News overview Wageningen University & Research
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DNA in the air betrays animals
- Wageningen researchers succeeded in capturing animal material in an air filter and analysing its DNA. This gave them an idea of which animals were... -
Arable farming and livestock farming: regulations hindering cooperation
- Effective collaboration between arable farmers and livestock farmers can contribute to circular agriculture and environmental goals such as improving... -
Saving Water or Saving Birds? The Unexpected Role of Wastewater Treatment Plants
- Climate change and human activities are causing wetlands to disappear at an alarming rate. But could wastewater treatment plants be the answer for... -
New opportunities for sustainable shrimp farming in Bangladesh
- In the coastal districts of Satkhira and Khulna in Bangladesh, shrimp farmers are grappling with how to meet the growing global demand while... -
Bombs, mines and chemicals: how agricultural soils in Ukraine have been ravaged by war
- After the war in Ukraine, hundreds of thousands of hectares will have to be surveyed and demined and countless craters will have to be refilled. A... -
Wageningen University & Research to continue ‘Smaaklessen’ for four more years
- Wageningen University & Research (WUR) collaborates with 17 companies in the Food Education Platform (VEP) to raise children's awareness of... -
Agro-ecologist and musician Bert Lotz retires: “Good science is like making music together”
- “In both traditional music and science, you make progress by learning from each other and building on past knowledge,” says Bert Lotz. As... -
“We can do much better at recycling clothes"
- The Dutch textile industry stands at a crossroads. Fast fashion and overconsumption are driving an ever-growing mountain of waste, while the... -
Professor Sander Koenraadt: “We must prevent mosquito havens”
- If we wish to avoid being overrun by mosquitoes in warm weather, we must intelligently design our surroundings. This is one of the key messages from... -
Amsterdam’s waterways polluted by plastic: these are the top 3 culprits
- New data from the Urban Plastic Soup project, led by AMS Institute, Wageningen University & Research, the Municipality of Amsterdam, and others,...