Longreads Wageningen University & Research
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How to ensure your farming business keeps pace with a changing climate
- You don't have to work in agriculture to notice climate change. Everyone remembers the hot dry summers of 2018 and 2019, and the recent extremely wet... -
Can the tide be turned for coral reefs in the Caribbean Netherlands?
- The coral reefs in the Caribbean are not doing well. In a period of 50 years, over 50 percent of the coral has perished. The causes of this are... -
Dutch soybeans and polder rice: new crops in a changing climate
- Drier summers, wetter winters, higher temperatures and more frequent heavy downpours. Climate change is now a fact of life that is affecting global... -
"The North sea is a free resource, it belongs to everyone – but we're approaching its limits"
- Wind farms, fishing grounds and nature conservation compete for space in the North Sea, and there are often clashes between these interests.... -
Food transition causes great uncertainty for farmers and fishers
- The food transition is putting a lot of pressure on agriculture and the fishing industry to change the way they work. Two Wageningen scientists have... -
Ethiopia’s transformation into a market-oriented seed sector
- The Ethiopian seed sector is transforming into a more vibrant, pluralistic and market-oriented one. Ethiopian seed companies are increasing their seed... -
A rapid test to monitor antibiotic use in livestock farming
- Antibiotics must be used with restraint if we are to prevent the emergence of resistant bacteria, and that applies to livestock farming, too. This is... -
EU legislation alone won't revive the Netherlands' lost art of repair
- Hear from AMS Institute, TU Delft, and Wageningen University & Research experts on what we might need for mass adoption of repair: bottom-up mind... -
Cut pesticide use, but how?
- The use of pesticides is heavily debated. On paper, it's possible to significantly reduce pesticide usage through clever interventions, but reality... -
Gelia Castillo, second woman honorary doctor Wageningen University (1983)
- Gelia Castillo was the second woman who received an honorary doctorate from Wageningen University in 1983. Being born and based in the Philippines,...