News Wageningen University & Research
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Illuminating the future by recreating a centuries-old mystery - As 3D printing enters the mainstream, scientists are finding remarkable new ways to extend its future promise. Researchers at Wageningen University... -
WUR is working on Digital Twins for tomatoes, food and farming - Wageningen researchers are going to work on Digital Twins in the areas of tomatoes, food and farming. The projects are called Virtual tomato crops;... -
First bean harvest on martian and lunar soil fertilised with urine - Since November 2019, Wageningen University & Research has been experimenting with the cultivation of string beans on artificial martian and lunar... -
Jordanian vegetable growers increase sustainable production - In Jordan vegetables are grown in in plastic tunnel greenhouses. A cheap solution. But the production per square meter is low, certainly when water... -
Huge increase in tomato production in Saudi Arabia due to targeted watering - Growing conditions in Saudi Arabia are very difficult. The climate is dry and warm. Nevertheless, the Greenhouse Horticulture Business Unit of... -
Milking robot helps to breed trouble-free cows - Fluctuations in milk yield measured by milking robots can be used to breed cows that can cope well with problems. Cows with less fluctuations are... -
Veined rapana whelk discovered in Oosterschelde (The Netherlands) - On January 9, 2020, a mussel farmer fished up a large snail of 16 centimeters from a mussel plot at Zandkreek in the Oosterschelde. The attentive... -
Export of agricultural goods increases to record value - The export of agricultural goods in 2019 is estimated at 94.5 billion euros. This is 4.6% more than in 2018, and is the all-time highest export value.... -
Professor: ‘Start by understanding the food problem’ - If we want to sustainably optimise the global food system, and in particular the role of dairy in that system, some thorough scrutiny and analysis... -
Frank van Langevelde new chair of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation group - Frank van Langevelde has been appointed professor and chair of the Wildlife Ecology and Conservation group at Wageningen University & Research....