News of the Centre for Crop Systems Analysis

March 13, 2019 The future of seed tuber multiplication in 2030 - Hybrid breeding in potato is an innovation which might cause controversial changes for the Dutch seed tuber multiplication sector. The POTAREI...
February 18, 2019 Article in Science on the New Potato - On February 8, 2019 Science had an interesting article on the New Potato in which different developments in potato breeding and agronomy were...
January 23, 2019 Wild coffee populations becoming extinct - Niels Anten was interviewed by Trouw about the concern about wild coffee populations becoming extinct.
August 13, 2018 Vitality of seed potatoes - Vitality of seed potatoes is a hot topic in the potato sector of the Netherlands. Paul Struik has presented a series of lectures on this topic for...
August 8, 2018 Radio interview Niels Anten - On August 3rd Prof. Niels Anten gave a radio interview for 'Nieuws en Co' (News and Co) in response to his lecture for the 'Univeristeit van...
June 27, 2018 Article in Volkskrant about intensive animal husbandry in the Netherlands - The worries about the negative side-effects of intensive animal husbandry in the Netherlands are not recent. Nevertheless not much is changing. At the...
March 28, 2018 The threat of pesticides - The use of pesticides in agriculture is a great threat, evidence from research is overwhelming. What are we waiting for? An open letter on the website...