News & Calendar Agrosystems Research
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11 March 2024
Educational care farm offers dropouts perspective
- The education sector faces significant issues with budget cuts, long waiting lists, and early school dropout. National action plans must address these... -
16 February 2024
‘Hedgerow 2.0’ planted on Agro-Innovation Centre De Marke
- A 350-metre-long innovative hedgerow has been planted near the Agro-Innovation Centre De Marke in Hengelo (Gelderland). The hedgerow is to serve as an... -
05 February 2024
African rice production must become more efficient to prevent large-scale import and cultivation
- Rice production in Africa is in urgent need of intensification to meet future demand. This is to prevent the continent from becoming largely dependent... -
12 December 2023
Farm of the Future Fourth Anniversary: helpdesk for agriculture
- The Farm of the Future has become a household name in the agricultural sector. The field lab in Lelystad, which seeks answers to current and future... -
21 March 2023
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,... -
08 February 2023
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... -
30 March 2022
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,... -
02 February 2022
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... -
18 June 2021
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... -
14 January 2021
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...