News Wageningen University & Research
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Survival of the most sustainable: Global methodology accelerates sustainability of consumer products - Sustainability is a hot topic. This is not only true for consumers, but also for retailers, caterers, and wholesalers as they take responsibility in... -
Positive returns for Dutch cutter fisheries, but prospects uncertain - The Dutch fisheries sector as a whole ended 2018 with a positive return of 81 million euros, 8 million euros less than in 2017. The net profit of the... -
Stefano Renzetti receives Harald Perten Prize 2018 - Today dr. Stefano Renzetti, Senior Scientist at Wageningen Food & Biobased Research, The Netherlands, has received the bi-annual Harald Perten... -
Animal breeding reduces environmental impacts with one percent per year - Results of a study show that breeding reduces environmental impacts of animal products by about 1% per year. This is achieved without specific... -
Wet and dry tropical forests show opposite pathways in forest recovery - The composition of regrowing wet and dry tropical forests follow opposite pathways while these forests are growing older. This has large consequences... -
Student found first braconid wasp in the Netherlands - During her study of insects on high green roofs Eva Drukker made an unexpected discovery. She found this little wasp which turned out to be a species... -
Start-up Zzinga wins Sergey Vykhodtsev Award during the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards - Fabian Lindner, owner of the start-up Zzinga, successfully represented the Netherlands with his honey drink during the Global Student Entrepreneur... -
The Robotti: a helping hand in ecology - An autonomous robot named AgroIntelli Robotti will is driving around the test fields of Wageningen University & Research (WUR) today. This... -
What is the cost of vertical farming? - How can vertical farming contribute to (inter)national food production? This question is more complex than it initially seems. The answer does not... -
Saving energy with good intentions - How can people be motivated to save more energy? Good intentions can help. Danny Taufik, consumer behaviour researcher at Wageningen Economic...