Education for professionals
To tackle the major global challenges our society is facing, we educate professionals around the world by offering high quality knowledge on healthy food and the living environment. Wageningen University & Research focuses on ‘lifelong learning’ educational ecosystems, ranging from MBAs and postgraduate study programmes to online courses, summer schools and MOOCs.
We also offer tailor-made and in-company training for professionals. Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation as well as Wageningen Academy can organise these for you.
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Potato Sector Development for Emerging Markets 2020Apart from being a staple with key importance to the world’s food supply, potatoes are gaining traction as a crop that offers opportunities for food processes and agribusinesses. T... -
Drainage in Agriculture: controlling water and salt levels in the soilLearn how to increase food production on existing agricultural land with the use of drainage. Create the optimal growing conditions for a crop and help feed the growing world popul... -
Evaluating Animal Breeding ProgrammesLearn how to evaluate an ongoing breeding programme in terms of both genetic progress and genetic diversity, and how to translate that genetic progress from the breeding programme ... -
Genetic Models for Animal BreedingUnderstand the genetic and statistic principles that enable responsible animal breeding. Learn how to set up a breeding programme and apply genetic models and tools to predict the ... -
Introduction to Animal BehaviourExplore the amazing range and complexity of wild animal behaviour. Discover how animals learn, communicate, find food, avoid predators, and interact socially. -
Soil4Life: Sustainable Soil ManagementLearn why soil is very important, how it’s being threatened and what we can do to protect this natural resource so vital to our lives. -
Sustainable Food Security: Crop ProductionHow to feed the world without depleting our planet’s reserves? Learn the basics of crop production. This free online course is offered as a MOOC, and is part of the XSeries Sustain... -
Sustainable Food Security: Food AccessWho decides what food is on your plate? Understand the basics of access to food and food decision-making from a multilevel perspective in this course. This free online course is of... -
Sustainable Food Security: The value of systems thinkingLearn how to apply systems thinking to improve the environmental sustainability of food production systems in this course. This free online course is offered as a MOOC, and is part... -
Agricultural Water Management: Water,-Society and Technology InteractionsOptimise water governance- and technologies to meet increasing food demands around the world. Learn the fundamentals of agricultural water management from a social and technical ap...