The Belgian Center for Fruit Growing (Pcfruit), together with the Universities of Hasselt and Maastricht, is starting a study on the usefulness of fruits in the production of building materials or textiles. This is reported by the Dutch Fruit Growers Organization (NFO).
Fibers from plants such as hemp are already being used as insulating material in construction. Pcfruit wants to explore whether substances found in fruit varieties could also find new uses. For fruit growers, this can be useful when, for example, there is an additional destination for fruits that are currently being processed industrially.
This includes ferulic acid. “This acid is found in several types of fruit. For example, it can be used in the textile industry to make clothing biodegradable,” Pcfruit Managing Director Dani Bylemans told VRT radio.
In addition to Pcfruit’s collaboration with the Universities of Hasselt and Maastricht, the pilot center is collaborating with the textile innovation center Centexbel in Ghent and Compas Agro in Venlo. The province of Limburg, Flanders and the European Union are jointly allocating 4 million euros for the study. This period is three years.
Bio-based building on the rise webinar – an opportunity for farmers?
Biologically based construction is in vogue. The government wants to promote bio-based construction. This opens up opportunities for farmers involved in farming. But what exactly is a biologically based design? What do politicians want to achieve with bio-based building? What can cultivation, research and supply chains do about it? Is it possible to profit from growing fiber crops? BO Akkerbouw, Duurzaam Praktijknetwerk Akkerbouw (DPA) and Nieuwe Oogst are organizing a webinar for arable farmers about the opportunities this new development offers. This will be an extensive program with speakers from Biobased Innovations Garden, Ballast Nedam, Van De Bilt zaden and vlas, Building Balance, Rabobank, Triodos and LTO. January 24 from 19.30 to 21.00. You can register here: Biobased construction on the rise, an opportunity for farmers?
Yawancin membobin FNV da ke aiki a cikin lambunan gonaki ba su yarda da shawarar ƙarshe na masu aiki ba.
A cewar ƙungiyar, akwai babban tazara tsakanin tayin ƙarshe na ma'aikata da kuma buƙatun albashi na FNV. Wakilan ma'aikata suna ba da shawarar karin kashi 3 cikin 1 na albashi daga ranar 2023 ga Janairu, 2, da kashi 1 cikin 2023 daga Yuli 5, XNUMX. Darakta Linda Slugter na FNV Agrarisch Groen ta yi iƙirarin cewa tare da wannan shawara, tabbas za a rage yawan ma'aikata da kashi XNUMX cikin ɗari. .
Slagter ya kira shawarar membobin FNV na kin yarda da wannan ƙarfin hali. Ta kuma yi imanin cewa amincin ma'aikata ga ma'aikatansu ana yawan gwada su. "Mun ji takaici da wannan kuma muna rokon masu daukar ma'aikata su fito da mafi kyawun tayi."
Gabaɗaya farashin diyya
FNV yana son haɓakar kuɗin rayuwa ya kasance a bayyane cikin albashi. Bugu da kari, kungiyar kwadago ta ba da shawarar hada ramuwa na gaba daya a cikin yarjejeniyar gamayya. Slugter ta ce FNV ta fahimci cewa masu lambun lambun suna fama da wahala su ma, amma ta kuma ga cewa da yawan ma'aikata ba su san yadda ake tallafawa wannan ta hanyar kuɗi ba.
"Wannan yana haifar da rashin gamsuwa a wurin aiki, kuma shawarwarin ƙarshe na masu daukar ma'aikata na yarjejeniyar haɗin gwiwa ba ta inganta yanayin ba," in ji babban jami'in kungiyar. A cewar FNV, kusan kusan ma'aikata 35,000 ne ke tsunduma cikin aikin noman noma. A lokacin kololuwar yanayi, wannan adadin ya fi girma sosai.