News of the Animal Production Systems Group
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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... -
Can grazing cows tackle climate change?
- Corina van Middelaar discusses in a Dutch podcast of studio Plantaardig the recently published article 'Risk to rely on soil carbon sequestration to... -
Hardly any difference between animal and human welfare
- There is little difference between animal and human welfare, especially when it comes to mammals, who have much in common with humans. That is one of... -
Soil carbon sequestration in grazing systems does not lead to net-zero
- Solely relying on soil carbon sequestration in grasslands to offset the warming effect of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from current ruminant systems... -
Educational experiment with polder rice
- Is polder rice a feasible circular alternative to cows on peat soil? In May, an experimental trial began, with researchers from Wageningen University... -
Climate goals 2030 can be met by recoupling livestock and feed production
- Recoupling livestock and feed production in the Netherlands will reduce ammonia emissions (nearly half) and greenhouse gas emissions (more than a... -
Start pilot cultivating rice on peatland
- Is polder rice a feasible circular alternative for cows on peatland? A pilot experiment started this week. On May 22nd, researchers from Wageningen...