19 oktober 2021

The Environmental Impacts of Agriculture

19 oktober 2021

Future-Proof Types of Agriculture

17 juni 2026

AgriLemma 2.0: A serious game for exploring dilemmas in agriculture

In AgriLemma, you are a farmer in Europe managing your own farm across 8 seasons. You grow six types of crops — potatoes, sugar beets, rapeseed, corn, wheat, and chickpeas — each requiring resources such as seeds, water, nutrients, and workers. Players must run, invest in, and improve their farm with sustainable technologies while balancing competing priorities and navigating uncertainties like weather events and pest attacks. The objective is to maximize overall farm health, which is determined by three dimensions: environmental health (positive ecological impact), social health (worker satisfaction), and financial health (farm profitability). Players must strategize across all three dimensions simultaneously — decisions that boost profit may come at an environmental cost, and vice versa. The game makes these trade-offs tangible, encouraging reflection on what sustainable farming really requires. ------------------------------ Learning objectives: · Experiment with different strategies — to operationalize and adapt an approach under pressure, and to reflect on how well it held up. · Expose students to issues of risk management — to plan, control, and explain the reasoning behind in-game choices relating to sustainability, soil conservation practices, integrated crop management, weeding, and pest management, and to learn how to respond when conditions change. · Experience the complexity of decision-making — to take into account weather and policy uncertainties, sustainability pressures, economic realities, and the broader context in which farm decisions are made. --------------------------------Practical information: · Format: Board game (physical/ print-and-play) · Players: 2-4 players (extendable to 8 by playing in teams of 2) · Duration: 3 hours, including onboarding and debrief · Level: Higher education / Stakeholder engagement · Language: English --------------------------------Credits: AgriLemma was originally designed as part of the WATERAGRI project. The second version, including a full redesign of the graphics, was developed with funding support from the TU Delft Open Science Programme course "Civic Engagement in Action: Empowering Researchers and Educators to Make an Impact". Game design: Dr. ir. Aashna Mittal - TU Delft, Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management Graphic design and illustration: Gracia Bovenberg-Murris and Michelle de Smit – TU Delft GameLab Note on image generation: The images in the tech cards and the border of the main game board were created using AI-generated imagery. The constructed wetlands card image is also AI-generated. All other cards and box art are hand-drawn or created in Adobe Illustrator. Note on usability: The print-and-play version of the game has been optimized for office printing.

1 januari 2024

MOOC: Reaching UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through Systems Thinking

Tackling the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 may seem like a tall feat. In this seven-week, online short course, you’ll learn a fundamental approach to problem-solving, called systems thinking. It will help you gain tools for systems thinking and modelling before applying what you’ve learned in practical simulations. Equipped with practical tools and insights, you’ll be prepared to contribute to achieving the UN’s SDGs, and making a meaningful impact on global resource management, policy, and the planet. Approach sustainability with a holistic approach Rather than focusing on individual parts of a problem in isolation, systems thinking emphasizes looking at the relationships and interactions behind these components. You’ll delve into this methodology and learn how to visualize and analyze these interactions through dynamic systems models. Explore sustainable development and resource management through practical simulations Next, you’ll apply the tools and methodologies you’ve learned to real-world environmental problems. This includes issues relating to fisheries, climate change, energy, water, and agriculture. These simulations will challenge you to implement sustainable solutions to the circular economy, build resilience during emergencies, and enhancing decision making through participatory systems thinking.

7 juni 2019

Business & the sustainable development goals

(RSM, 2018, 123 pag) . In dit boek presenteert Rob van Tulder een raamwerk voor ontwerpen vanbedrijfsstrategieën die effectief zijn voor duurzame ontwikkeling. Bevat daarnaast case studies van bedrijven die SDGs toepassen in hun strategie.

19 oktober 2021

Land04x - Animation Scaling Strategies

Explains the idea of scaling-up of sustainable solutions in agriculture and the water sector

1 oktober 2025

An analysis of the current developments and scenarios for the transition to a fossil-free energy society this century

This century, greenhouse gas emissions such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrogen oxides must be significantly reduced. Greenhouse gases absorb and emit infrared radiation that contributes to global warming, which can lead to irreversible negative consequences for humans and the environment. Greenhouse gases are caused by the burning of fossil fuels such as crude oil, coal, and natural gas, but livestock farming and agriculture are also to blame. In addition, deforestation contributes to more greenhouse gases. Of the natural greenhouse gases, water vapor is the main cause of the greenhouse effect, accounting for 90%. The remaining 10% is caused from high to low by carbon dioxide, methane, nitrogen oxides, chlorofluorocarbons, and ozone. In addition, there are industrial greenhouse gases such as fluorinated hydrocarbons, sulphur hexafluoride, and nitrogen trifluoride that contribute to the greenhouse effect too. Greenhouse gases are a major cause of climate change, with far-reaching consequences for the welfare of humans and animals. In some regions, extreme weather events like rainfall are more common, while others are associated with more extreme heat waves and droughts. Sea level rise caused by melting ice and an increase in forest fires are undesirable effects of climate change. Countries in low-lying areas fear that sea level rise will force their populations to move to the higher-lying areas. Climate change is affecting the entire world. An estimated 30-40% o f the carbon dioxide released by the combustion of fossil fuels dissolves into the surface water, resulting in an increased concentration of hydrogen ions. This causes the seawater to become more acidic, resulting in a decreasing of carbonate ions. Carbonate ions are an important building block for forming and maintaining calcium carbonate structures of organisms such as oysters, mussels, sea urchins, shallow water corals, deep sea corals, and calcareous plankton.

22 juni 2022

220622-FSE32306-WhatIsRegenerativeAgricultre-LS-K-v100

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21 februari 2023

How can crops survive extreme weather?

All over the world, the effects of climate change are affecting food production. Long dry periods, desertification, heavy rainfall, and flooding pose a serious threat to agriculture. Biologist Prof. Rashmi Sasidharan (UU) studies how plants deal with extreme weather conditions. What specific characteristics help plants to survive? And how can they serve as an inspiration for the kind of crops we grow? In collaboration with the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development & Future Food Utrecht (UU).

27 februari 2023

Passport to the cow cosmos: Rumen Level 1 to 4

This series contains four modules covering the following aspects of rumen function and health: Level 1: Basic ruminant stomachs anatomy, physiology, and function The rumen microbiome and microbial ecology in the cosmos Basic rumen fermentation Level 2: A brief overview of rumen development The clinical examination of the rumen Selected forestomach disorders of individual adult animals Level 3: Rumen fermentation disorders – SARA Assessment of rumen function at herd level Level 4: Vegetation, ruminants, and feed degradation Methane production, CO2 equivalents and global warming Sustainabilty and plantetary boundaries with safe and just spaces How do we/ how should we measure this? (units and scales) Solutions for the future