Dossier
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Growing vegetables in an urban environment
Apart from Vertical Farming, there are numerous hybrid cultivation initiatives taking place in and on buildings, also known as Urban Farming and Rooftop Farming. …
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Electronics manufacturers express growing interest in commercial farming
Electronics manufacturers in Japan launched a number of Vertical Farming projects starting in 2008, initially with the aim of producing good LEDs and electronics …
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Vertical Farming is growing worldwide, especially outside the Netherlands
The cultivation of crops in the city, or Urban Farming, is beginning to arouse increasing interest worldwide. This often involves Vertical Farming, in which …
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Food safety and quality critical success factors in online sales
Key points for attention in the online sale of fruit and vegetables are quality and food safety. Another factor to take into consideration is …
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‘Online environment offers numerous opportunities.’
Machiel Reinders is a senior researcher of Marketing & Consumer Behaviour at LEI Wageningen University Research Centre. He is currently focusing on trends in …
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‘There is still a whole world to conquer.’
The consumption of fruit and vegetables is declining. The purchase of fresh vegetables by consumers dropped by three per cent and the purchase of …
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‘The ornamental plant niche has grown very quickly.’
JEM-id is based in Honselersdijk and develops websites and software. Ninety-five per cent of its clients are active in the fresh produce and ornamental …
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Online sale of fresh produce promising and challenging
The online market for fresh produce and ornamental plants is growing. However, while the ornamental plant sector is making giant steps forward in this …
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Increasing range of plant strengtheners available
Manufacturers and horticultural suppliers alike have been expressing increasing interest in the development and market for plant strengtheners. A whole series of products based …
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Plant resilience is becoming the new standard
Resilient crops and robust cultivation systems are in the spotlight these days. We want plants that are tough enough to withstand disease from mere …