Vici grants for Testerink and Ettema

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Wageningen researchers Thijs Ettema and Christa Testerink have each secured a Vici grant of one and a half million euros from the Dutch Research Council…

Welfare of calves is not affected by farm-size

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Calves held on large farms are not better or worse off than…

Nature conservation needs farmers

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How can you persuade farmers to increase the biodiversity on their land?…

Belly dance wins ‘Dance your PhD’ contest

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PhD candidate Katharina Hanika of the Laboratory of Plant Breeding has won…

Proven: plants could capture more sun

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Plants use photosynthesis to transform energy from sunlight into chemical energy. But…

Animal lovers – Animal etiquette according to WUR and UU

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The relationship between humans and animals is complicated. We love them and…

‘Doing a PhD is just like a triathlon’

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Writing is not her strongest point, Paula Harkes discovered when she was…

Possibly more food wasted than previously thought

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Consumers may waste twice as much food on a global scale as…

Stream expert understands meandering

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How do you restore the meandering path of a stream? Stream expert…

Super-spud on its way

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The growing world population is a threat to food security. One solution…