Background
Highlighted: climate adaptation in plant research
Due to climate change, we are increasingly confronted with extreme weather conditions, such as drought or heavy rain. This can have disastrous consequences for nature and therefore also the harvest. Wageningen University & Research conducts research into climate-adaptive crops, but also climate-adaptive agricultural systems in the Netherlands and worldwide.
Opportunities and risks for crops
Tropical and mediterranean crops in the Netherlands
At-risk crops because of climate change
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Organic banana growers do not escape Panama disease
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Climate resilient wild coffee populations with high flavour potential unveiled in Uganda’s threatened forests
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Plant-parasitic nematodes on the rise: WUR launches major research project
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Global warming puts forests in Europe and Asia at greater risk of damaging cold snaps
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Melting glaciers are going to affect food security
Climate adaptive systems
Climate adaptive farms in the Netherlands
How do we make plants resilient to the effects of climate change?
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WUR participates in major international research on climate-resilient crops
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Increasing soil salinity: new discovery may help make crops more resilient
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Breakthrough in fight against devastating potato disease
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NPEC: working on the crops of the future
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Students protect fruit trees from frost damage with ‘birth control injection’
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Dutch cabinet invests €42 million in CROP-XR institute for faster development of resilient agricultural crops
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How hybrid plant varieties could address the challenges of food security and climate change