European research partnerships: working on current and future challenges

European research into climate change and
biodiversity

Our climate is changing dramatically and biodiversity faces many challenges. In agriculture, in cities and in the countryside, there are enormous problems with the quality and quantity of water. Ensuring sufficient, safe, sustainably produced and affordable food for all remains a challenge on a local and global level.

The magazine contains five chapters, which offers examples of European cooperative ventures relating to Circular agriculture, Climate-neutral agriculture and food production, Climate-resistant rural and urban areas, Digital knowledge dissemination among European farmers, Healthy and safe food, and Sustainable and safe oceans and inland waters.

The stories are written in a very accessible way and are illustrated with videos.

The contents of the European research collaborations magazine:

This magazine, which is continuously updated, shows the results of WUR's involvement in European projects and activities:

• Chapter 1: Circular agriculture
  • Feeling biodiversity in the farmer’s pocket
  • Future-proof agriculture thanks to genetic diversity
  • From waste to valuable fertiliser components
  • Improving insect rearing for food and feed
  • Aiming for non-toxic agriculture
  • Database full of know-how on healthy soil
  • Cities experiment with closing the waste loop
• Chapter 2: Climate-proof rural and urban areas
  • From fossil fuels to green fuels
  • Methane from manure: improve measurements to save the climate
  • A better carbon balance
  • All the world’s soils in one app
• Chapter 3: Technological innovation for agricultural advancement
  • ‘The countryside and the city need one another badly’
  • More resilient agriculture with trees in the fields
  • Agricultural resilience in the spotlight during the pandemic
  • Online gaming for a better, greener world
• Chapter 4: Technological innovation for agricultural advancement
  • Spreading digital know-how among European farmers
  • Tinkering with chicory
  • Could this beastie replace the fossil fuel industry?
  • In search of the perfect pepper
  • Big Data speeds up farm subsidy payments
• Chapter 5: Healthy and safe food
  • The city as the driver for more sustainable food systems
  • Towards a healthy and sustainable diet
  • Healthy guts for a healthy brain
  • European alarm system for new COVID variants
  • Test your own food with your smartphone
• Chapter 6: Sustainable and safe oceans and inland waterways
  • What climate change does to fragile coral
  • Better mathematical model for sustainable fisheries
  • Rights for the River
  • The return of Dutch oyster beds