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Weeds, fungi, nematodes and insects all cause problems for arable farmers during the production of their crops. The use of chemical pesticides tends to be the preferred option in conventional agriculture, but that option is increasingly…

Tijmen Blok and Jort Maarseveen decided to launch their own start-up after graduation. Together, they designed and built the Hippotainer, a vertical farm in a shipping container. Their first Hippotainer is now churning out hundreds of…

Plants that are close together do everything they can to intercept light. This 'shade avoidance' response has been extensively researched. It is therefore even more remarkable that researchers from the laboratory of Molecular Biology have…

Climate change is also affecting the global food supply. In various regions of the world, it is becoming increasingly difficult to cultivate medicinal herbs. Due to the changing climate, there is either too much or too little water, and…

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming our daily lives and accelerating scientific discoveries, leading to the awarding of two Nobel Prizes this year. To harness this technology to address key societal challenges such as…

The existing climate models show results at a scale of approximately 100 x 100 kilometres, whereas the new models have a 10 x 10 or even 5 x 5-kilometre resolution. Chiel van Heerwaarden, a WUR meteorologist and co-organiser of the event…

Mabisi is a traditional fermented milk product from Zambia, known for its unique taste, health benefits, and extended shelf life. This drink is an important part of Zambian culture. Wageningen University & Research (WUR) has received…

The total consumption of meat and meat products (based on carcass weight) per capita in the Netherlands in 2023 is almost the same as in 2022. In that year the consumption reached 75.1 kilograms, in 2023 it reached 75.3 kilograms,…

Lecturer Casper Quist and Wageningen Biodiversity Initiative (WBI) programme manager Mieke de Wit receive an ICA Excellence Award for their commitment in organizing the 2023 and 2024 Biodiversity Challenge together with life sciences…

Earlier research by Wageningen Marine research (WMR) and partners, including the German Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), showed that many juvenile polar cod live close to the sea ice of the central Arctic Ocean, feeding partly on organisms…