On 1 July 2021, the demo project 'Non-productive investments: Worth the investment!' was launched. As part of this project, we want to create more awareness around VLIF support for non-productive investments and sensitise fruit growers and farmers to this. Measures to promote biodiversity (hedges, wood edges, nesting boxes, bee hotels, etc.), erosion reduction (dams) and improved water management\/better water quality (level-controlled drainage, weirs, etc.) are among the topics discussed.<\/p>\n
To convince fruit growers\/farmers to engage in non-productive investments, we are looking for fruit growers\/farmers who are already working on non-productive investments. Together with these 'model farms', we will examine which preconditions need to be met to make the non-productive investment a success. A strength-weakness analysis (SWOT analysis) and a cost analysis (e.g. for maintenance of hedges and wood edges) are also carried out. The result is poured into a digitally available brochure with tips and tricks for growers who want to get started with non-productive investments.<\/p>\n
We will organise 10 demonstration activities in 2022, where the farmer\/fruit growers of the sample farms will share their knowledge and experiences on one or more non-productive investments with the visiting farmers. Furthermore, for three measures, we will set up a limited pilot scheme in 2022, which we will follow up. The aim is to gather more info on the benefits of a particular measure. Fruit growers\/farmers who are interested in applying for VLIF support can also contact the project partners during the course of the project for advice on e.g. the choice of species for a hedge\/wood edging, construction of level-controlled drainage, ...<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":3887,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"categorie-projecten":[36],"class_list":["post-2413","projecten","type-projecten","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categorie-projecten-andere"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pvl-vzw.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projecten\/2413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pvl-vzw.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projecten"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pvl-vzw.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/projecten"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pvl-vzw.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projecten\/2413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pvl-vzw.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pvl-vzw.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categorie-projecten","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pvl-vzw.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categorie-projecten?post=2413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}