Foundation News

In this article, we bring you updates on our Bonaire project from Bonaire and Texel. Updates from Bonaire location Workshop ‘micro-credit in agriculture’ on Bonaire. There are many people on Bonaire who want to practice agriculture, but cannot start because investments have to be made first. The land often needs to be fenced and cleaned.…

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is a crisis unlike any we’ve seen. Food export and import have been affected in many parts of the world due to the restriction on transportation. Salt Farm Foundation has been receiving various emails from countries such as the Maldives and Nepal which have been affected due to restrictions in trade.…

Louis Bolk Instituut at the request of Salt Farm Foundation has made a report on the potential of using Seaweed and algae extract as leaf fertilizer and biostimulant in the cultivation of salt-tolerant potato. This report was made possible with the support of the project – Interreg North Sea Region SalFar. Read the abstract and…

Interested to know of which crop farmers were most curious to know the salt tolerance? Read this report on the International Farmers cafe that was organised as a part of the Saline Future Conference in September 2019. This report was developed by our project partners as a part of the Interreg North-Sea region SalFar. Report…

Salt Farm Foundation was initiated by Marc Van Rijsselberghe in 2016 in order to share knowledge of saline agriculture and the solutions it has to offer to small-scale farmers worldwide. This knowledge and solutions for farmers were developed through Marc’s various initiatives through his different commercial and R&D organizations which now fall under the Saline-Farming group. Since March 2019,…

1st WASAG International Forum On Water Scarcity In Agriculture, Praia, Cabo Verde (19-22 march). Impression of the “saline agriculture” session with Dr. Arjen de Vos (sitting 4th from left) Dr. Arjen de Vos recently participated in the 1st WASAG International Forum On Water Scarcity In Agriculture,  Praia, Cabo Verde (19-22 march). This congress was organized…

We have just returned from a successful field visit to Bonaire. Together with various stakeholders, we looked at the opportunities to help farmers use saline agricultural methods. We received many positive reactions to our solution. Saline agriculture offers a great opportunity for Bonaire to improve their food security and their rural economy! Background Bonaire, an…

The 84th International Green Week (IGW) was recently concluded in Berlin. It took place from the 18th to 27th of January and included over 1,700 exhibitors from all over the world. IGW serves as a venue for companies in the food, agriculture and gardening sector to showcase their products and innovation to the world. Salt…

Dear readers, At first, we wish you a very happy new year! The year 2018 has been a positive one for saline agriculture and for our foundation. We have put in an enormous effort to spread awareness of Saline agriculture globally and on the research and practical application of its methods. In this issue, we…

Last week the article “An improved methodology to evaluate crop salt tolerance from field trials” by Dutch scientists Prof. dr. Dr. G. van Straten (Wageningen University), Prof. dr. Dr. P.M. van Bodegom (Leiden University), Prof. dr. Dr. J. Rozema (VU University Amsterdam), Dr. ir. A.C. de Vos (Salt Farm Texel) and Dr. B. Bruning (Salt…