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Agronomy / Food Science - 12.01.2023
Opinion: South Korea to ban bear farming, but what about hundreds of captive animals that remain
Agronomy / Food Science - 09.01.2023
One size does not fit all: The plurality of knowledge sources for transition to sustainable farming
Dr Martina Ayoub has published a new article in the Journal of Rural Studies based on a study exploring the relationship between knowledge sourcing and innovation in sustainable farming practices.
Agronomy / Food Science - Campus - 21.12.2022
Four new large farming vehicles handed over
Agronomy / Food Science - 20.12.2022
New programme announced to help eradicate Sheep Scab from the iconic national Welsh flock
Health - Agronomy / Food Science - 19.12.2022
16th International Symposium of Veterinary Epidemiologists and Economists held in Halifax, Canada
Health - Agronomy / Food Science - 16.12.2022
University of Glasgow engineers lend support to calf pneumonia diagnosis project
Researchers from the University of Glasgow's James Watt School of Engineering are part of a new consortium which is developing the first commercial one-step rapid test for calf pneumonia.
Environment - Agronomy / Food Science - 14.12.2022
Major new project to study ways to improve access of poor to nutritious foods in India
A new research project to study ways in which poor communities in India can gain improved access to nutrient-dense foods in climate-friendly ways has been launched.
Innovation - Agronomy / Food Science - 13.12.2022
Innovating for tomorrow’s food: Launch of the ’Ferments of the Future’ Grand Challenge
Agronomy / Food Science - Campus - 13.12.2022
Long term collaboration between University of Twente and Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (India)
The University of Twente (UT) and Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (India) committed to a long-term collaboration.
Campus - Agronomy / Food Science - 12.12.2022
Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, supported by MUNDO, launches master programme in nutrition
Life Sciences - Agronomy / Food Science - 09.12.2022
UQ receives $5 million boost to cut tobacco use
Environment - Agronomy / Food Science - 05.12.2022
Imperial launches new Sustainable Food and Drink Policy
Environment - Agronomy / Food Science - 01.12.2022
Soils bring life to settlements
Healthy soils are essential for quality of life: they are the basis for agriculture, for trees, gardens and parks.
Environment - Agronomy / Food Science - 30.11.2022
Feeding birds in winter
Many people want to feed their birds in winter. For birds, an extra food source is often welcome. However, to prevent this well-intentioned gesture from backfiring, feeding must be done properly.
Agronomy / Food Science - Life Sciences - 28.11.2022
The seeds have germinated
For the first time, farmers in the Philippines have cultivated Golden Rice on a larger scale and harvested almost 70 tonnes of grains this October.This nearly never-ending story began at ETH Zurich.
Environment - Agronomy / Food Science - 23.11.2022
Climate action: Methane is our most powerful lever
While the insufficient measures increasingly argue against reaching the 1.5-degree target, we could still achieve it with a rapid reduction in methane emissions, writes Cyril Brunner.
Health - Agronomy / Food Science - 23.11.2022
Tilman Kühn takes up professorial chair in Public Health Nutrition
In mid-November, MedUni Vienna and the University of Vienna appointed Tilman Kühn to the dual professorial chair in Public Health Nutrition (§98).
Agronomy / Food Science - Economics - 23.11.2022
Food security thanks to faeces and waste
Together with partners in Ethiopia, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Africa, researchers are creating circular economies that use processed organic waste and human excreta as fertilizer or animal feed, resulting in higher crop yields and new jobs.
Life Sciences - Agronomy / Food Science - 16.11.2022
Major grant boost for new field of cellular agriculture
Agronomy / Food Science - 14.11.2022
Seafood farming’s growth rate has already peaked, and now it’s in decline
Agronomy / Food Science - Innovation - 10.11.2022
Researching Together for a Healthy Diet
Agronomy / Food Science - Innovation - 09.11.2022
Smashing avocado know-how
The biggest industry bottleneck for avocado production could soon be a thing of the past with the signing of a licence agreement between The University of Queensland's commercialisation company UniQue
Economics - Agronomy / Food Science - 09.11.2022
FSD Hybrid Seminar: The Future of Smallholder Farmers in A Changing World
Agronomy / Food Science - Environment - 04.11.2022
How can we feed humanity?
According to United Nations projections, there will be approximately 9.7 billion people on the planet by 2050.
Agronomy / Food Science - Pedagogy - 03.11.2022
The traditional farm field trip goes virtual
Agronomy / Food Science - Environment - 31.10.2022
Securing global food supply focus of international agriculture conference
Agronomy / Food Science - Environment - 25.10.2022
Maastricht University starts new research line on cellular agriculture
Agronomy / Food Science - Life Sciences - 25.10.2022
Biotechnology to reduce methane emissions from cattle
Methane emissions could be substantially cut through a $7.5-million project to develop slow-release biopolymer technology for cattle containing a gas-reducing bioactive.
