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Meet the change makers: five nominees and two winners of the WUR Impact Award

The Road to Impact Event took place on 20 June 2024, which included the presentation of the WUR Impact Award. All five nominees have achieved tangible impact with their work. Please get to know the five nominees for the award, each of them has made a short introduction for you to get to know their story of making impact.

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About the Impact Award

The Impact Award showcases five teams sharing their successes. The prize was awarded to a team of WUR researchers that has distinguished itself and achieved tangible impact in the past years. 2024 was the first year in which the WUR Impact Award included an audience award besides the jury prize. It often required many extra steps to implement knowledge or get a product to the market, but all five nominees have shown how to get science to society. These projects are an inspiration to all (aspiring) impact makers.

Meet the nominees

1. HighLO “High Energy Physics Tool in Limit Order Book Analysis”

HighLO aims to identify manipulation in commodity and energy markets in collaboration with CERN by using CERN’s methodologies and tools developed in particle physics. HighLo’s focus on commodity and energy markets accelerates the sustainable energy transition and leads to stabilised commodity and energy prices and more predictable costs for consumers.

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2. KringloopWijzer

The KringloopWijzer from WUR easily maps out the mineral cycles for a specific dairy farm and includes an assessment of excretions and surpluses of nitrogen and phosphate, mineral utilization, and ammonia and greenhouse gas emissions. Nearly 100% of all Dutch dairy farmers use KringloopWijzer these days.

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3. Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge

The Challenge simulates collaboration between AI and complex greenhouse crop production systems, leading to production boosts, less energy use, new sensor technology, and new crop insights. Several start-up companies have been founded as a result of the Challenge. In this way, the Challenge has been instrumental in advancing autonomous cultivation and innovation in horticulture.

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4. The WCDI Seed Systems Thematic Cluster

The WCDI Seed Systems Thematic Cluster puts abstract food systems thinking into seed sector practice, thereby improving access to quality seeds for millions of farmers. This has given rise to sustainable local enterprises, improved educational opportunities, and other initiatives that have led to more food security in the Global South.

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5. The Sustainability Consortium and EcoLabel

The WUR team developed and successfully contributed to the implementation of Dutch, European, and global standards for measuring sustainability. The initiatives have created fairer competition between companies on sustainability metrics. Examples of this are THESIS of The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) and the Dutch Ecolabel.

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And the winner is...

While all nominees have made an impact, there can only be two winners: the Autonomous Greenhouse Project won the jury prize and WCDI Seed Systems Transformation cluster got the audience vote! Check out the video of the entire award ceremony!

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Wageningen Ambassadors

The WUR Impact Award is made possible by the Wageningen Ambassadors. The Wageningen Ambassadors are alumni of WUR and all leading figures in business and government who gladly offer support to WUR. By using their network, experience and financial resources, they aim to build a bridge between WUR and society.