Our research projects

The BeonNAT project aims to increase knowledge about the extraction of various organic products from wood species, trees and shrubs that are currently underutilized. The project evaluates the key aspects in the value cha…

Large areas of agricultural land in W. and N. Africa are heavily degraded, with water scarcity, low soil fertility and poor plant health, due to use of unsuitable agronomic systems and inappropriate management. In W. Afr…

A continuous increase in demand for food caused by population growth represents a serious challenge for the humankind. Even in regions where food is plentiful, safety of the food cycle is increasingly important. Improvin…

The aim of the network is to develop practical solutions and to implement digital optical technologies in agricultural processes from the seed to the (pre-)processed product.Agricultural production is to be made more pre…

PulpIng aims stimulating a value chain that goes from the rational valorisation of pumpkin by developing a novel fruit pulp formulation added with a natural-based preservative extracted from pumpkin by-products. The over…

The aim of the joint project is to investigate the suitability of cut grass from extensive or biotope grassland (e.g. FFH mowing meadows) for the seasonal flexibilisation (seasonalisation) of biogas plants. For this purp…

SMART4ALL builds capacity amongst European stakeholders via the development of selfsustained, cross-border experiments that transfer knowledge and technology between academia and industry. It targets CLEC CPS and the IoT…

The aim of the collaborative project is to develop a modularized mobile system, which will enable an initial spatio-temporal high-resolution population monitoring (4D) of insect populations in orchards, in order to imple…

The targeted use of crop protection agents as required according to the occurrence of pests requires sensor-supported monitoring of the crop fields. The project aims to develop sensor-based methods that enable automated …

The project aims at testing the possibilities of non-thermal plasma treatment as applied for the sterilization (direct plasma treatment) and soaking (use of plasma activated water) of hemp seeds within the hemp seed germ…