{Tool} Potatoes in the Netherlands (SPRINT Factsheet). Creator(s): Chivers, Charlotte-Anne; Meier, Claudia; Mark, Jennifer; Blockeel, Johan; Ineichen, Lorin; Blumenstein, Benjamin; Grovermann, Christian and Tamm, Lucius. Issuing Organisation(s): FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture. (2024)
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Document available online at: https://sprint-h2020.eu/index.php/resources/sprint-summaries/report-summaries
Summary in the original language of the document
You will get information about current pesticide use on seed potato farms in the Netherlands, read about interventions for reducing synthetic fungicide reliance in potato growing from an expert viewpoint and learn about three proposed interventions:
1) Robust potato varieties,
2) Wider crop rotations,
3) Organic conversion.
The factsheet is aimed at farmers in transition to organic agriculture.
| EPrint Type: | Practice tool |
|---|---|
| Teaser: | Farm-level impacts of different pesticide reduction strategies. |
| What problem does the tool address?: | Pesticides. Some of the SPRINT Projects case study sites were selected for a deep analysis into the farm-level economic impacts of various approaches for reducing reliance on synthetic pesticides. |
| What solution does the tool offer?: | This factsheet provides country-specific ways of reducing pesticide reliance. These results come from the Netherlands, based on farm surveys and expert interviews. |
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Type of Practice Tool: | Leaflets & guidelines |
| Keywords: | plant protection, soil quality, varieties, arable farming |
| Agrovoc keywords: | Language Value URI English plant protection http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_5978 English soil quality http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_a9645d28 English varieties http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8157 English arable farming http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_36528 |
| Subjects: | Crop husbandry > Crop health, quality, protection Crop husbandry > Production systems > Root crops |
| Research affiliation: | Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Crops > Arable crops > Root crop European Union > Horizon Europe > OrganicClimateNET > selected tools European Union > Organic Farm Knowledge European Union > Horizon 2020 > SPRINT |
| Horizon Europe or H2020 Grant Agreement Number: | 101136880 |
| Related Links: | https://organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/55622, https://organicclimatenet.eu/, https://organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/31027, https://organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/39794, https://organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/31028, https://organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/31006 |
| Project ID: | OFK |
| Deposited By: | Rüger, Madelaine Lea |
| ID Code: | 55622 |
| Deposited On: | 15 May 2025 12:23 |
| Last Modified: | 15 May 2025 12:23 |
| Document Language: | English |
| Status: | Published |
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