Plants 4 Plants

Crops that will be fully utilized and valorized towards a combination of markets in the future. Protein fractions to human or animal feed, cellulose to sustainable building materials, specific contents to high-value applications in, for example, organic crop protection with a healthy, fertile and sustainably worked soil as a hard starting point.

Plant material is the basic raw material for the future. The Plants 4 Plants project involves a large number of parties working together on a concept in which the square value of crops must become the rule rather than the exception. The challenge is to value all parts of the plant optimally and to achieve both a financial and a sustainability return. In doing so, new crops are specifically sought as an extension of the existing, more traditional range.

Introducing non-traditional crops for the Netherlands is often a long-term process. Little experience with cultivation offers low crop yields at the outset, which usually makes farmers somewhat reluctant. In addition, the financial yield is an extra challenge. A new market often has to be developed. The participants in the Plants 4 Plants project want to work on both areas at the same time and achieve a breakthrough.

By jointly organizing expert meetings, the members want to show that they are at the forefront of the search for crossovers and that they meet the demands of farmers and citizens to achieve a sustainable, sustainable economy with an indispensable role for the grower of the future. These knowledge meetings will be linked to demonstrations and experiments in the field. Acreage will be made available by various parties.