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The adoption of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is a critical component in the transition to a more sustainable food system. However, the transition calls for significant changes in the food production system, in which stakeholders in the supply chain should work collaboratively. So far, most studies have focused on the perceptions of one actor, the farmer, on implementation of CSA practices. This study aims to include also other stakeholders’ perceptions on drivers and barriers to CSA implementation in the primary production for five European food supply chains. Data were collected from stakeholders using a semi-structured interview guide, including farmers, producers and manufacturers, advisory service providers, advocacy institutions, policy officers, researchers, and consultants. The top three drivers to foster the adoption of CSA practices within the five food supply chains touched on economic, institutional and policy, as well as personal and psychological factors. Similarly, the top three barriers limiting adoption of CSA practices were seen to be economic, technology-related aspects, and institutional and policy factors. According to the stakeholders, addressing these barriers requires financial support, policy changes, and capacity-building efforts to make these practices attractive especially to farmers. They also emphasized that improved coordination among stakeholders, incentives for sustainable practices and customized strategies for communicating and disseminating CSA information can help catalyse effective understanding and implementation of CSA practices.

Dit projectrapport geeft de resultaten weer van het project dat Wageningen Plant Research en Delphy hebben uitgevoerd in opdracht van de Brancheorganisatie Akkerbouw met financiële steun van de Topsector Agri & Food. Binnen de Topsector werken bedrijfsleven, kennisinstellingen en de overheid samen aan innovaties voor veilig en gezond voedsel voor 9 miljard mensen in een veerkrachtige wereld.

‘Hoe bereiken we het boerenerf?’ Met deze onderkop bij het vraagstuk ‘Kennisverspreiding netwerk platteland’ ging Delphy in opdracht van het Regiebureau POP aan de slag met een onderzoeksrapport over dit thema. Met de focus op POP3 zien we dat er door vele (overheids)organisaties en ondernemers vanuit tientallen projecten hard gewerkt wordt aan de transitie naar een duurzame, volhoudbare kringlooplandbouw. We zien ook veel projecten die dienen als succesvol vliegwiel voor andere projecten en/of voor andere agrarisch ondernemers. Tegelijk signaleren we dat deze schat aan projectresultaten niet altijd dat vervolg krijgt, dat het misschien wel zou verdienen.

Crop rotation is one of the oldest and most effective strategies to control soil borne diseases and pests. The final result, however – higher economic benefit – depends very much on the choice, frequency and order of the crops in the design, adjustment to local conditions and integration of other management practices., crop rotation forms the basis for pest and disease control. In a good crop rotation soil health is maintained for the long run and disease and pest pressure is maintained low, resulting in sufficient yield of high-quality crops. Additional reasons to apply a good crop rotation are to maintain good soil fertility and structure. This tool helps practitioners to better understand why crop rotation is important, how to practically balance the difference crop families in your crop rotation, management practices, practical steps to take towards developing a good crop rotation and two good examples of a crop rotation, one in the Netherlands, the other in Spain. This tool is relevant for organic and conventional farmers alike.

Crop rotation is one of the oldest and most effective strategies to control soil borne diseases and pests. The final result however – higher economic benefit – depends very much on the choice, frequency and order of the crops in the design, adjustment to local conditions and integration of other management practices., crop rotation forms the basis for pest and disease control. In a good crop rotation soil health is maintained for the long run and disease and pest pressure is maintained low, resulting in sufficient yield of high-quality crops. Additional reasons to apply a good crop rotation are to maintain a good soil fertility and structure. This tool helps practitioners to better understand why crop rotation is important, how to practically balance the difference crop families in your crop rotation, management practices, practical steps to take towards developing a good crop rotation and two good examples of a crop rotation, one in the Netherlands, the other in Spain. This tool is relevant for organic and conventional farmers alike.

This tool provides an overview of measures you can take to build or maintain healthy soils and describes further how the soil food web and management practices lead to a healthy soil with a good productivity. The role of soil organic matter and humus are explained, as well as resilience against soil borne diseases. For a rich soil biodiversity a yearly and sufficiently high input of organic matter is necessary to compensate for the yearly breakdown of soil organic matter. Important organic matter sources include crop residues, animal manure, green manure, cover crops, compost and vermicompost. This tools and its recommendations are relevant for all farmers looking to improve their soil health and fertility.

This tool provides an overview of measures you can take to build or maintain healthy soils and describes further how the soil food web and management practices lead to a healthy soil with a good productivity. The role of soil organic matter and humus are explained, as well as resilience against soil borne diseases. For a rich soil biodiversity a yearly and sufficiently high input of organic matter is necessary to compensate for the yearly breakdown of soil organic matter. Important organic matter sources include crop residues, animal manure, green manure, cover crops, compost and vermicompost. This tools and its recommendations are relevant for all farmers looking to improve their soil health and fertility.