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News 2024
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UNLOCK Symposium: A Day of Inspiration, Innovation, and Collaboration
- The UNLOCK 2nd annual Symposium proved to be a resounding success, filled with energy, knowledge sharing, and a collective drive for innovation.... -
Update: Fire in Forum
- On Thursday evening, Oct. 24, a fire occurred at an elevator shaft in building Forum due to a technical cause upon which the building was closed for 3... -
Farewell Wijnand Sukkel: "Agriculture can be cleaner and more environmentally friendly"
- Agriculture plays a major role in exceeding several 'planetary boundaries', including biodiversity loss and the impact of nitrogen and phosphate use.... -
Tiny van Boekel receives Lifetime Achievement Award for his research on food quality
- The retired professor of food technology received the award for his contributions to the field during the European Federation for Food Sciences’... -
Alumna Didi Qian: 'In Wageningen, I learned to combine theory and practice'
- Didi Qian came from China to Wageningen to study in 2005 and is still living there. She has specialised in greenhouse horticulture. ‘I like the... -
Sustainable as well as cost-effective: a dairy farmer’s complicated puzzle
- How can dairy farmers make their farms meet environmental standards of the future while keeping their business operations viable? This is a challenge... -
Bird flu at poultry farms, updates 2024/2025
- On this page, Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR) presents an overview of highly pathogenic bird flu infections on Dutch poultry farms from... -
MARAN 2024: Decline in antibiotic resistance in animals is levelling off
- Antibiotic usage in Dutch livestock farming has fallen sharply since 2009. The sharp decline in antibiotic usage started levelling of last year, as... -
Meanwhile at the climate conference: selecting adaptation indicators in a political minefield
- The international climate conference COP29 is taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan from 11 to 22 November. At this conference, countries will negotiate... -
Bluetongue in ruminants, updates 2024
- This year's first case of bluetongue in the Netherlands was confirmed on 14 June 2024. Since the confirmation of bluetongue serotype 3 in Ommeren,...