News of the Animal Production Systems Group
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Polder rice in the Netherlands: will it succeed this year?
May 16, 2024 - Will it succeed this year to grow ‘polder rice’ in the Netherlands for the first time? Researchers at Wageningen University & Research... -
Positive Animal Welfare Team nominated for Research Award
February 21, 2024 - The Positive Animal Welfare (PAW) Team has been nominated for the Research Award, category Team effort of the Year. The team members will pitch their... -
Can grazing cows tackle climate change?
January 19, 2024 - Corina van Middelaar discusses in a Dutch podcast of studio Plantaardig the recently published article 'Risk to rely on soil carbon sequestration to... -
Hardly any difference between animal and human welfare
December 19, 2023 - There is little difference between animal and human welfare, especially when it comes to mammals, who have much in common with humans. That is one of... -
Soil carbon sequestration in grazing systems does not lead to net-zero
November 24, 2023 - Solely relying on soil carbon sequestration in grasslands to offset the warming effect of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from current ruminant systems... -
ClearFarm is well on its way to creating a sensor-based digital platform for monitoring the welfare of farm animals
October 26, 2023 - With only a few months ahead Wageningen University & Research hosted on 26-27 October the final annual meeting of the project ClearFarm. All... -
Educational experiment with polder rice
October 11, 2023 - Is polder rice a feasible circular alternative to cows on peat soil? In May, an experimental trial began, with researchers from Wageningen University... -
Climate goals 2030 can be met by recoupling livestock and feed production
September 11, 2023 - Recoupling livestock and feed production in the Netherlands will reduce ammonia emissions (nearly half) and greenhouse gas emissions (more than a... -
Start pilot cultivating rice on peatland
May 23, 2023 - Is polder rice a feasible circular alternative for cows on peatland? A pilot experiment started this week. On May 22nd, researchers from Wageningen... -
Raimon Ripoll-Bosch leader of new FAO Ecosystem Services group
March 28, 2023 - FAO has appointed our researcher Raimon Ripoll-Bosch as one of the leaders of the Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP) technical...