News of the Animal Production Systems Group

Can grazing cows tackle climate change?

January 19, 2024 - 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

December 19, 2023 - 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

November 24, 2023 - 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

October 11, 2023 - 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

September 11, 2023 - 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

May 23, 2023 - Is polder rice a feasible circular alternative for cows on peatland? A pilot experiment started this week. On May 22nd, researchers from Wageningen...

Raimon Ripoll-Bosch leader of new FAO Ecosystem Services group

March 28, 2023 - FAO has appointed our researcher Raimon Ripoll-Bosch as one of the leaders of the Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP) technical...

PhD course Fundamentals of Animal Emotion

March 15, 2023 - From Monday March 6 to 8, 2023 the PhD course Fundamentals of Animal Emotion was held in Wageningen for the third time.

Solar panels and sheep are a good fit

January 30, 2023 - APS-graduate Emma Kampherbeek published her thesis work done in California in Applied Animal Behaviour. She found that sheep graze more in plots with...

Cum laude PhD degree awarded to Allyson Ipema

January 18, 2023 - On the 13th of January Allyson Ipema from the Adaptation Physiology group successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled “Fly in the coop –...