Sustainable, efficient, advanced crop-production systems

Concepts and integrated designs for greenhouse horticulture systems: save labor, increase efficiencies, detect pathogens

Wageningen UR Greenhouse Horticulture develops concepts and integrated designs for greenhouse horticulture systems such as mobile and substrate-free systems, innovative greenhouses and systems for the early detection of plant pathogens in crops. Ranging from total concepts to small improvements, the innovations in cultivation and production systems offered by Wageningen UR save on labor costs and increase the efficiency and sustainability of companies.

New total concepts include mobile cropping systems and revolutionary greenhouse designs. Climate control, energy saving, efficient energy conversion and water quality are key in this respect. Furthermore, strategies and technologies for sustainable crop protection are developed. Components for production and selection systems such as innovative sensors, vision systems and robots are produced and tested. In designing new concepts one looks beyond the level of individual greenhouse horticulture companies. This reflects the core conviction that the clustering of companies, combinations with other functions and integration within (urban) environments can also lead to sustainable innovations.