Kennis & innovatie

Collaboration brings exotic sweet potato to Limburg soil

In the battle for healthier food, the sweet potato is gaining ground on the regular potato.

Get Bike Service is growing explosively

LIOF has been involved in Get Bike Service as a minority shareholder since its establishment in 2018. And...

I Will Award for Heerlen start-up Blockheating

Six promising finalists competed for the 'I Will Award 2020' of Rotterdam School of Management (RSM).

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Potato growers share experience with precision agriculture

Since 2018, a group of potato growers has been experimenting with variable haulm killing to reduce pesticide use.

Healthy food from the Mega Microwave

Sudryso Group in Heijen receives a grant of 50 thousand euros from the Innovation Fund for the development of the 'Mega Magnetron'.

Limburg-based entrepreneurial platform Kiempunt Korte Ketens sets growth acceleration in motion

Kiempunt Korte Keten is using a growth accelerator to empower farmers and growers to serve their customers themselves, or with the help of like-minded people, by

Agrofood sector innovates with help from Limburg students

Because of Corona, the 2th edition of GROW was cancelled this year.

Experiment: growing blueberries under a roof of solar panels

Blueberry grower Wouter Aerts from Broekhuizen came up with an innovation to protect his plants against extreme weather conditions and generate energy at the same

Maximize your crop profits with innovative and sustainable applications

How to use as many parts of the plant as possible in innovative and sustainable applications to boost the balance of the crop?

Smart camera helps Limburg seed breeders

A camera that can predict the quality of a seed before it goes into the ground.

The food forest as an alternative agricultural system

Beginning this year, the first trees of a food forest were planted on the farm of a dairy farmer in Baexem, Limburg.

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Broiler farmer in Tienray positive about hatching in the house

Small chicken farmer Gerard Witlox from Tienray, Limburg, switched a few years ago to a new concept of letting chicks hatch in the house.

HAS University of Applied Sciences makes agrofood professionals future-fit with business courses

In addition to offering full-time education, HAS University of Applied Sciences offers seasoned professionals the opportunity to expand knowledge and skills with

Student-entrepreneurs present themselves during HAS Blooming

On Thursday, June 18, 2020, the third edition of the graduation event for graduating student-entrepreneurs of HAS University of Applied Sciences took place.

New Future Farming institute at Brightlands Campus Greenport Venlo

In order to contribute to technological innovation in the agrifood sector, Maastricht University (UM) is establishing a new knowledge institute at Brightlands Cam

Exceptional, but it can be done: growing yellow zucchini in open ground

Rob Beeren is the only company in the Netherlands which grows yellow zucchini in open soil. That's not easy, but by using new techniques, Beeren is successful.