Risk assessments on trees in urban areas and roadside plantings have become common practice and a large body of information exists on qualitative aspects on the risks of tree failure. Quantitative analysis of financial damage due to tree failure is generally lacking. The objective of this paper is to …

“Nederlandse tuinders moeten zich gaan onderscheiden op kwaliteit, tegen de bulk uit Spanje valt niet te concurreren.” Inholland-lector Duurzame Verbindingen Olaf van Kooten brengt onderzoekers en telers samen om van elkaar te leren om zo de concurrentieslag te winnen. “Om dat voor elkaar te krijgen …

Semi-closed greenhouses have been developed in which window ventilation is minimized due to active cooling, enabling enhanced CO2 concentrations at high irradiance. Cooled and dehumidified air is blown into the greenhouse from below or above the canopy. Cooling below the canopy may induce vertical temperature …

Bergerden Agropark is a greenhouse zone area in province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. The local government, municipalities Nijmegen and Arnhem, is the owner of the land and it invested a lot on sustainable energy system in Begerden Agropark. The greenhouse entrepreneurs built new and modern greenhouses …

Western-European consumers have become not only more demanding on product availability in retail outlets but also on other food attributes such as quality, integrity, and safety. When (re)designing food supply-chain networks, from a logistics point of view, one has to consider these demands next to traditional …

In het kader van de duurzame energieproductie is door verschillende ondernemingen de laatste jaren steeds meer geïnvesteerd in co-vergisting. Echter, het zogenoemde digestaat wat daarbij ontstaat moet weer afgezet worden. Door alsmaar strenger wordende regels met betrekking tot bemesting kan het interessant …