Background

Highlighted: climate adaptation in plant research

Due to climate change, we are increasingly confronted with extreme weather conditions, such as drought or heavy rain. This can have disastrous consequences for nature and therefore also the harvest. Wageningen University & Research conducts research into climate-adaptive crops, but also climate-adaptive agricultural systems in the Netherlands and worldwide.

Opportunities and risks for crops

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  Dutch soybeans and polder rice: new crops in a changing climate

  Drier summers, wetter winters, higher temperatures and more frequent heavy downpours. Climate change is now a fact of life that is affecting global...

Tropical and mediterranean crops in the Netherlands

• Papaya cultivation appears to be promising for Dutch growers
• Quinoa cultivation in the Netherlands
• How do you cultivate soya in the Netherlands?
• Polder rice in the Netherlands: will it succeed this year?

At-risk crops because of climate change

• Organic banana growers do not escape Panama disease
• Plant-parasitic nematodes on the rise: WUR launches major research project
• Melting glaciers are going to affect food security

Climate adaptive systems

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  How to ensure your farming business keeps pace with a changing climate

  You don't have to work in agriculture to notice climate change. Everyone remembers the hot dry summers of 2018 and 2019, and the recent extremely wet...

Climate adaptive farms in the Netherlands

• More extreme weather requires a different approach to cultivation
• Good results with hyacinth cultivation in plastic trench

Climate adaptive farms internationally

• Climate Farm Demo (cofin)
• Lighthouse farms: a future for farming and food
• Conserving water across the globe with greenhouses

How do we make plants resilient to the effects of climate change?

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  Wanted: good genes for crops

  Climate change forces plants and agricultural crops to cope with increasingly extreme conditions, such as heat, drought, salinization, and waterlogged...

• WUR participates in major international research on climate-resilient crops
• Increasing soil salinity: new discovery may help make crops more resilient
• Breakthrough in fight against devastating potato disease
• Students protect fruit trees from frost damage with ‘birth control injection’
• Dutch cabinet invests €42 million in CROP-XR institute for faster development of resilient agricultural crops
• How hybrid plant varieties could address the challenges of food security and climate change