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Wageningen University & Research is investigating whether waste streams, which are currently barely used, may serve as feed for the breeding of insects. The study is a public-private initiative. The organic waste streams consist of…

A diagnostic platform, based on CRISPR-Cas, able to quickly and precisely recognize illnesses, and diminishing waste by turning it into biochar, a carbon soil enhancer, using pyrolysis. These were the two themes with which the Wageningen…

Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR) has confirmed yet another introduction of bird flu at a Dutch poultry farm. It concerns H5 bird flu at a turkey farm in Weert. The type of bird flu is under investigation.To prevent the virus from…

The fungus Pseudocercospora fijiensis causes black leaf streak disease or Black Sigatoka of banana, which is the most damaging leaf disease of bananas worldwide. An analysis of 592 P. fijensis isolates from seven banana-producing…

Coastal Dutch waters are extremely rich in living organisms, including the early stages of many fish species. Particularly, the productive waters of the Wadden Sea serve as a nursery for several fish species. This saltwater tidal delta is…

Changes in land use play an important role in nutrition, climate and biodiversity. Using a new set of maps made up of high-resolution satellite data and statistics, scientists from Wageningen University & Research (WUR) and the…

Wageningen University & Research (WUR) has developed a five-step approach that could help food producing companies create effective sustainability programmes together with supplying farmers. The approach is aimed at transparency…

The economic consequences of closing the feed-manure cycle depend on how protein-rich feed is made available. If livestock feed production is to take place in the Netherlands, there will be an inevitable shrinkage of the livestock farming…

In the night of Sunday 2 to Monday 3 May, a Nathusius' pipistrelle flew from Minsmere in England directly to Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands). This is the first detection of such a crossing from England to the Netherlands through the telemetry…

The executive board of Wageningen University & Research (WUR) has appointed Prof. Dr. Mangala Srinivas as Professor and Chair Group Leader of Cell Biology and Immunology. She succeeds Professor Huub Savelkoul, who is now Personal…