News of the Centre for Crop Systems Analysis
- 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...
- March 14, 2018 Science meets Soccer - On Friday 23 March Professor Bernd Leinauer, Special Professor Turfgrass Ecology at the Centre for Crop Systems Analyis, will have a public discussion...
- March 14, 2018 From toilet to food: Looking for a comprehensive solution to the phosphate problem - Phosphate mines will run out across the world, which is bad news for agriculture, as this mineral is essential for the growth of crops. Luckily, there...
- February 22, 2018 Lecture for the 'Universiteit van Nederland' - On January 23rd Niels gave a lecture for the 'Universiteit van Nederland' (University of the Netherlands), which is an online forum where scientists...
- December 11, 2017 Elsevier Atlas Award for Alessandra Galiè - On December 6, 2017, Alessandra Galiè (former PhD candidate supervised by Paul Struik) received the Elsevier Atlas Award for her paper:
- November 20, 2017 Off to the trial field in a Trabant
- November 20, 2017 Crop rotation makes Brazilian agriculture more sustainable - Resource magazine wrote an article about the defence of Giovani Theisen
- November 20, 2017 Parasite ruins African rice culture - Resource magazine wrote an article about the defence of Stella Kabiri
- October 25, 2017 Future IPM 3.0 best poster award for Naznin Nahar - During the recent conference “Future IPM 3.0 towards a sustainable agriculture” held from 15 to 20 October 2017 in Riva del Garda, Italy,...
- September 25, 2017 Climate change effects on coffee production could be less negative than previously assumed - Previous studies projected that global warming and shifts in rainfall may lead to 19-50% declines in coffee production in major producing countries...