News overview Wageningen University & Research
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29 April 2024
"Come outside with us everyone, and we will search......"
- This is how an old Dutch song about the golden oriole begins. Jeroen Sluijsmans saw this bird in 2022, while cycling across campus with a South... -
26 April 2024
Unveiling the lionfish invasion in the Mediterranean Sea
- Researchers from Wageningen University & Research have published a comprehensive study on the invasion of lionfish in the Mediterranean Sea,... -
25 April 2024
BTV-3 vaccine tested in WBVR infection model
- On Friday 26 April, The Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality announced the availability of a bluetongue vaccine for the Dutch... -
25 April 2024
Global Food Security Conference concludes: 'Broad view on food security and food systems important'
- Earlier this month, the fifth edition of the Global Food Security Conference took place in Leuven. Over 500 participants from 65 countries interacted... -
25 April 2024
How do extensive farmers experience their bumps and highs?
- Grasslands are increasingly intensively managed as more food is produced on less land. Farmers doing extensive farming - larger plots with fewer crops... -
25 April 2024
Caging obligation for bird flu lifted throughout the Netherlands
- The caging obligation for poultry to the presence of bird flu has been lifted throughout the Netherlands. The Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food... -
25 April 2024
New rector: ‘As an institution we mustn’t jeopardize our independence’
- From her office on the sixth floor of Atlas, her gaze sweeps over the sunlit campus. Her new job demands a new perspective. ‘I can’t fall... -
24 April 2024
'Don’t blame zoonoses on animals if they are displaced from their habitat by humans'
- It is all too easy to blame sick animals for health issues, such as rats with the plague and bats carrying COVID-19. That is not fair, according to Dr... -
22 April 2024
Greenhouse horticulture is taking an important step in energy transition by capturing CO2 from outside air
- The greenhouse horticulture sector is conducting research into how the CO2 needed to grow plants in greenhouses can be captured from the outside air.... -
22 April 2024
New genetic tool for Asian elephant conservation management
- Wageningen University & Research and Blijdorp Zoo are developing a tool to uncover the DNA of Asian elephants in the wild. To this end, some...