Consortium meeting: Harvesting and sowing
Last Tuesday, 17 June, we met with the consortium at Zonnegoed in Joost van Strien's yard for our biannual consortium meeting.
Read MoreCrop diversity for a transition towards sustainable agriculture
Arable farmers, researchers and chain partners are joining forces to achieve a breakthrough in the transition to sustainable arable farming in the five-year research programme CropMix. The focus is on increasing crop diversity, in particular through strip cropping. By doing so, we want to bring ecology and arable farming together and drive the societal transition to a more sustainable, ecology-based agricultural system.
More and more results!
We are now well past the midpoint of the five-year CropMix research program. We are actively engaged in the fourth year of field research, and many researchers have now completed their data collection and are busy analyzing the data and writing their scientific publications. This is good news, as it means that more and more results can be shared. Take a look at the results section, where you can find the fact sheets, the supply chain report, and the most recent scientific publications!
News
Read the latest news and updates on CropMix and our findings.
Farmers' meeting: Vitalising crops
On 11 June, our growers were guests of Roland Velema, arable farmer in De Krim Overijssel, to exchange experiences on regenerative measures...
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Rare beetles
In addition to the rare crested newt, Luuk Croijmans and colleagues recently found the Harpalus Froelichii at two locations in our network....
Read MoreThemes
Agro-ecology
This work package focuses on above-ground and below-ground interactions. We look at the interactions between plants, crops, insects and other species living in the field and the differences between strip cropping and monocultures.
Economy, logistics and innovation
This work package looks at the economic feasibility of investments for farmers to switch to more crop-diverse systems, such as strip cropping, and what factors influence their willingness to adopt ecology based types of farming.
Institutional change
This work package consists of social scientists and transition scholars and focuses on the social context and transition pathways. What is the role of consumers and other stakeholders? And what do different transition pathways towards more sustainable agriculture look like?
Living labs
Samenwerken in de praktijk
A living lab is a testing ground. This can be a physical place, a network or a collaboration. Led by researchers from HAS Green Academy, we design living labs within CropMix in which various consortium partners work together to solve specific practical problems. Read more about the topics we are working on.
