Archive - 2019
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Inaugural lecture Van Meijl: Towards an inclusive and sustainable bioeconomy: a macroeconomic perspective
September 13, 2019 - "Imagine you are the owner of a cassava plantation and are considering making bioplastics from the waste to replace fossil resources and reduce... -
How simulating social behaviour can help reduce post-harvest losses
July 11, 2019 - A pilot project by Wageningen University & Research in 2017 and 2018 found that Nigerian tomato farmers can reduce their post-harvest losses in... -
ACTTiVAte: to support innovation in SMEs and foster smart reindustrialization of Europe
June 24, 2019 - The Horizon 2020 project ACTTiVAte is successfully finalized. Wageningen Economic Research has participated in this 3 years project. The overall... -
Antibiotic reduction: no negative effect on competitive position of Dutch farmers
June 19, 2019 - Reduction of veterinary antibiotic sales by 63% in the Netherlands from 2009 to 2017 showed no evidence of a negative effect on average production and... -
What is the true price of our food?
June 18, 2019 - Food production involves all kinds of costs that don’t factor into the price. Air pollution, child labour and loss of biodiversity for example.... -
Agrologistics Platform Mexico 2030 to improve potential of agri-food system
June 3, 2019 - On Tuesday 28 May 2019 a group of 35 CEOs of Mexican Agri-Food companies gave their commitment to set up an Agrologistics Platform Mexico 2030...