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Reducing antibiotic use in livestock

Antibiotic resistance

Years of preventive use of antibiotics in the livestock sector has led to an increasing number of antibiotic resistant bacteria. Resistant bacteria such as MRSA and ESBL are a health threat for humans and animals. Wageningen UR (University & Research center) advises the livestock sector on safely dealing with the presence of these pathogenic bacteria. A white paper on enabling a 'antibiotic-free' animal husbandry was published. In addition, research is done on the genetic characteristics of MRSA and ESBL to find out how antibiotic resistance occurs in these bacteria.

Research on antibiotic resistance

Schmallenberg virus

CVI works on finding answers to the Schmallenberg virus

The Central Veterinary Institute (CVI) of Wageningen UR investigates samples of the Schmallenberg virus and advises the Dutch government on measures to manage the disease. The virus causes birth defects in sheep, goats and cows. Presumably, the virus was transmitted to cattle in Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium last summer. This initially led to mild sickness among the animals. But the after effects are much stronger: since December 2011 many lambs and calves have been stillborn or died shortly after birth. Midges (small flies), which were previously responsible for the spread of the bluetongue virus in the Netherlands, are likely to be vectors of this virus as well. In order to gain more knowledge about the virus, CVI works closely with the Animal Health services, RIVM and the Food Authority nVWA.

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    Growing coral under glass

    A quarter of all fish species live on coral reefs. These reefs are threatened by climate change, clogging and overfishing. Moreover stone corals are more and more populair with aquarium devotees

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    African women and the AIDS tragedy

    AIDS has dramatic consequences for food security in Africa. Millions of farmers on this continent have died of AIDS or have become too sick to work. Frequently, the women who are left behind must

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    Food Sovereignty: promoting or undermining food security?

    Food Sovereignty is one of the emerging concepts in present-day debates on food security and the right to food. Different than the Right to Food, which is a legal framework, Food Sovereignty is a

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    Ethiopia: horticulture and flowers

    From March 21-23 the Hortiflora will take place in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. Wageningen UR will be present with a stand. Please find below the presentation that was showed, as well as the handouts.

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Studying at Wageningen UR

Academic and professional education

Wageningen UR offers a broad range of studies focusing on the domain ‘healthy food and living environment’. Students are stimulated to combine the natural and social sciences; from plant sciences to economics and from food ingredients technology to sociology. All studies have their roots in society and are always focused on finding solutions for societal problems.

Education is offered at various levels. Wageningen University offers academic education and the Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences offers professional education. This unique combination of academic and professional education has led to a coherent system of bachelor, master and PhD programmes. On all levels academic, strategic and applied research are combined.

International orientation

There is a strong international presence at Wageningen UR. About a third of the MSc students and fifty percent of phD students are from abroad. Internationally, the university is listed in the top 200 in both the Times Higher Educational Supplement as well as in the American Newsweek.

Carbon footprint of wild-caught North Sea fish is decreasing

Environmental performance of wild-caught North Sea whitefish compared with other fish and meat types

The carbon footprint of several types of fish and meat have been compared with each other in a study by LEI, part of Wageningen UR. The environmental impact of cod and plaid caught in the North Sea (the sea bordering the Netherlands) is the same as that of imported cultivated fish like salmon, tilapia and pangasius. But because fishing vessels are becoming more energy efficient, the carbon footprint of wild-caught fish is coming down.
Meat production requires less energy than fishing, but the emission of other greenhouse gases (especially methane) make that beef has the biggest environmental impact of all the meat and fish types that were compared. Chicken has the smallest carbon footprint.

Environmental performance of wild-caught North Sea whitefish

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Vici grant to unravel the secret weapon of fungi

Plant scientist Bart Thomma has won a 1.5 million euro Vici grant of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) to study how fungi succeed in deceiving the immune system of plants, animals and people.
It is the third time for Thomma to win an NWO prize. In 2004 he received a Veni grant for his research 'Genetic causes of tomato diseases' and in 2007 he received a Vidi grant for 'Plant plumbing'.
Vici is one of the largest and most prestigious grants a scientist can get in the Netherlands. NWO selects Vici laureates based on the quality of the researcher and the innovative character and academic impact of the proposed research.

Info on NWO Vici (in Dutch)

Postgraduate Research Training in Latin America

Integrated Water Resources Management Training in the Andean region

The European Union has allocated 1,25 million euros to the chairgroup Irrigation and Water Engineering (IWE) of Wageningen University, part of Wageningen UR, to set up a postgraduate research training network for the Andean countries. Edwin Rap, Jeroen Vos, and Rutgerd Boelens (IWE) developed this winning project together with their Andean partners. The project proposes to strengthen postgraduate research and education in Integrated Water Resources Management in the Andean region with participation from Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and Colombia.

Project in the Andean region