Projecten
Bodemverzorging voor winstgevende en duurzame gewasproductie in Europa KU Leuven
European crop production is to remain competitive while reducing environmental impacts, requiring development and uptake of effective soil improving cropping systems. The overall aim of SOILCARE is to identify and evaluate promising soil-improving cropping systems and agronomic techniques increasing profitability and sustainability across scales in Europe. A trans-disciplinary approach will be used to evaluate benefits and drawbacks of a new ...
Engineering van virale vectoren voor met hoge doorvoer CRISPR-genetische screenings in planten KU Leuven
Tools based on CRISPR-Cas systems hold great potential both for fundamental plant genetics and precision crop breeding. Unlike traditional mutagenic approaches, CRISPR-Cas systems allow for the simultaneous delivery of thousands of unique guide RNAs, enabling the generation of collections of higher-order mutants for rapid functional screens and the discovery of genetic interactions. However, CRISPR technology suffers from a ‘transformation ...
WATERSTOF EN FOTOVOLTAISCHE ELEKTRIFICATIE OP DE BOERDERIJ KU Leuven
The sustainable development goals of the UN and climate targets of the EU require that all economic sectors sharply reduce fossil-based use. However, the agricultural sector has the potential to not only greatly defossilize, but even produce energy – and that not to the detriment of, but alongside with food production. Photovoltaic (PV) has become dramatically more competitive relative to other renewable energy sources, and is now as ...
Bestrijding van ondervoeding in Afrika door diversificatie van het voedselsysteem KU Leuven
Various forms of malnutrition, including hunger, micronutrient deficiencies and non-communicable diseases caused by unbalanced nutrition, threaten food security in Africa. The project HealthyDiest4Africa is based on the central hypothesis that diversification of the food system helps to combat all forms of malnutrition while minimizing its environmental footprint. To this aim, we will monitor dietary diversity in eight African countries ...
Bodemhydrologie onderzoeksplatform ter ondersteuning van innovatie om waterschaarste in Europese en Chinese teeltsystemen te beheersen KU Leuven
SHui (https://www.shui-eu.org) is conceived as a network integrating long-term experiments of its 19 academic and SME partners across different environmental conditions and cropping systems in the EU and China. It provides a platform for research on soil-water resources management under water scarce conditions, to better understand the linkages between agricultural soil hydrology and sustainability and for a systematic assessment of ...
Microbiële opnamen voor duurzaam beheer van belangrijke bananenplagen en -ziekten. KU Leuven
Nematodes and weevils of banana with Panama disease globally affect food security, causing yearly crop losses for many billion € in Canary Islands, Caribbean and Africa. These threats concomitantly affect crops in tropical and sub-tropical systems. In regions such as Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) millions of farmers rely on cooking banana, plantain and ensete as starch staple food crops and for income. Pesticides no longer represent a sustainable ...
Geïntegreerde diensten voor een duurzame agro-ecologische transitie (AgroServ) Universiteit Antwerpen
OPKOMENDE VIRALE ZIEKTEN BIJ TOMATEN EN CUCURBITS: IMPLEMENTATIE VAN MITIGATIESTRATEGIEËN VOOR DUURZAAM ZIEKTEBEHEER KU Leuven
Viral diseases can cause severe losses to vegetable crop production which has an estimated annual value of 34,5 billion EUR in Europe. Therefore several billions are lost every year due to the prominence of viral diseases and the emergence of new viruses in European fields and greenhouses. Importantly viral diseases also lead to the extensive use of pesticides, thereby exposing European growers and consumers to pesticide residues.
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Klimaatbestendige weesgewassen voor meer DIVERSITEIT in de landbouw Universiteit Gent
Agrobiodiversiteit is een cruciale voorwaarde voor ecologisch en economisch duurzame landbouw- en voedselsystemen. Bovendien is het een belangrijk instrument voor ecologische intensivering van landbouwsystemen. Agrobiodiversiteit is echter een complex concept dat het resultaat is van de interactie tussen de omgeving, genetische hulpbronnen en managementsystemen die worden gebruikt door mensen uit verschillende culturen. CROPDIVA zal de ...