Farm and landscape management for ecosystem services in the Hoeksche Waard

Three research projects in the programme Biodiversity Works are being conducted in the agricultural landscape of the Hoeksche Waard. The projects focus on the relation between farm and landscape management and the performance of ecosystem services that support crop production, including natural pest control, pollination, improving soil quality and water regulation. The collaboration with stakeholders of these projects is in many cases a joint action. In this contribution we describe these joint actions, focussing on the way researchers collaborate with stakeholders and the expected output of the projects. First we will start with a short description of how the different approaches of the three projects complement each other and how they are related to farm and landscape management. Next we will describe how the projects collaborate with the stakeholders in the Hoeksche Waard and how knowledge is developed together.