require adaptations of rules and regulations at the national, provincial and municipality level and a coordinated governance among these levels.

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Trends and developments in the renewable energy sector in Ukraine

The government of Ukraine has adopted the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) with clear goals and a roadmap to facilitate its energy transition towards renewable sources. This is done because of both climate concerns as well as reasons related to Ukraine’s foreign policy which led the government to decide that Ukraine should work more on its own energy independence. Currently the percentage of renewable energy sources in Ukraine is among the lowest of the entire Europe and there is only slow development in terms of the growth of the sector, even though there is a lot of available biomass, given the large and flat surface of the country with a well-developed agricultural sector. As in most countries in the world, there is a quite intensive and well-developed debate in Ukraine about the energy sector, energy usage and the necessary transition towards more renewable types of energy. One of the consequences of it is that Ukraine is one of the partner countries in the Paris agreement and committed itself to reducing the amount of greenhouse gas emissions in the future. That means that a transformation towards renewable energy is needed, even though currently in Ukraine only a low percentage of energy is generated by sustainable sources. The general picture is that in Ukraine the development of the renewable energy sector is going not as fast as could have been. In other words, there are several barriers present that hinder the energy transition. One of the issues behind such a barrier may be a limited access to technology, or problems with legislation or other issues which may be unknown so far, but certainly relevant for foreign investors. The Ukrainian government adopted the so-called Renewable Energy Directive (RED), set goals for the energy transition and support the transition itself. In some areas progress was made, for example in the growing number of biomass fired boilers, but still Ukraine remains one of the European countries with the lowest percentage of renewable energy production. Therefore, in order to identify currently existing barriers and help to find possible applications of new technologies in Ukraine, the Dutch Enterprise Agency (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemerschap) commissioned this study. It was done within the framework of the Partners in Business on Bioenergy program. The focus of this study is on analysing the renewable energy sector, with special attention for biomass, in the form of biomass-based heating and biomass for biofuels. Of course, other parts of the renewable energy sector such as solar and wind energy are also taken into consideration. The second part consists of a case study to determine the business case for direct processing of sugar beets with Betaprocess as a possible application of biomass to biofuel production in Ukraine. The third study is aiming at determining the amount of biomass that can safely be taken from the fields, without negatively affecting the fertility of the soil. These sub-studies mentioned in the previous paragraph offer a better understanding of the renewable energy market in general and biomass/biofuel applications in particular. This study sheds light on several important questions that entrepreneurs and/or other foreign investors may have about investing in Ukraine. Even though it is well-known that doing business in Ukraine is challenging, it is also very important to have a clear picture of the opportunities that this country offers, within the limits that nature sets, in order to avoid negative consequences like soil degradation. The objective of this report is to find out about which opportunities and barriers exist in the Ukrainian transition towards renewable energy generation, to calculate the profitability of new biomass-processing technologies as well as finding out limitations of biomass usage.

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The overview effect

Inaugural address of Frederike Praasterink, Professor Future Food Systems 22 February 2018. Three important principles contribute to the transformation of food systems: - Redesign food systems from ‘less bad’ to ‘net positive’ - Reconnect consumers, producers, youth - Revalue food through true cost accounting and new business models

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Inclusive and climate smart business models in Ethiopian and Kenyan dairy value chains (CSDEK)

This booklet presents sixteen 'practice briefs' which are popular publications based on 12 Master and one Bachelor theses of Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences (VHL). All theses were commissioned through the research project entitled 'Inclusive and climate smart business models in Ethiopian and Kenyan dairy value chains (CSDEK)'. The objective of this research is to identify scalable, climate smart dairy business models in the context of the ongoing transformation from informal to formal dairy chains in Kenya and Ethiopia.

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Inclusive and climate smart business models in Ethiopian and Kenyan dairy value chains (CSDEK)

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Eliminating national borders as labour market barriers in the EU

This paper addresses one important mechanism through which the EU tries to improve the operation of its labour markets: the opening up of national borders for free worker movement within the EU. Free worker movement is a fundamental EU right; but EU enlargement begged the question of how and when to allow complete free movement to workers from those new Member States. The EU agreed upon a transitional period of up to 7 years after accession of eight new Middle and Eastern European States (EU-8) on May 1st, 2004. Duringthis transitional period Member States may apply certain restrictions on the free movement of workers from, to and between these new Member States. By 2012, all such restrictions will have been abolished. A similar procedure applies regarding the accession of two additional new Member States on January 1st, 2007. Only three of the fifteen incumbent EU Member States at the time (EU-15) chose to immediately allow free movement from workers from the EU-8. The other twelve maintained their work permit systems, albeit with some modifications. Since, some (e.g. Germany) have already decided to keep such barriers in place until 2012. The Netherlands has kept a work permit system in place up to May 1st, 2007. At that time it abolished that system and effectively extended free worker movement to include workers from the EU-8. This makes the Dutch case, at this point in time, an interesting case for which to analyse the process and effects of increased free labour movement into a national labourmarket. This paper discusses the evolution of (temporary) work migration from EU-8 countries into the Netherlands. It first addresses the flexicurity nature of EU policies towards labour market integration and towards the inclusion of new EU countries in that process. It subsequentely reviews the three socio-legal regimes that can currently apply to work performed for Dutch firms Netherlands by workers from the EU-8 (which, now, is that same as that applies for workers from the EU-15): wage employment; employment through temporary employment agencies; and self-employment. It then discusses the development of the volume of work performed by citizens from the EU-8 in the Netherlands, and socio-economic effects for both the migrant workers and Dutch society and economy. It concludes with a discussion of challenges (or the lack thereof) that this increased free movement of foreign labour caused and causes for Dutch institutions.

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