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Circular agriculture: Piloting collaboration between crop farming and livestock farming
- Wageningen University & Research is working on optimised and innovative partnerships between crop farming and livestock farming in five areas of... -
Global Methane Genetics program
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Feed4Foodure
- Feed4Foodure is a public private partnership between “Vereniging Diervoederonderzoek Nederland” (a Dutch association for animal nutrition... -
Monotony vs. diversity of experiences; the role of both positive and negative emotions on the welfare of the animals
- Lamia Benaded will investigate the importance of experiencing mild negative emotion in the overall happiness of lambs. -
Protein extraction from red seaweed
- In this project, enzymes are used to extract proteins from the red seaweed Palmaria palmata by disrupting its cell wall. To improve the extraction of... -
Integrating upstream and downstream processes for enhancing protein extract quality of Dulse
- The red seaweed dulse, Palmaria palmata, has been promoted as an alternative protein source for food and feed applications. However, its integration... -
Exploring pathways to more circular food systems in the North China Plain
- PhD project by Chuanlan Tan. Currently, our food system is using natural resources faster than the planet can regenerate them and absorb pollution.... -
Exploring alternative dairy farming systems on peat soils in the Green Heart
- PhD project of Hilde van Dijk. Drained peat soils, occupying just 12% of Dutch agricultural land, contribute over half of agricultural soil greenhouse... -
Can livestock jointly address food security and climate challenges?
- PhD project by Leah Germer. The global food and agriculture system is under increasing pressure to deliver on both food security and climate change... -
Environmental performances of a novel single-cell protein in fish feed at different scales
- PhD project by Xuemei Zhao. Existing studies indicate that Clostridium autoethanogenum protein (CAP) can partially substitute fishmeal or soybean meal...