News & Calendar Agrosystems Research
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More efficient farming with precision agriculture
- Precision agriculture helps farmers make more accurate decisions. This can be of great value in reducing the use of plant protection agents,... -
WUR joins forces against salinization in deltas in new knowledge cluster
- Three knowledge institutes and three universities of applied sciences are joining forces in the Institute for Agriculture in Salinizing Deltas to make... -
Transition to sustainable arable farming given new impulse with €10 million research grant
- Arable farmers, government agencies, crop protection organisations, breeders, nature conservation organisations, banks, food chain partners,... -
Including societal costs and benefits of nitrogen fertiliser leads to different choices in global cereal cultivation
- More sustainable fertilisation of soils for grain cultivation is possible, reaching a similar production on a global scale. Rich western countries... -
Patents based on innovative plant breeding can contribute to more sustainability in agriculture
- The protection of the intellectual property rights of plant breeders could be used to ensure that crops are grown according to good agricultural... -
Integrated approach needed to increase agricultural production and fishery in the Dutch Caribbean
- The Caribbean islands Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba have good possibilities to improve domestic agricultural production and fishing and reduce the... -
Heating soil successful in combating Japanese knotweed
- Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica) is an invasive exotic plant, whose strong roots and stems cause significant damage. Hitherto, there were no... -
Making farming attractive again in India
- Wageningen University and Research has entered into a partnership with the Subhash Chandra Foundation, a philanthropic organisation set up by the... -
The future of farming in Africa: Solving the conundrum on how to feed an extra billion people
- “Who will produce our food in the future?” Ken Giller, professor Plant Production Systems at Wageningen University, asks out loudly during... -
Expected ruling of European Court may offer opportunities for situation-specific safety analyses of new varieties
- A ruling on the interpretation of EU law concerning the genetic modification of plants is expected from the European Court of Justice at the end of...