{"id":1044,"date":"2025-09-10T08:20:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T06:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.farmdesk.eu\/?post_type=publication&#038;p=1044"},"modified":"2025-09-10T13:04:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T11:04:41","slug":"carbon-footprint-van-aardappelen-case-study-met-farmdesk-climate","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/en\/publication\/carbon-footprint-of-potatoes-case-study-with-farmdesk-climate\/","title":{"rendered":"Carbon footprint of potatoes - case study with Farmdesk Climate"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1044\" class=\"elementor elementor-1044\" data-elementor-post-type=\"publication\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5404409 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5404409\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc69aaa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bc69aaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 13-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Introduction<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b3996c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b3996c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 13-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the past few years, Farmdesk has built in-depth expertise around climate science in agriculture. In early 2024, we launched Farmdesk Climate in the dairy industry. Now we are extending this solution to the potato processing sector, which benefits equally from visualizing the climate impact of potato growers.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farmdesk.eu\/climate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Farmdesk Climate<\/a> enables efficient monitoring of the carbon footprint of individual farms. Much of the required data is automatically read in, providing continuous insight and active farmer engagement with minimal effort. A great example of this is the successful rollout of Farmdesk Climate in the dairy sector for Royal A-ware in Belgium, where in less than two months hundreds of dairy farmers were started up with the necessary digital support, without time-consuming individual farm visits.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besides climate impact, water quality, water consumption, soil condition and biodiversity also play an important role in the potato sector. In this study the focus is on climate impact, the other aspects will follow later.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60de91e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"60de91e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Methods<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffd01c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ffd01c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this publication, we present the first carbon footprint calculation of potato cultivation on an arable farm in Texel, the Netherlands, in the year 2024, calculated with Farmdesk Climate. The cropping plan of this farm included 71 hectares of consumption potatoes, supplemented by seed potatoes, barley, wheat, maize, grass, alfalfa, carrots and sugar beets in the rotation.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A weed treatment was first applied to all potato plots, followed by fertilization with cattle slurry or compost mix. From April to early May, 3 tons of seed potatoes per hectare were then planted, with an initial fertilizer application, a fungicide, and a nematode and rhythm needle treatment also applied immediately. After emergence another fertilizer was applied as well as several treatments with crop protection agents.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the period from late September to early October, a total yield of 3390 tons of potatoes was harvested, intended for the production of potato chips. This represents an average yield of 48 tons per hectare. Half of the yield was washed directly after harvest and transported to the chip factory. The other half was treated with sprout inhibitor after harvest and stored in a conditioned shed. As of March 2025, these potatoes were also washed and transported to the processor.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Farmdesk Climate provides the carbon footprint cradle to farm gate, meaning that the carbon footprint is calculated from the origin of all inputs (such as fertilizer production) until the product leaves the farm. In other words, all greenhouse gas emissions directly or indirectly related to agricultural activities on the farm are included in the calculation. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79a938d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"79a938d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 13-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmdesk.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/1985\/09\/FD-Climate-Potato-overview-1-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA3ODksInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9kMWJ6OTRqMDZuMWN0MC5jbG91ZGZyb250Lm5ldFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMTk4NVwvMDlcL0ZELUNsaW1hdGUtUG90YXRvLW92ZXJ2aWV3LTEtc2NhbGVkLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1397\" src=\"https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/1985\/09\/FD-Climate-Potato-overview-1-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-10789\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/1985\/09\/FD-Climate-Potato-overview-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/1985\/09\/FD-Climate-Potato-overview-1-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/1985\/09\/FD-Climate-Potato-overview-1-1024x559.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/1985\/09\/FD-Climate-Potato-overview-1-768x419.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/1985\/09\/FD-Climate-Potato-overview-1-1536x838.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/1985\/09\/FD-Climate-Potato-overview-1-2048x1117.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/1985\/09\/FD-Climate-Potato-overview-1-18x10.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec2c71c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ec2c71c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCool Farm Platform's computational core was used to calculate individual emissions of the greenhouse gases nitrous oxide (N<sub>2<\/sub>O) and carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2<\/sub>) [2]. The final footprint is expressed in kilograms of CO<sub>2<\/sub>-equivalents per ton of net delivered potatoes (kg CO<sub>2<\/sub>-eq\/ton of potato), using a GWP conversion factor of 273 for nitrous oxide.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6255d4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6255d4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Results &amp; discussion<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f5423f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f5423f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe average footprint of the potatoes in the 2024 growing year, at the time they left the farm, was 97 kg CO<sub>2<\/sub>-eq\/ton. Emissions during further processing into potato chips are not included in this. This figure is considerably lower than the 170 kg CO<sub>2<\/sub>-eq\/ton from Blonk's 2011 study [2] and slightly higher than the \u00b185 kg CO<sub>2<\/sub>-eq\/ton from a more recent study by Klimrek [3].\nIn the ring diagram below, emissions are divided into six main categories. Fertilization contributes by far the most with 62%, followed by storage (14%), machine operations (8%), crop residues (8%), seed potato production (6%) and crop protection (2%). The share of storage obviously depends on the agreements between farmer and processor: the longer and more potatoes are stored, the higher the associated emissions.