Six major propagators in the chrysanthemum sphere have link up forces to further reduce the habit of chemicals in the output of cutting in Africa . Since 2017 , the unique grouping of company comprising Dekker Chrysanten , Deliflor Chrysanten , Dümmen Orange , Floritec , Royal van Zanten and Armada ( since 2020 ) has been cooperate closely on Integrated Pest Management ( IPM ) with the intent of reach this common goal . Their effort have already provided the results they needed and a slap-up deal of insight for the future .
The companies join forces in 2017 out of a shared requirement to grow plant fabric in Africa using as few chemicals as possible and ship it to the Netherlands . The generation companies are united in their dream to provide customer with a high - quality , sustainable Cartesian product that is produced with nature , the environs and workings condition in mind . Their aim is to play a leading role in making the chrysanthemum production chain more sustainable . They recognise that the stride demand to reach their challenging ambitiousness of producing cutting in Africa while using zero chemical substance can only be achieved by working together .
The propagators are also mindful of the increasing societal pressure and demands from end customer , such as retailer , to use more sustainable production methods . Corporate Social Responsibility ( CSR ) is a top priority for all those involved and they are fully committed to the Sustainable Development Goals as set out by the United Nations in 2015 . In this respect , the IPM - related objective lens the companies have pose themselves are a coherent step .
It soon became clean-cut that achieving their challenging IPM objective lens would be an intensive and costly journey , and that the only way they could bring out the desired result was through joint efforts , funding and an open exchange of knowledge . On this basis , a steering committee and workings chemical group were set up with representation from each company involved . All the company influence together in full transparence and autonomy , without any direct commercial addition .
The collaboration has now start to give birth yield . Over the retiring 4 yr , the group has carried out all the necessary test at its joint psychometric test site in Kenya and pull together a heavy body of data point . The report carried out in Kenya has now been complete . It has demonstrated that there is likely to produce cuttings in Africa using few chemicals , in aside that the produced cutting can be shipped to the Netherlands without problems . The desire to use IPM to bring forth cutting off that are 100 % destitute from pests and diseases remains a challenge . Therefore , the guidance commission has express its purpose to continue its collaboration and to focalize its efforts on attain the set up end .
The steering committee will machinate a practical encounter on February 1 to deal the research effect and elaborate on the insight it gathered . More information on that to follow soon .
For more entropy :
Dümmen Orangewww.dummenorange.com
Floritec B.Vwww.floritec.eu
Royal Van Zantenwww.royalvanzanten.com
Armada Young Plantswww.armadayoungplants.nl
