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09 April 2024
Crop pesticide use influenced by organic farming in adjacent plots
- Farmers use more chemical pesticides when nearby plots are under organic cultivation. However, when there is a substantial increase in the total area... -
08 April 2024
How to find the answer to a 150-year-old biological problem
- In the coming years, professors Dolf Weijers and Joris Sprakel are tackling a 150-year-old biological puzzle: how do plants sense and respond to... -
05 April 2024
Focus on consumption at Global Food Security Conference
- The fifth Global Food Security Conference takes place in Leuven on 9 April. During this conference, around 500 researchers from 65 countries will... -
04 April 2024
Bird flu virus found in cows and human in United States
- Highly pathogenic bird flu virus was found in cows a number of US states in March. The virus was later also detected in a human. Infected wild birds... -
04 April 2024
Fish enriches life in Kenyan slum
- How do you make sure people living in constantly expanding slum districts have access to more food and healthier food? In a research project by... -
03 April 2024
Standardised methodology measures cocoa household income
- What data need to be collected for evidence-based design of strategies, to ensure that cocoa farming households substantially progress towards or... -
02 April 2024
Research Awards for inspiring supervisor and study on animal welfare
- WUR has presented the Research Award to exceptional researchers during its annual Dies Natalis since 1959. This year, however, four awards were... -
02 April 2024
Gelia Castillo, second woman honorary doctor Wageningen University (1983)
- Gelia Castillo was the second woman who received an honorary doctorate from Wageningen University in 1983. Being born and based in the Philippines,... -
02 April 2024
Measuring ammonia and greenhouse gases on De Marke experimental farm
- At WUR's De Marke experimental farm, sensors measure ammonia and greenhouse gas emissions from dairy cattle. The study aims to clarify whether the... -
28 March 2024
Funding for three new projects within Wageningen Global Sustainability Programme
- The board of the Wageningen Global Sustainability Programme, formerly known as INREF, has granted three new overarching projects. These projects will...