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?
ສະມາຊິກ FNV ສ່ວນໃຫຍ່ທີ່ເຮັດວຽກໃນການປູກພືດສວນຄົວບໍ່ເຫັນດີກັບຂໍ້ສະເໜີສຸດທ້າຍຂອງນາຍຈ້າງ.
ອີງຕາມສະຫະພັນ, ມີຊ່ອງຫວ່າງທີ່ສໍາຄັນລະຫວ່າງການສະເຫນີສຸດທ້າຍຂອງນາຍຈ້າງແລະຄວາມຕ້ອງການຄ່າຈ້າງຂອງ FNV. ຜູ້ຕາງຫນ້ານາຍຈ້າງກໍາລັງສະເຫນີການເພີ່ມຄ່າຈ້າງ 3 ເປີເຊັນຈາກວັນທີ 1 ມັງກອນ 2023 ແລະ 2 ເປີເຊັນຈາກວັນທີ 1 ກໍລະກົດ 2023. ຜູ້ອໍານວຍການ Linda Slugter ຂອງ FNV Agrarisch Groen ອ້າງວ່າດ້ວຍການສະເຫນີນີ້, ຈໍານວນພະນັກງານແນ່ນອນຈະຫຼຸດລົງ 5 ເປີເຊັນ. .
Slagter ຮຽກຮ້ອງການຕັດສິນໃຈຂອງບັນດາສະມາຊິກ FNV ບໍ່ເຫັນດີຕໍ່ເລື່ອງນີ້ຢ່າງກ້າຫານ. ນາງຍັງເຊື່ອວ່າຄວາມສັດຊື່ຂອງພະນັກງານຕໍ່ນາຍຈ້າງຂອງພວກເຂົາມັກຈະຖືກທົດສອບເກີນໄປ. "ພວກເຮົາມີຄວາມຜິດຫວັງໃນເລື່ອງນີ້ແລະຮຽກຮ້ອງໃຫ້ນາຍຈ້າງສະເຫນີຂໍ້ສະເຫນີທີ່ດີກວ່າ."
ການຊົດເຊີຍລາຄາທົ່ວໄປ
FNV ຕ້ອງການການເພີ່ມຂຶ້ນຂອງຄ່າໃຊ້ຈ່າຍດໍາລົງຊີວິດແມ່ນສະທ້ອນໃຫ້ເຫັນໃນຄ່າຈ້າງ. ນອກນີ້, ສະຫະພັນການຄ້າສະເຫນີໃຫ້ປະກອບການຊົດເຊີຍລາຄາທົ່ວໄປໃນສັນຍາລວມ. Slugter ເວົ້າວ່າ FNV ເຂົ້າໃຈວ່າຊາວສວນເຮືອນແກ້ວກໍ່ມີຄວາມຫຍຸ້ງຍາກເຊັ່ນດຽວກັນ, ແຕ່ນາງຍັງເຫັນວ່າພະນັກງານຫຼາຍກວ່າແລະຫຼາຍບໍ່ຮູ້ວິທີການສະຫນັບສະຫນູນທາງດ້ານການເງິນ.
"ອັນນີ້ເຮັດໃຫ້ເກີດຄວາມບໍ່ພໍໃຈໃນບ່ອນເຮັດວຽກ, ແລະຂໍ້ສະເຫນີສຸດທ້າຍຂອງນາຍຈ້າງສໍາລັບຂໍ້ຕົກລົງການເຈລະຈາຮ່ວມກັນບໍ່ໄດ້ປັບປຸງສະຖານະການ," ຜູ້ບໍລິຫານຂອງສະຫະພັນກ່າວວ່າ. ອີງຕາມ FNV, ສະເລ່ຍແລ້ວມີພະນັກງານປະມານ 35,000 ຄົນເຂົ້າຮ່ວມໃນການປູກພືດສວນຄົວ. ໃນຊ່ວງເວລາສູງສຸດ, ຕົວເລກນີ້ແມ່ນສູງກວ່າຫຼາຍ.