Socio-economics, technology and logistics /
Technology and business models
Connecting ecology, economy and technology in value chains
Researcher
Loes Teunis
PhD candidate
Eindhoven University of Technology
I have a background in communication and information sciences, industrial design, and innovation sciences. During my master thesis, I’ve explored how to develop a sustainability assessment tool for goat and poultry future business models, by deploying a reflexive approach. For CropMix, I am part of work package 2.3.2, in which we will identify, design, and validate business models for mixed cropping systems.
Research project
Project: 2.3.2. Connecting ecology, economy and technology in value chains
Identify, design and evaluate options for sustainable business models and associated value chain configurations that enable the creation, delivery and capture of value through mixed cropping systems.
Related projects
- Technological readiness > Lisa Marijke van den Berg
Results and news
News and results will be presented here.
Researchers involved
- Annelies Bobelyn (TU/e)
- Duygu Keskin (TU/e)
Related research
More research from work package 2
Our work packages
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.
Work package 2 looks at the economic feasibility of investments for farmers to switch to more crop-diverse systems, such as strip farming, and what factors influence their willingness to engage in ecologically sound farming.
We want to identify different transition pathways applicable to different situations. Think of farmers with wide strips and long value chains, but also farmers with narrow strips marketing in a short chain. Or perhaps very different cropping systems that use crop diversity, such as agroforestry. We also look at what consumers and other stakeholders think and their role in the transition to more sustainable agriculture.
