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Precision agriculture

January 27, 2022 | News

Pilot project with Dutch innovative soil moisture control at Ukrainian potato farms

A pilot project with innovative Dutch precision farming technology has been implemented at Ukrainian potato farms.

November 24, 2021 | Articles

Farm to Fork and potatoes; can we fork it?

Precision agriculture (PA) is a farming management concept based on observing, measuring and responding to inter and intra-field variability in crops. How do we bring it to the next level beyond ‘simple’ variable rate applications? We have to solve technical and organisational issues. Otherwise, the big promise of smart data use in AgriFood will only…

October 15, 2021 | News

Insight in potato crop development during extreme weather conditions

A Belgian project is gaining insight in potato crop development and quality during extreme weather conditions.

September 23, 2021 | Articles

Farmer central approach in data use

Precision agriculture (PA) is a farming management concept based on observing, measuring and responding to inter and intra-field variability in crops. How do we bring it to the next level beyond ‘simple’ variable rate applications? We have to solve technical and organisational issues. Otherwise, the big promise of smart data use in AgriFood will only…

September 23, 2021 | Articles

Human labour is a key factor

Agricultural mechanisation in the past hundred years has been largely focused on the reduction of human labour. This has been successful, but has led to soil compaction as a result of large, heavy machinery. And a lot of labour is still needed for mechanical weed control and for the spraying of plant protection chemicals.

June 04, 2021 | Articles

The Netherlands and Japan are seeking collaboration for the digitisation of potato cultivation

During a virtual Digitalisation trade mission to Japan recently, within the framework of SMART Agriculture, robotisation and automation in potato cultivation were zoomed in on, among other things. With almost six hundred participants from the Netherlands and Japan, this digitisation mission, the largest online trade mission to an individual country from the Netherlands, attracted a…

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