Excursion Bakker Barendrecht
On 4 November, our PhDs visited consortium partner Bakker for a look behind the scenes at their facilities in Ridderkerk.
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.
MoestuinMix: new season in 2026!
A frequently asked question from arable farmers considering strip cropping or other forms of mixed cropping is: which crops go well together? To find out, we enlisted the help of more than 900 experienced and inexperienced vegetable gardeners to test different combinations in our citizen science experiment MoestuinMix. We did this for the second year in 2025. We are currently processing the results.
In 2026, our experiment will start for the third year in a row! Would you like to participate? Go to the sign up page!
News
Read the latest news and updates on CropMix and our findings.
Thematic meeting on nature-inclusive arable farming
On Wednesday 24 September, we organised a themed meeting on nature-inclusive arable farming. The setting was the farm of Peter Harry Mulder and his partner Eline in Muntendam (Groningen).
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Research meeting and visit Farm of the Future
On 28 August, we were guests at WUR Open Teelten and Boerderij van de Toekomst. We spent the morning with our own researchers for a research meeting.
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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.
