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Re-creating pastures: a new land management approach in Northeastern Portugal
Problem context Rural Northern Portugal is experiencing severe depopulation and aging of the remaining residents, leading to less and less land being in use for agriculture and grazing, especially in marginal mountain areas. Whe ...
Supervisor: Luuk Fleskens, Tomas de Figueiredo (IPB)

Department: Soil Physics and Land Management group
 
Sustainable agricultural practices for climate change mitigation/adaptation and provision of ecosystem services
Agriculture and associated land use changes contribute ~25% of total global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions (Paustian et al 2016), being CO2 responsible for 50% of average annual GHG emissions for the 2000 2009 period (Smit ...
Supervisor: Jantiene Baartman
Department: Soil Physics and Land Management group
 
Regreening Dodoma – fieldwork internship
Problem context In the semi-arid region of Dodoma in central Tanzania, Justdiggit is implementing the Regreening Dodoma project. The project is focused on the application at scale of Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration. This cre ...
Supervisor: Francesco Sambalino
Department: Soil Physics and Land Management group
 
Modelling water sequestration in landscape restoration programs
Problem context Justdiggit implements large scale landscape restoration projects by retaining rainwater for vegetation and preventing erosion, flooding and land degradation. This creates local benefits for communities and the  ...
Supervisor: Francesco Sambalino
Department: Soil Physics and Land Management group
 
Short duration overnight kraaling as a soil restoration strategy
Problem context Short duration overnight cattle kraaling for 7-14 days is a new innovative rangeland restoration management practice to improve grass biomass and abundance of palatable grass species. After kraaling soil fertilit ...
Supervisor: Luuk Fleskens, Allan Sebata (NUST)

Department: Soil Physics and Land Management group
 
Conductivity near saturation – solving a puzzle
Problem context Most soils in the Netherlands are mapped in soil maps: an aggregation of soils distributed in the different areas. Within soil hydro-physics research, these soils are parameterized such that calculations of the m ...
Supervisor: Klaas Metselaar
Department: Soil Physics and Land Management group
 
Edible cities
Problem context There is this idea that social cohesion can be fostered, and a large number of challenges addressed by community supported agriculture, urban farming, urban greening and any number of small and local initiative.  ...
Supervisor: Klaas Metselaar
Department: Soil Physics and Land Management group
 
Soil macroinvertebrates distribution in conventional and organic farms
Pesticides are heavily used in agriculture to reduce crop losses due to pests, weeds and pathogens. Between 1961 and 2011 the global agricultural production more than tripled, largely due to pesticide use. Currently, global pestic ...
Supervisor: violette.geissen, Esperanza Huerta Lwanga & Tamas Salanki
Department: Soil Physics and Land Management group
 
ViTE - Vineyard Terraced landscapes: understanding the Environmental constraints to improve sustainable managements
Problem context Mediterranean vineyard terrace landscapes are increasingly threatened by land degradation processes Their environmental, economic and cultural value are recognised by e g UNESCO, but a holistic approach to their c ...
Supervisor: Teun Vogel
Department: Soil Physics and Land Management group
 
Agroecology as a concept for sustainable agricultural intensification in southern Africa
Low agricultural productivity is a key barrier to sustainable development in the global South. Current agricultural practices are moreover often unsustainable, leading to land degradation and vulnerability to climatic and other di ...
Supervisor: Luuk Fleskens
Department: Soil Physics and Land Management group
 
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