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Sharing the truth - The promise of blockchains: more transparent production chains
- In our global market economy, it’s not easy to find out where your grapes or orange juice came from and whether their production was... 0 -
Dutch sorghum - Tropical crop can replace maize as animal feed
- Grass and maize dominate Dutch cattle feed. But now a newcomer has appeared: sorghum. Feed specialist Gerrit Kasper is working on turning this cereal... 0 -
Innovation in a bind - European ruling on CRISPR-Cas has major consequences
- Research assignments that are being withdrawn, companies that are deciding to relocate their R&D departments outside Europe — it is... 0 -
Create your own degree: 'The open Master's is like getting a tailored suit'
- Wageningen University is known for its flexibility: there are many optional courses in addition to the compulsory subjects. But a lot of students... 0 -
Environmental Technology looks at three promising methods
- Fish that change sex, kidney failure in vultures — medicine residues in surface water can disrupt ecosystems. Alette Langenhoff is now heading... 0 -
Feted soil scientist wants more attention paid to practice: 'Make sure science doesn't overdo it'
- Soil science isn’t finished with Johan Bouma (77). The emeritus professor recently received three important prizes and he is a popular speaker... 0 -
Five experts on implementing government's vision on agriculture: How do we close the cycles?
- Dutch minister of Agriculture wants the Netherlands to become a pioneer of circular agriculture. Her vision is still very global, though. Resource... 1 -
How a Bachelor’s student got himself a publishing contract
- At the start of the year, Geert van Zandbrink signed an unusual document for a student in a Wageningen back garden: a contract with Prometheus... 0 -
How do you disarm Phytophthora? Francine Govers: ‘We are looking for its weak spots’
- The cause of potato late blight, Phytophthora infestans, is a very sneaky and stubborn micro-organism. But thanks to a new approach, scientists are... 1 -
The summer that woke us up: 'Everyone saw the effect of the drought in their own back gardens'
- The Netherlands — and indeed all of Northern Europe — had an exceptionally hot, dry summer. It was a dream summer not just for sun... 0