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Project properties |
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| Title | Improving quality and yield of organic essential oils in Morocco
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| Group | Farming Systems Ecology |
| Project type | thesis |
| Credits | 24-39 |
| Supervisor(s) | Walter Rossing |
| Examiner(s) | TBD |
| Contact info | walter.rossing@wur.nl
g.iweins@phytoprod.bio |
| Begin date | 2019/09/01 |
| End date | 2020/06/30 |
| Description | THESIS or INTERNSHIP possible
At PhytoProd in Morocco our 250ha of farming land are organically certified, under both US & UE standards. The entire crop is dedicated to supply our state-of-the-art distillation & extraction plant where we process essential oils and vegetable extracts. We cultivate a wide panel of perfume, aromatic and medicinal plants, annuals and perennials, indigenous and imported, cultivated and wild, trees, bushes and flowers. Objectives: o Monitor the evolution of essential oils in terms of quality and yield as a function of the plant development o Implementation of organic treatments to decrease pest and fungi pressure Activities: o On-farm experiments o Steam distillation o Office work Possibility to live in a flat at Taounate (15min from the farms and the distillation unit) For more information: https://phytoprod.bio/?lang=en |
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| Requirements | Prerequisite courses:
FSE-31806 Agroecology or FSE-30306 Analysis & Design of Organic Farming Systems |