A redesign for nursery and production of strawberries

Added on 26 April 2024

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A redesign for nursery and production of strawberries

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How can the sustainability of the strawberry cultivation be accelerated? The Greenhouse Horticulture and Flower Bulbs Business Unit of Wageningen University & Research tackled this question as part of the Green Crop Protection Knowledge Impulse project of the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality. WUR developed a prototype for a new cultivation and production system. Researcher Kirsten Leiss: “It would be great if growers implemented parts of that prototype in the coming years.”

With the Green Crop Protection Knowledge Impulse project, the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Food Quality is focusing on accelerating the sustainability of crop protection in a number of sectors, including arable farming, cultivation of flower bulbs, fruit trees and strawberries. The project has been running for 4 years (2017-2022) but has been extended for 3 years.