De consumptie van veldbonen (Vicia faba L. ssp. minor) als lokale eiwitbron heeft een lagere klimaatimpact dan de consumptie van vlees of geïmporteerde sojabonen. In deze studie werden tien veldbonenrassen, geteeld in Nederland, onderzocht op opbrengst, voedingswaarde, anti-nutritionele factoren en techno-functionele …

This study aims to define the concept of craftsmanship from the perspective of craft chocolate makers and explore how their understanding of craftsmanship is reflected in their organizational practices and the scaling of their businesses. The research is motivated by the desire of craft chocolate makers …

Een stripboek helemaal gewijd aan de veldboon! Waarom? In het project Bean me up! is drie jaar onderzoek gedaan naar de vraag: kan de Nederlandse veldboon als eiwitbron de soja uit verre landen vervangen? Is de Nederlandse veldboon geschikt om te verwerken in voedingsmiddelen? De resultaten zijn veelbelovend! …

This study analyses the information flow in the sugar bean value chain in Zimbabwe that involves farmers at Mkoba and Insukamini smallholder irrigation schemes. The study paid particular attention to the essential bottlenecks in which farmers and PHI Commodities view as the stumbling block in improving …

Adults of many mosquito species feed on plants to obtain metabolic energy and to enhance reproduction. Mosquitoes primarily rely on olfaction to locate plants and are known to respond to a range of plant volatiles. We studied the olfactory response of the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti to methyl …

Plant Breeders Rights were granted to Vandinter Semo BV on 29th December 2020 for the Andean Lupin variety COTOPAXI. COTOPAXI is result of cooperation between Vandinter Semo, Hanze University of Applied Sciences and the H2020 BBI-JU European research project LIBBIO. Andean Lupin (Lupinus mutabilis) has …

Common bean is a vital legume essential crop in Uganda. Common bean seed marketing and accessibility is the major concern in south western agro-ecological zone for both small-scale farmers and seed producers. An acute element in attaining higher crop yield is better access to key farming inputs by farmers …

In recent years the dairy industry had to face new environmental regulations and consumption evolutions. The soybean meal utilization as a protein source is not adapted to the GMO-free milk production. That’s why there was a growing interest for GMO-free rapeseed meal to replace soybean meal but since …

In Europa wordt er gemiddeld 5,7 kg chocolade per inwoner per jaar gegeten. Bij het kopen van chocolade worden verschillende aspecten steeds belangrijker; duurzaamheid, transparantie van het bedrijf en oorsprong van de chocolade zijn factoren die meespelen in het kopen van chocolade. Hierbij komen er …

It has been shown that the identification of many foods including vegetables based on flavour cues is often difficult. The effect of providing texture cues in addition to flavour cues on the identification of foods and the effect of providing taste cues only on the identification of foods have not been …