- document
-
Bijlsma, Jean (author), Timmerman, D.M. (author), Marler, Milo (author), Brouwer, Tanne (author), Lu, Y. (author)The Netherlands, renowned for its flat landscape and strategic location at the confluence of major rivers, combined with fertile soil and a mild climate, boasts optimal natural conditions for agricultural production. However, the success of the Dutch agricultural sector and its developments has significant implications for biodiversity, as...student report 2024
- document
-
Miedema, Mathijs (author)Food forests have recently received an increasing amount of attention since they are seen as a possible addition to the Dutch nitrogen-sensitive agricultural sector. Food forests are claimed to positively affect local ecosystem services while producing food for human consumption. Most of the effects and the edible production, however, lack...master thesis 2024
- document
-
Khabbazan, S. (author)Agriculture plays a critical role in the economy and environment worldwide, and the provision of real-time, reliable information on large-scale agricultural activity is essential for precision agriculture and global economic prosperity. In this context, remote sensing, especially through Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), can play an important role...doctoral thesis 2024
- document
-
Teodoro Morales, J.D. (author), Marselis, Suzanne (author), Maiello, A. (author), Häger, Achim (author)The inclusion of social actors is widely acknowledged as a precondition for just and sustainable adaptation strategies to climate change. The integration of diverse types of scientific and local knowledge contributes to a better understanding of problems and increases the relevance of science at the local scale. In this study, we - an...journal article 2024
- document
-
Khabbazan, S. (author), Steele-Dunne, S.C. (author), Vermunt, P.C. (author), Guerriero, L. (author), Judge, J. (author)The presence, duration, and amount of surface canopy water (SCW) is important in microwave remote sensing for agricultural applications. Our current understanding of the effect of SCW on total backscatter and the underlying mechanisms is limited. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of SCW on backscatter as a function of...journal article 2024
- document
-
Ernste, Daniël (author)In this study, the relationship between water quality and agriculture in the upstream region of the Brantas catchment has been investigated, with a focus on Electric Conductivity (EC), Dissolved Oxygen (DO), pH, nitrate, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), phosphate and ammonia concentrations. The EC concentrations ranged from 120 to 570 μS/cm, the...master thesis 2023
- document
-
Ye, Lisa (author)This study develops a roadmap to guide the integration of robotic technologies into Dutch agriculture in a responsible manner that benefits farmers and the environment.<br/>The Dutch agricultural sector faces challenges from climate change, labor shortages, and sustainability pressures. Robotics shows promise in addressing these issues through...master thesis 2023
- document
-
Jansen op de Haar, Carmen (author)This graduation project explores the implementation of integrated and sustainable land use planning as a crucial strategy for transforming the BPL MD region into a thriving and biodiverse area that benefits both humans and nature. By emphasizing landscape identity, water storage, the livability of meadow birds, and balancing recreational...master thesis 2023
- document
-
Wisboom, Matthijs (author)The agricultural industry is undergoing a transformative shift towards efficiency and large-scale production. Manual labor is unable to meet the increasing demand, leading to the development of automation techniques. During production, objects are adjusted and moved along a line to maintain productivity. This work investigates the feasibility of...master thesis 2023
- document
-
Shekar, Kirthan (author), Nguyen, Nancy (author), van der Steen, Raven (author), Saridou, Stefania (author), Hoogland, Willemijn (author)For the last decades, technologies, new agricultural trade policies, environmental restrictions, high pressure through economic competition in combination with a sharp competition of land lead to the development of intensive farming. As a result, patchy landscapes have been replaced by monofunctional, homogeneous agricultural landscapes that...student report 2023
- document
-
Brabander, Jesper (author)Automation within an industrial sector has now for years been an obvious factor. Everywhere mechanical instruments and sensors are implemented for fast and precise processes. The agricultural sector is some steps behind in relation to other sectors. Reason being that there are many irregularities which in other sectors have been made into...master thesis 2023
- document
-
Boekee, J. (author), Dai, Y. (author), Schilperoort, B. (author), van de Wiel, B.J.H. (author), ten Veldhuis, Marie-claire (author)To mitigate spring frost damage, fruit farmers use wind machines to mix warm overlying air down to the vegetation. Up to this point, studies on wind machine efficiency have focused on air temperatures. The temperature of different plant organs during operation remains unknown, while critical for the actual degree of frost damage. With...journal article 2023
- document
-
Kruisdijk, E. (author), Ros, Julian F. (author), Ghosh, D. (author), Brehme, M. (author), Stuyfzand, Pieter Jan (author), van Breukelen, B.M. (author)Well clogging was studied at an aquifer storage transfer and recovery (ASTR) site used to secure freshwater supply for a flower bulb farm. Tile drainage water (TDW) was collected from a 10-ha parcel, stored in a sandy brackish coastal aquifer via well injection in wet periods, and reused during dry periods. This ASTR application has been...journal article 2023
- document
-
den Besten, N.I. (author), Steele-Dunne, S.C. (author), Mahmud, Ashfak (author), Jackson, Daniel (author), Aouizerats, Benjamin (author), de Jeu, Richard (author), Burger, Rogier (author), Houborg, Rasmus (author), McGlinchey, Mark (author), van der Zaag, P. (author)Sentinel-1 observes the whole globe every 12 days (6 days when both satellites were operational) and provides a wealth of data relevant to agriculture. Sugarcane cultivators could potentially benefit from these data by using them to assist operational and management practices. However, first, thorough understanding is needed of Sentinel-1...journal article 2023
- document
-
Huber, Manuel (author), Kumar, V. (author), Steele-Dunne, S.C. (author), Rommen, Bjorn (author)Reliable crop monitoring is paramount to achieve the objectives of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and Food and Agriculture Organization. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) provides high-resolution imaging and all-weather data acquisition capabilities for crop monitoring. This study investigates the sensitivity of parcel-level Sentinel-1...conference paper 2023
- document
-
Maurer, Patrick (author)The current Tuscan agri-food system is unsustainable. The so-called conventional farming practices are still the most commonly used on both global and local scale. These practices include activities such as intensive farming and the use of chemical phytosanitary products that cause the progressive deployment and contamination of local natural...master thesis 2022
- document
-
JIANG, YUNSHU (author)A Sprengenbeek is a stream that has been dug or deepened to tape groundwater from the hill. Most streams were built to drive watermills in order to generate energy, but they were also built to irrigate and supply water to moats, canals, or other waterworks.<br/><br/>The efficiency of the water mills was overruled by modern energy supplies....master thesis 2022
- document
-
van der Meijs, Emiel (author)Labour in the agricultural sector is in short supply, while a large portion of the work is still being done manually. To speed up the work and guarantee the food supply of the future, Lely has started a project on agricultural automation. The aim of the project is to create a robot that can perform multiple repetitive tasks simultaneously, to...master thesis 2022
- document
-
te Duits, Noa (author)This thesis explores the possibility of circularity to regenerate the degraded agricultural systems of the Foodvalley region. The Foodvalley is a regional network organization, consisting of eight municipalities situated partly in the province of Utrecht and partly the province of Gelderland. Circularity is used to describe a way in which...master thesis 2022
- document
-
Teodoro Morales, J.D. (author), Baird, Julia (author), Otung, Idorenyin (author)Farmer peer networks have been identified as a key way to increase adoption of beneficial management practices to minimize negative environmental impacts of intensive agriculture. We studied the social processes that contribute to beneficial management practice adoption. We administered two questionnaires to participants of a farmer community of...journal article 2022