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News about projects financed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature (Dutch acronym LVVN) can be found here. News comes from various institutes within Wageningen University & Research.
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22 March 2024
Lettuce and cabbage most popular crops in CGN plant genebank
- The plant genebank of the Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands (CGN) makes seed available for research, breeding and educational purposes.... -
21 March 2024
CGN assists in sperm extraction of ring-tailed vontsira
- The Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands (CGN) was requested by the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) to attempt to collect and... -
13 March 2024
WBVR, WFSR and RIVM work together on infectious disease database
- Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR, part of Wageningen University & Research) is a partner in the European project UNITED4Surveillance. The... -
04 March 2024
Lower export volume and higher prices lead to limited agricultural export growth
- Dutch exports of agricultural goods (primary, unprocessed goods and secondary, processed goods) are estimated at 123.8 billion euros in 2023 (Figure... -
14 February 2024
WUR research shows: Poison overdose kills white-tailed eagle
- Researcher Peter van Tulden of Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR), part of Wageningen University & Research (WUR), investigates wild animals... -
02 February 2024
Working with fibre hemp: a handbook for farmers and the whole supply chain
- Thanks to the new Handbook Fibre Hemp and accompanying wiki, anyone interested in working with a sustainable alternative for textiles and construction... -
25 January 2024
WUR maps relationship bird flu risk and water environment
- Researcher José Gonzales of Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR, part of Wageningen University & Research), together with colleagues,... -
23 January 2024
WUR examines definition of farm and animal density
- What do we mean by farm and animal density? Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR, part of Wageningen University & Research) investigated and... -
11 December 2023
How can we use genomic data for the conservation of genetic diversity?
- How can genomic information contribute to the assessment, preservation and restoration of genetic diversity? These questions, and more, were discussed... -
08 December 2023
Heritage varieties: edible Dutch history
- What used to grow in your grandparents' vegetable garden? How did cucumbers taste 100 years ago? Many of the vegetables and grains that were once...