This research has been carried out as part of the research of the professorship sustainable agribusiness in metropolitan areas. The main objective was to evaluate the performance of Terimbere-Muhinzi cooperative in order to come up with viable options to link smallholder tomato farmers to high price …

In dit verslag wordt het onderwerp neusrotvorming in tomaten en paprika in ongestookte teelt behandeld. Het onderzoek richt zich op de rol van de omgevingsfactoren t.a.v. neusrotvorming. Onder omgevingsfactoren vallen alle invloeden van buitenaf en dan los van de raseigenschappen. Te denken valt aan …

Er bestaan meetinstrumenten die fysieke belasting kunnen beoordelen. Deze zijn echter vooral bedoeld voor werkgevers en niet voor werknemers. Dit onderzoek gaat in op hoe een werknemer in de tuinbouw kan worden geadviseerd over het verlagen van de fysieke belasting tijdens het werk. Het te ontwikkelen …

Tomato is one of the most popular vegetables all over the world and the production was 145 million tonnes in 2011. In Taiwan and The Netherlands, tomato also became an important vegetable nowadays. In both countries, the farmer cooperatives are the way to help farmers accessing markets. However, Taiwanese …

The Almeria’s tomato value chain is currently reducing its competitiveness due to high production and processing costs as well as the maintenance of selling prices and the increase of competitors. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to assess the Almeria’s tomato value chain in order to identify …

HIV/AIDS continue to be a developmental and a social problem rather than a health issue throughout the world. It is very much devastating and affects individuals, families as well as communities. In sub-Saharan Africa and rural agricultural settings, poverty, gender inequality and unequal power relations …