News 2020
News 2020
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16 December 2020
WUR monitors expansion of digital tools in agriculture worldwide
- The uptake of digital agricultural tools and services around the world will be tracked by researchers from Wageningen University & Research. WUR... -
16 December 2020
2020: The year in which 230,000 global citizens enrolled in a MOOC in Wageningen
- What do a Mexican, a Haitian, and a Croatian have in common? They all participated in a MOOC in Wageningen (Massive Open Online Course) this year and... -
15 December 2020
POWER4BIO, information for regions in Europe that want to take the next step towards the bio-economy
- Practical tools with which regions in Europe can boost the bio-economy – that is the goal of POWER4BIO, a 2.5-year project of Wageningen Food... -
14 December 2020
Climate resilient food systems for Africa: From evidence to action
- A virtual dialogue series was held in the lead up to the Climate Adaptation Summit January 2021
The challenges facing the food system, particularly... -
14 December 2020
Internationale natuurdoelstellingen voor 2030 vragen een grotere inzet van Nederland
- Het natuurherstel in Nederland is, ondanks verbetering op onderdelen, onvoldoende om aan de internationale doelen te voldoen. Na voltooiing in 2027 is... -
14 December 2020
Seeking evidence for promising sustainable food systems in Eastern Africa
- How can you ensure that Eastern African farmers harvest more from their land, while nature simultaneously flourishes? And can these food systems... -
14 December 2020
New field guide on invasive seagrass flowers
- Seagrasses are marine flowering plants that can reproduce both sexually (through flowering and subsequent seed formation) and asexually (through... -
14 December 2020
The impact of corona on the Dutch agricultural sectors
- We are still seeing major social and economic consequences of the worldwide Covid-19 epidemic, and the Dutch agricultural sectors are no exception.... -
14 December 2020
Consumers positive about smart shelf life indicator on packaging
- Consumers recognise the added value of a Keep-it shelf-life indicator for fresh products in a meal box. This was the main outcome of a study... -
11 December 2020
Limits to marine food production
- A new study finds that making better use of the sea as a food source is difficult because the trophic efficiency of marine ecosystems is already high....