• World Food Day 2021

  October 15, 2021

  Goals (SDGs). We are a ‘Partner’ for the UN SDGs and actively supporting a number of them. They include Zero Hunger by 2030, Industry Innovation and Infr [...] interview with Simon Groot - a pioneer in seed breeding - and how he and his company, East West Seed, encouraged small-scale farmers in South East Asia to use

• Lift Off for Koppert Innovation

  January 14, 2020

  be our chosen company to supply the most capable and highly skilled drone pilots. UAV-IQ is an agricultural technology (“AgTech”) company that leverages [...] handling and need to be dispersed in the correct locations in the right numbers to carry out their valuable work in the crop. Airborne technology Product

• High-tech Insect Production

  January 12, 2021

  huge number of new developments with Koppert employees and various contractors working in close synergy. We had a joint vision: to create a company that [...] of the new "insect factory" in Berkel en Rodenrijs fully supports the company’s mission and vision. "We want to rear sustainable products in a sustainable [...] Manager at Koppert. "The greenhouse’s complexity is reflected in the large number of departments – twenty of them in total. Each department can be controlled

• Just How Compostable are Ulti-Mite Sachets?

  October 23, 2019

  ‘foil’. The special foil itself (containing 0% plastic!) is made up of a number of components which together create a perfect breeding environment for our [...] on the side of the road or a tomato in the green waste of a greenhouse company. Industrial compostable Not all materials degrade as quickly as an apple [...] of the Ulti-Mite sachet drops below specs and won`t produce the projected number of predatory mites. In sum, it is a complex process for which our current

• Tomato

  pests in agriculture and horticulture. Rollertraps are used in case large numbers of whiteflies and thrips are present. These tools are designed to attract [...] can use your preferred scout method. Record scout observations by mobile phone manually or use the scanner for Horiver sticky cards for automatic detection [...] avoid surprises Help, whitefly! Now what? Botrytis problems often have company The advantages of Trianum Enjoy multiple benefits against spider mite with

• The Importance of Quality at Koppert

  December 3, 2019

  that got underway more than 50 years ago is the foundation on which our company was built," Total Quality Control Manager, Saskia Inghels reminds us. "Today [...] capacity,” Saskia says. (No rights can be derived from this graph. The numbers are indicative but they give a realistic overview of the differences.) Growers

• Don Sanchez Fresh innovates with biological control in avocados

  when they learned about Koppert's natural solutions. Since then, both companies have maintained a close relationship that has allowed them to go one step [...] Pest and disease control in avocado trees In avocado production there are a number of pests such as thrips , brown spiders, crystalline spiders, worms and

• Caterpillars: a growth explosion in the life of butterflies and moths

  June 30, 2023

  Every species has eggs with a characteristic shape, color, and pattern. The number of eggs also varies: one species lays dozens, the other thousands. Phase [...] salvage it. As the caterpillars eat more, they grow out of their skins. The number of times the caterpillar sheds its skin can vary from three to more than [...] the key to sustainable business operations Botrytis problems often have company Economical and Better Biocontrol of Aphids, Mealybugs and Echinothrips More

• A life-long commitment to help growers thrive with sustainable growing practice

  December 10, 2024

  at hand to let individual growers and companies know when to introduce our beneficial organisms and in what numbers. ‘We really understand our beneficial [...] can face these future challenges.’ With rising labour costs, Koppert has a number of technologies that make the distribution of our predatory mites and other

• Blueberry

  predatory beetles. These natural enemies feed on pests, reducing their numbers and preventing them from causing significant damage to the crops. Blueberry [...] larvae of gall midges feed on spider mites, significantly reducing their numbers. Thrips control Predatory mites , such as Amblyseius swirskii ( Swirski-Mite [...] thrips populations. They actively prey on thrips, helping to reduce their numbers. Additionally, predatory bugs , such as Orius insidiosus ( Thripor-I ),