Project Details
Description
There is a demand for new low-input farming systems from the greenhouse industry, growers and other stakeholders in the greenhouse horticultural sector. Inputs for horticultural production, such as energy (but also water, labor, pesticides) should be minimized for sustainable crop production. Simultaneously healthy food and valuable ornamental plants must be produced in an economical way. New cultivation systems and completely new forms of production are important elements for innovation. The greenhouse industry is working on energy-efficient greenhouse systems, New Cultivation Systems, energy efficient crop production strategies and energy conservation through highly insulated greenhouses. Recently there has been a lot of attention to the use of LEDs in plant growth control and crop production or growing without daylight.
In research plenty of innovations take place on the subject of low-input farming systems, first innovative growers use research results in practice (New Cultivation Systems, LEDs).
Students from green educations should be prepared for the new innovations and related challenges in practice. There is a demand from applied universities to teach the latest knowledge to students and therefore to update teachers through master classes. In that way knowledge and the latest research results in the field of energy efficient cultivation and greenhouse systems and the use of LEDs in plant growth control and crop production are transferred from research to students of green educations. Students are encouraged to analyze different aspects of a problem (energy saving in horticulture production) in a multi-disciplinary way and to discuss on new innovations in greenhouse crop production.
The Greenport addresses topics like New Cultivation Systems, cultivation without daylight and LEDs as important issues.
This project focuses on greenhouse climate and energy saving in greenhouses with a focus on light and LEDs for Horticulture education of applied universities. Two master classes are organised for teachers of InHolland and HAS University of Applied Sciences for the studies Horticulture & Agribusiness and Horticulture & Agriculture.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 1/01/15 → 31/12/15 |