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IUCN report: Better production practices key to minimising impact vegetable oils
May 8, 2024 - The ever-growing demand for vegetable oils is causing more and more natural areas to be converted into farmland. This can have a negative impact on... -
Farming on Mars takes a ‘Giant Leap’: intercropping can be a game-changing method
May 7, 2024 - Scientists from Wageningen University & Research have achieved a remarkable milestone in space agriculture with a pioneering study showing that... -
Greenhouse horticulture is taking an important step in energy transition by capturing CO2 from outside air
April 22, 2024 - The greenhouse horticulture sector is conducting research into how the CO2 needed to grow plants in greenhouses can be captured from the outside air.... -
Fourth Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge started
April 18, 2024 - The fourth Wageningen University & Research's Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge has started. Using artificial intelligence and machine learning, 23... -
Luisa Trindade new director of graduate school Experimental Plant Sciences
April 17, 2024 - ‘We need to increase opportunities for young scientists.’ So says Luisa Trindade as the new director of the collaborative research and... -
“Caterpillar noses” are surprisingly sophisticated
April 10, 2024 - Caterpillars have the ability to consume copious amounts of plant materials in a short time. Caterpillars use their antennae to scan their... -
Crop pesticide use influenced by organic farming in adjacent plots
April 9, 2024 - Farmers use more chemical pesticides when nearby plots are under organic cultivation. However, when there is a substantial increase in the total area... -
Focus on consumption at Global Food Security Conference
April 5, 2024 - The fifth Global Food Security Conference takes place in Leuven on 9 April. During this conference, around 500 researchers from 65 countries will... -
SWITCH field lab of TNO and Wageningen University & Research/ACRRES opened
March 27, 2024 - The SWITCH fieldlab in Lelystad was opened on Wednesday 27 March. Here, TNO and Wageningen University & Research/ACRRES are investigating how our... -
Three WUR projects receive green light through Open Technology Programme
March 26, 2024 - Three research projects applied for by Wageningen University & Research can commence with funding through the NWO's Open Technology Programme....
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