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In the new era of Agriculture nowadays, the use of high technology attracts young farmers and offers solution. Potato cultivation is one of the examples. Data about the crop could help the farmer with harvest forecasting and growth monitoring by using simple sensors. 

In 2021 Researchers from WUR and Solynta collaborated in a field trial, in which we aimed to improve and digitalize data collection in time during the season.

The Netherlands is a country known for advanced initiatives in precision agriculture. Data driven VRA application, Akkerweb/FarmMaps, is a good example of how precision agriculture can help to achieve greater efficiency and yields.

Digitizing agriculture to improve the yield of potatoes and lowering emissions and water usage. That’s the main goal of this research project. The research team is developing new methods for below and above ground sensing and multiple techniques, like radar, x-ray, hyperspectral imaging and impedance tomography.

With an increasing interest in smart agriculture, robotization, and automation, the importance of collaboration between the Netherlands and Japan is receiving a lot of spotlights these days.

If you combine Japanese high-tech and Dutch agronomy, you arrive at strong new agricultural concepts that are more sustainable and more productive, that is the idea behind a new PPP project. This project is based on a Seed Money Project in which it was investigated how both countries can optimally help each other with knowledge development.

The aim of the AIJA-POTU project was to setup the foundation for a public-private partnership with Dutch and Japanese partners to improve the potato sector in Japan. We started by exploring which NL knowledge and products / technology can be applied in the Japanese potato sector, and what has to be done to make this happen (ie. research, promotion, demonstration etc).