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Discover the latest updates on our research, collaborations, and innovations.
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Return on household labour: a means to accelerate the path to a living income for smallholder coffee farming households
- Many stakeholders have ambitions to reduce smallholder commodity farmer poverty and for such households to earn a living or prosperous income. The... -
Substantial income differences across sectors in agriculture and horticulture, also in 2024
- In 2024, average farm income per unpaid Annual Work Unit (AWU) for agricultural and horticultural businesses is estimated at €109,000. This is... -
Agri-food sector needs to work on Due Diligence, dashboard helps
- Wageningen Economic Research studied the impact of the new EU sustainability directive CSDD on Dutch agri-food companies. Conclusion: the sector has... -
Short Chains Monitor 2023: farmers increasingly sell products themselves
- The number of farms selling (some of their) food or horticultural products through a short chain, such as a farm shop, web shop or local restaurant,... -
Institute managers Wageningen Social & Economic Research appointed
- From 1 January of next year, Dr Marieke Harteveld and Prof Hans van Trijp will start as new institute managers of Wageningen Social & Economic... -
Meat consumption in the Netherlands in 2023 almost the same as 2022
- The total consumption of meat and meat products (based on carcass weight) per capita in the Netherlands in 2023 is almost the same as in 2022. In that...
Longreads
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Food transition causes great uncertainty for farmers and fishers
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Unequal trade perpetuates malnutrition – but there is another way
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Blockchain for agri-food: on the road to scale-up
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Sustainability commitments: Similarities and Differences between Retailers and Brand manufacturers
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Is something up with soil?
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A climate smart business in 5 steps
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10 ways to improve food choice interventions in real-life settings
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Data governance
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Fishing is making choices, every day anew
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Better farming in South Korea
