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Projects

For a short description of TU Delft projects in the field of agrifood, click on the projects below. 

Water efficiency in cotton production

India is one of the main producers of cotton. However, inefficient water use behavior, technologies and practices, and fluctuating prices drive cotton farmers to despair.

Tiny smart e-nose

All plants emit a scent. An electronic nose can immediately detect whether something is wrong. As soon as a disease breaks out, the e-nose will detect it and give a warning.

AI in strawberry chain

Once strawberries have been picked, it’s a race against the clock to keep them as fresh as possible. Algorithms will be used to calculate the right time to harvest the fruit.

Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge

In a fully automated greenhouse artificial intelligence is competing with humans. Teams are growing cherry tomatoes autonomously.

Bird's eye view

Upscaling is complicating identifying areas with anomalies at plant level. As a result, growers have fewer insights and control. Autonomous flying drones offer a solution.

Clarity on fruit frost

Spring frosts are one of the main enemies of fruit cultivation in the Netherlands. Despite this, there has been little research into the effectiveness of existing protective measures.

Synergia

The aim of this research is to build knowledge at the interface of biology, technology and society in order to develop new sustainable strategies for the agriculture sector.

Plantenna

The Plantenna project is focusing on the development of sensor technology that can collect information about a plant's condition and environment from within the plant itself.

Radar for soil moisture

Vegetation influences the radar signal during the measuring soil moisture content. Noise in the signal caused by vegetation allows the researchers to determine the moisture content of crops.

New strains of mushrooms

This research is focused on unraveling the workings of the complex genomes of fungi.

Vertical farm efficiency

In vertical farms, fruit and vegetables are grown under artificial light in an environment fully shut off from the outside world. How are these vertical farms performing?

Plant and pathogen interaction

Pathoview is designed to offer insight into how pathogens interact with plants. The project is researching lettuce infected with Bremia, a downy mildew.

50% less energy through LED

Halving tomato growers’ energy consumption: LED lighting in greenhouses can make this possible.

Non-invasive fruit quality analysis

Automated quality controls would reduce the huge wastages of fruit and vegetables. The major challenge is how to assess the condition of the inside of the fruit.

Flight to vitality

The current standard for determining potato's vitality is to put them in a bucket for a week, and see how many become rotten. This project is looking for a systematic procedure.

Optimum Supply Chain

The idea is to create a chain using self-learning technology in which demand and desires are brought together with supply and possibilities in a cloud environment.

Flexcraft

The TU Delft cooperates with 4 other Dutch universities in a program called FlexCRAFT. In this program researchers aim to develop robotics for the food sector in three different use-cases.