• Upgrade Eco-friendly Coolbox delivers

  October 5, 2021

  easier to handle. The improvements form part of Koppert’s sustainability target for ‘Zero Waste by 2030’. At the ‘end of life’, the boxes can be recycled with [...] weight. In the coming weeks, the upgraded Eco-friendly Coolbox will be introduced with additional sizes. These include the A size (available as of week 42); [...] (available as of week 47). The new Eco-friendly Coolbox will be available for Koppert subsidiaries, distributors and direct customers. The new version includes

• Earth Day at Koppert

  April 21, 2023

  to reflect on the state of our planet and to take action to protect it for future generations. At Koppert, we believe that caring for the earth is not just [...] biodiversity, and contribute to the health and wellbeing of people and the planet. Our positive impact One of the key ways that we promote sustainability is through [...] facilities in the Netherlands, leading to a reduction of 89% in CO2 emissions from electricity use. Three out of four cars added to the KBV and Koppert

• Manual Wireless Beehome

  pulse), the symbol ‘▲’ will be used in the text. • If the LED (appendix 2) does not illuminate (= pulse), the symbol ‘-’ will be used in the text. • The general [...] Remove the hive door from the hive by pushing it downwards out of the fixing ridges. At the same time, insert the receiver along the top edge of the fixing [...] Plug the supplied timer into the power socket on the transmitter casing. Insert the plug of the short cable coming out of the transmitter into the timer

• Global awareness of food loss and waste reduction

  September 29, 2021

  all part of the problem as well as part of the solution when it comes to food waste. Working at Koppert gives us the opportunity to be part of the solution [...] The first UN International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste will be held on 29 September, recognizing the fundamental role that food production [...] wasted in retail and at the consumption level. In the case of fruits and vegetables, more than 20% is lost. At Koppert, we are well aware of these losses and

• Natutec Drive effective and efficient – ‘a fantastic device’

  December 16, 2020

  storage drum at the centre, a patented manifold, and finally eight distribution hoses. The grower can control the device from a monitor in the cab. The drum turns [...] takes an average of 140 minutes for each hectare – the Natutec Drive brings this down to 36 minutes, barely a quarter of the time. The device also allows [...] manager at Keelings, explains that the Natutec Drive works ‘like a dream’. ‘We had an accuracy level of 95 per cent in the first applications of Thripex

• Koppert: Key partner of Agadir Horticultural Complex in R&D

  December 12, 2022

  Delft, Hort-tech, Seed2Seed, Hoogendoorn, HarvestHouse, Jiffy, HortiXS, Rijk Zwaan, to mention but a few. Koppert will be part of the Impact Cluster and [...] Koppert: Key partner of Agadir Horticultural Complex in R&D The Dutch government has invested in greenhouses at the new Agadir Horticultural Complex (CHA) [...] across the Middle East, North Africa region and Europe participated during the opening event. Among other dignitaries, the opening was attended by the Moroccan

• Koppert co-hosts International Horti Quiz

  March 18, 2021

  Prizes can be won but will be selected randomly. The final score of each team will be announced right after the quiz. Ed Smit, and Renee Snijders of Jungle [...] Quiz on 24 March. The first edition of this quiz is about the fundament of sustainable production; soil, substrates and seeds. These themes will be hosted [...] See Valley respectively. The quiz will consist of two rounds of general questions. After the quiz, participants can join one of the breakout rooms to learn

• Nezapar wins bronze Bernard Blum Award 2023

  October 23, 2023

  won the Bronze Award in the 2023 Bernard Blum Awards at the Annual Biocontrol Industry Meeting (ABIM). This award is an annual recognition of the year's [...] Peter Couwels accepted the prize on behalf of Koppert. ‘We are very proud of this recognition for achieving the successful rearing of commercially relevant [...] impacting the development of Nezara, has been described in research papers for some time. What we have achieved now is scaling-up the rearing of Trissolcus

• In search of the relationship between NatuGro and nitrogen release

  June 27, 2019

  Trianum at the start of the cultivation cycle and after every subsequent eight-week period. They are also treated with Vidi Parva at the start of the cultivation [...] applied at the start of the cultivation cycle and repeated every week.' The trial will be carried out five times to enable reliable conclusions to be made [...] made on the basis of statistics. Resilient cropping with NatuGro ‘In the end, the key question is how we can further improve the development of resilient cropping

• FAQ Nematodes

  water, the total volume of the suspension must be sprayed immediately. Therefore a suspension cannot be saved. If the suspension is not mixed, the nematodes [...] insect larvae will quickly become slimy and thus will no longer be found. In practice, the decrease of pest pressure is the only indication that the application [...] insects can be host to this group of nematodes. By far the most nematodes belong to the group of saprophytes. These nematodes are harmless and live of dead organic