News of the Animal Production Systems Group
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PhD course on the Future of Tropical Livestock Systems, 7-9 May 2025
- Are you a PhD-student interested in tropical livestock systems, animal source foods, transitions, and sustainability? We offer a course (7-9 May,... -
New definition for positive animal welfare
- Positive animal welfare represents a life with a predominance of positive experiences and the building of competences and resilience that culminate... -
Individual pigs are inconsistent in their response to welfare issues
- This study by Jacinta Bus, conducted as part of the ClearFarm project, paves the way for better understanding how pigs behave in both good and poor... -
Positive Animal Welfare team
- The Positive Animal Welfare (PAW) team of Wageningen University & Research integrates all research in the field of positive animal welfare,... -
Save the date: Course Fundamentals of Animal Emotion in March 2025
- From Tuesday March 11 to 13, the course Fundamentals of Animal Emotion will be organised in Wageningen for the fourth time. Registration will be open... -
Rianne van Zandbrink: The farmers in PAVEx are inspired by target-driven management
- Rianne van Zandbrink, who contributes to the PAVEx project, thinks the project works because it focuses on the participating farmers’ learning... -
Positive Animal Welfare Team use Research Award for fruitful retreat
- The Positive Animal Welfare (PAW) Team has used the WUR Research Team effort of the Year prize for a fruitful 2-day retreat and made plans for... -
Cum laude PhD degree awarded to Jacinta Bus
- On the 3rd of July, Dr Jacinta Bus from the Animal Production Systems group achieved an extraordinary milestone by successfully defending her PhD... -
Polder rice in the Netherlands: will it succeed this year?
- Will it succeed this year to grow ‘polder rice’ in the Netherlands for the first time? Researchers at Wageningen University & Research... -
Positive Animal Welfare Team nominated for Research Award
- The Positive Animal Welfare (PAW) Team has been nominated for the Research Award, category Team effort of the Year. The team members will pitch their...