AgriFood & Nature

JADS collaborated with LiveKindly Collective to tackle a key challenge in the production of plant-based meat alternatives. This partnership, part of the EngD program, focused on optimizing the extrusion process—a critical step in achieving high-quality, consistent plant-based meat.

JADS collaborated with Arinze on the Smart Pears project, using AI and robotics to sort pears with precision. Students tackled real-world challenges, advancing autonomous sorting systems and gaining hands-on experience in industrial data science applications.

Zinabu Melese is an Ethiopian EngD student at JADS who for his doctorate research explored a wealth of data from Hendrix Genetics and the Vion Food Group in order to lay the foundations for further data integration in the production chain. The next step will be to couple data from sensors hanging in pig farms to slaughterhouse data.

Naturalis Biodiversity Center and JADS are using data science and artificial intelligence for joint research. The goal: preservation of global biodiversity.

FARM-IT focusses on meeting the demand for data savvy professionals in the agri-food sector. JADS is involved in FARM IT through a minor agri-food, e-learning, professional education, collaborations