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From knowledge to transformation: potato training program in Tanzania - Mbeya region, in Southern Tanzania, grows more than 50% of the total potato production in Tanzania. Yet, there is room for improvement. In this... -
High marks for Summer School - 33 students, researchers and entrepreneurs from 23 countries, spread over 4 continents. Those were the participants in the 2019 Summer School... -
Making the invisible climate in the greenhouse visible - Climate models are widely used in research for calculating the climate in the greenhouse. Those models are usually governed by assumptions such as... -
Complex potato genome further unveiled - Scientists from Wageningen University & Research (WUR) and scale-up Solynta, the inventor of hybrid potato breeding, have published the most... -
New strategic focus for Akkerweb - The Akkerweb Foundation was established in 2016 by Agrifirm and Wageningen University & Research (WUR). Akkerweb, a joint initiative between WUR... -
Winning teams for participation in Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge announced - On Friday 13 September, five winning teams for the Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge were announced in Bleiswijk. This followed after a 24-hour... -
5G network successfully tested in agricultural practice - KPN’s high-speed 5G network has been successfully trialled at the Wageningen University & Research test site in Valthermond in a pilot... -
Autonomous Greenhouses Challenge livestream of 24-hour hackathon - Wageningen University & Research (WUR) and Tencent will organise the 2nd edition of its International Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge in which... -
Innovative ‘convertible cover’ is open for protected apple cultivation - What is a way of protecting apple cultivation from pests and fungal diseases while reducing the use of pesticides as much as possible? Researchers at... -
Drought: will quinoa replace potatoes? - Like in the rest of the world, the Dutch climate is changing. This means that we will experience, amongst other phenomena, dry spells followed by...
