Bart Jongenelen of Delphy is speaking from the soft fruit research site in Horst (ISFC). Delphy ISFC acts as an incubator for knowledge and innovation in soft fruit and also as the 'living room' of the international soft fruit sector. "Research and practice are not separate worlds here," emphasizes Bart. On an international scale, they bring together knowledge development and knowledge dissemination.
Within 100 m on 1 day
Speaking of that dissemination: a new event is planned for June 9. Visitors from home and abroad will then be welcomed to the Delphy ISFC Field Day. On this day, three seminars are planned as well as tours in the greenhouse and on the outdoor fields. Bart: "Within a radius of 100 people, the visitors will learn a lot in just one day. We offer them a great knowledge program in the mid and high tech cultivation of soft fruits. The crops that will be examined and discussed are strawberries, blueberries and raspberries. We offer visitors a complete program on these crops. The latter is important to us; we offer insights."
Concepts
Bart and his colleagues conduct a multitude of trials on a variety of topics. These range from resilient cultivation and growing new varieties to the implementation of new technologies and LED cultivation strategies. Bart indicates that the strength of the ISFC lies mainly in concept thinking which results in concept research.
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