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8074b75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8074b75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmdesk.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/1985\/09\/PieChart-Potato.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA3OTMsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9kMWJ6OTRqMDZuMWN0MC5jbG91ZGZyb250Lm5ldFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMTk4NVwvMDlcL1BpZUNoYXJ0LVBvdGF0by5wbmcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/1985\/09\/PieChart-Potato.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-10793\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/1985\/09\/PieChart-Potato.png 682w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/1985\/09\/PieChart-Potato-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/1985\/09\/PieChart-Potato-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d3449d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8d3449d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn the Sankey diagram (or flow chart) below, the same main categories are shown and broken down according to the type of greenhouse gas: carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2<\/sub>) and nitrous oxide (N<sub>2<\/sub>O). Some land fertilization and crop residues lead to nitrous oxide formation; all other emissions are CO<sub>2<\/sub> -emissions or already converted to CO<sub>2<\/sub>-equivalents, for example in seed potato production. Note that nitrous oxide emissions in this graph have been converted to CO<sub>2<\/sub>-equivalents by multiplying by the GWP conversion factor of 273, allowing a comparison between different greenhouse gases.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-876a90b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"876a90b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmdesk.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/1985\/09\/Sankey-Potato.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA3OTQsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9kMWJ6OTRqMDZuMWN0MC5jbG91ZGZyb250Lm5ldFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMTk4NVwvMDlcL1NhbmtleS1Qb3RhdG8ucG5nIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1693\" height=\"1263\" src=\"https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/1985\/09\/Sankey-Potato.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-10794\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/1985\/09\/Sankey-Potato.png 1693w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/1985\/09\/Sankey-Potato-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/1985\/09\/Sankey-Potato-1024x764.png 1024w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/1985\/09\/Sankey-Potato-768x573.png 768w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/1985\/09\/Sankey-Potato-1536x1146.png 1536w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/1985\/09\/Sankey-Potato-16x12.png 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1693px) 100vw, 1693px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63f5e2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63f5e2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a final step in this study, we simulated the effect of using nitrogen-fixing green manures as a pre-crop on potatoes, reducing the need for fertilizer. This assumed that nitrogen fertilizer application was reduced by 82 kg N\/ha, while potato yield remained the same. The net result is a decrease from 97 kg CO\u2082-eq\/ton to 78 kg CO\u2082-eq\/ton, a total reduction of 19%.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As shown in the figure below, the largest reduction occurs in fertilization: from 61 kg CO\u2082-eq\/ton to 34 kg CO\u2082-eq\/ton, almost a halving. Emissions from machinery operations and crop residues increase slightly, but have a smaller impact.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b545a23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b545a23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmdesk.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/1985\/09\/BoxChart-Comparison-Potato.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA4MDIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9kMWJ6OTRqMDZuMWN0MC5jbG91ZGZyb250Lm5ldFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMTk4NVwvMDlcL0JveENoYXJ0LUNvbXBhcmlzb24tUG90YXRvLnBuZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"859\" height=\"670\" src=\"https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/1985\/09\/BoxChart-Comparison-Potato.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-10802\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/1985\/09\/BoxChart-Comparison-Potato.png 859w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/1985\/09\/BoxChart-Comparison-Potato-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/1985\/09\/BoxChart-Comparison-Potato-768x599.png 768w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/1985\/09\/BoxChart-Comparison-Potato-15x12.png 15w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 859px) 100vw, 859px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2cf12b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a2cf12b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Results &amp; discussion<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5c6d01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5c6d01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn this case study, the carbon footprint of potato cultivation and storage on a typical Dutch arable farm was calculated using the Farmdesk Climate tool. For 2024, this was 97 kg CO<sub>2<\/sub>-eq per ton of potatoes.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-315d5f5 elementor-blockquote--skin-boxed elementor-blockquote--button-color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"315d5f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor-pro - v3.20.0 - 20-03-2024 *\/\n@charset \"UTF-8\";.entry-content blockquote.elementor-blockquote:not(.alignright):not(.alignleft),.entry-summary blockquote.elementor-blockquote{margin-right:0;margin-left:0}.elementor-widget-blockquote blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;outline:0;font-size:100%;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;quotes:none;border:0;font-style:normal;color:#3f444b}.elementor-widget-blockquote blockquote .e-q-footer:after,.elementor-widget-blockquote blockquote .e-q-footer:before,.elementor-widget-blockquote 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Netherlands and Belgium have ambitious targets on greenhouse gas emissions, water use and biodiversity. To achieve these goals, we firmly believe that it is essential to actively engage arable farmers without burdening them with complex administrative tools. Farmdesk Climate offers a user-friendly and effective solution for this.\"\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Jef Aernouts - CEO Farmdesk<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0521c48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0521c48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">References<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b222812 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b222812\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[1] <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/coolfarm.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">coolfarm.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[2] Ponsioen, T., &amp; Blonk, H. 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