A5019581565- Energy, Environment, Agriculture Analysis
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
- Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Forest Management and Policy
- Bioenergy crop production and management
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Dutch Social and Cultural Studies
- Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
- Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
- 3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications
- Nematode management and characterization studies
- Pasture and Agricultural Systems
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Potato Plant Research
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
Wageningen University & Research
2014-2024
A key challenge for sustainable intensification of agriculture is to produce increasing amounts food and feed with minimal biodiversity loss, nutrient leaching, greenhouse gas emissions. Organic farming considered more sustainable, however, less productive than conventional farming. We analysed results from an experiment started under identical soil conditions comparing one organic two systems. Initially, yields in the system were lower, but approached those both systems after 10–13 years,...
The crucial role of healthy soil in achieving sustainable food production and environment is increasingly recognized, as the importance proper assessment quality. We introduce a new framework, open index (OSI), which integrally evaluates health agricultural fields provides recommendation for farming practices. OSI an open-source modular framework properties, functions, indicators scores, management advice are linked hierarchically. Soil evaluated with respect to crop but can be extended...
Conventional agricultural production systems, typified by large inputs of mineral fertilizers and pesticides, reduce soil biodiversity may negatively affect ecosystem services such as carbon fixation, nutrient cycling disease suppressiveness. Organic management is thought to contribute a more diverse stable food web, but data detailing this effect are sparse fragmented. We set out map both the resident (rDNA) active (rRNA) fractions bacterial, fungal, protozoan metazoan communities under...
Abstract The European Commission has set targets for a reduction in nutrient losses by at least 50% and fertiliser use 20% 2030 while ensuring no deterioration soil fertility. Within the mandate of Joint Programme EJP Soil ‘Towards climate‐smart sustainable management agricultural soils’, objective this study was to assess current fertilisation practices across Europe discuss potential harmonisation methodologies as strategy reduce loss overall use. A stocktake methods delivering advice took...
Plants manipulate their rhizosphere community in a species and even plant life stage-dependent manner. In essence plants select, promote (de)activate directly the local bacterial fungal community, indirectly representatives of next trophic level, protists nematodes. By doing so, enlarge pool bioavailable nutrients maximize disease suppressiveness within boundaries set by nature microbial community. MiSeq sequencing specific variable regions 16S or 18S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) is widely used to...
Reaching the land-related UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and similar goals articulated by EU Green Deal (GD) 2030 presents a major challenge requires pragmatic approach focused on joint learning land users (mostly farmers), researchers other stakeholders in “Living Labs” system experiments at experimental farms of research organizations. Defining specific indicators thresholds for ecosystem services line with SDGs is crucial to establish “Lighthouses” that can act as inspiring...
Reaching the land-related UN-Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and similar goals articulated by EU-Green Deal (GD) 2030 presents a major challenge requires pragmatic approach to be focused on joint learning land users (mostly farmers), researchers other stakeholders in “Living Labs” system experiments at experimental farms of research organizations. Defining specific indicators thresholds for ecosystem services line with SDGs, are crucial establish:...
Vegetable growing leads to high nitrogen emissions. In the Netherlands, emissions can hardly be reduced by reducing fertilization without risks for yield and quality loss. An alternative measure reduce is collect nitrate-rich drain water remove nitrate from in constructed wetlands. This was tested three different types of wetlands at an experimental farm SE Netherlands: (1) a surface flow system (SF) planted with Common reed, (2) horizontal subsurface reed (SSF-reed) (3) filled straw...
The EU Soil Strategy aims at providing soils in a healthy state by 2050, with the intermediate objective of 70% 2030.  This ambitious urges both monitoring Quality and Health over whole Europe, development sustainable management practices to restore degraded soils.  The links between some soil concepts remain unclear limit evaluation improve Quality. In framework EJP SOIL programme, SERENA project developed interconnect set key like Quality, Ecosystem Services, Threats....