Agronomy / Food Science - 24.10.2022
Energy, water and food supplies for Rwanda
Prathiba Devadas with "TU eMpower Africa" at TUM Sustainability Day Prathiba Devadas is from India, recently earned her Master's degree in "Sustainable Resource Management" at TUM and has already lost her heart to a small country in Africa.
Life Sciences - Agronomy / Food Science - 24.10.2022
Wageningen to provide Cellular Agriculture education and research
Agronomy / Food Science - 20.10.2022
Wheat is not scarce but expensive
Wageningen World The abrupt loss of cheap Ukrainian wheat rocked the world market, hitting poor consumers in Africa particularly hard.
Economics - Agronomy / Food Science - 20.10.2022
Virtual cold chains save food
Nearly half of all fruit and vegetables produced globally are wasted each year, according to the United Nations.
Health - Agronomy / Food Science - 19.10.2022
Two scientific papers from the University of Valencia will represent Spain in the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
Agronomy / Food Science - Environment - 17.10.2022
Despite commitments, Brazil’s beef sector tainted by purchases from protected lands in Amazon basin
Read this release in Portuguese. Depending on where it's from, your next steak could come with a side of illegal deforestation. That's because despite improvements by meatpackers to keep their supply chains free of cattle grazed on protected or illegally deforested lands, many slaughterhouses in Brazil - the world's top beef exporter - continue to purchase illegally pastured animals on a large scale.
Agronomy / Food Science - Innovation - 14.10.2022
Budding ideas for food and agriculture
Life Sciences - Agronomy / Food Science - 12.10.2022
Berry good news
Waterloo-led team tackles food insecurity through sustainable year-round berry production in Canada By Katharine Tuerke Faculty of Science Climate change, armed conflict, economic and political instability and natural disasters can all impact food security.
Agronomy / Food Science - Environment - 07.10.2022
More clean water for agriculture and horticulture in times of drought
Is it possible to safely use treated wastewater (effluent) from sewage treatment plants (WWTPs) as irrigation water in agriculture and horticulture?
Environment - Agronomy / Food Science - 04.10.2022
Birmingham global cooling summit launches new partnership
Health - Agronomy / Food Science - 30.09.2022
President Biden’s plan to end hunger: U-M expert available
Agronomy / Food Science - 27.09.2022
Wageningen World: How do we solve the nitrogen crisis?
Agronomy / Food Science - 23.09.2022
Smallholders at the End of the Supply Chain: Fair Carbon Payments for Carbon Farmers in the Global South
For any food and agriculture supply chain actor with a sustainability target, carbon farming is a promising solution.
Environment - Agronomy / Food Science - 21.09.2022
On environmental issues, the city-country divide is smaller than often assumed
Header We like to perpetuate the idea of a divide in the attitudes of city dwellers and country people as part of debates on the environment, but it's simply not the reality, explains Thomas Bernauer.
Environment - Agronomy / Food Science - 21.09.2022
Bringing arsenic-safe drinking water to rural California
According to the Rev. Dennis Hutson, people used to love the taste of Allensworth's water. "People used to say things like, 'Wow, this is the best water I've ever tasted!'" said Hutson, who owns a farm in the small Central Valley community.
Environment - Agronomy / Food Science - 16.09.2022
’If we buy these imported products, we are co-responsible for the global decline in biodiversity’
What we buy and consume in Europe often has an impact on biodiversity somewhere else in the world. With a Horizon Europe Funding of 600.000 euros, assistant professor Laura Scherer and her team will develop models to look at the impact of global trade in non-food biomass.
Agronomy / Food Science - 16.09.2022
From coffee grounds to oyster mushroom
Agronomy / Food Science - Environment - 16.09.2022
Research explores tension about manure policy between dairy farmers and government
Wageningen University & Research has conducted a study entitled A conversation about Cows, Nutrient Cycles and Manure that explores the tensions between farmers and the government.
Agronomy / Food Science - 16.09.2022
From coffee grounds to oyster mushroom - together against Food Waste on Wageningen Campus
Agronomy / Food Science - Environment - 16.09.2022
Sustainable livestock farming results from pluralism, regulation and creativity
'Pluralism, diversity, regulation, social responsibility and creativity provide the future solution for sustainable livestock farming.
Agronomy / Food Science - Environment - 13.09.2022
’Less food waste does make a difference’
One out of every three kilogrammes of food in the world is wasted. 'Hence, preventing food waste is equally important for the climate as reducing the consumption of meat', says Toine Timmermans, programme manager of sustainable food chains at WUR.
Agronomy / Food Science - Environment - 08.09.2022
Food-Waste Free Week on Wageningen Campus
Did you know that one-quarter of all of the food in the Netherlands is never consumed? All that food is cultivated, processed, transported, cooled and heated.
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Health - Nov 8
Class of 2024: UCalgary PhD grad nurtures passion to support families through the cancer experience
Class of 2024: UCalgary PhD grad nurtures passion to support families through the cancer experience
Health - Nov 7
Ontario Tech-driven research exploring the promise of virtual reality (VR) in dementia care
Ontario Tech-driven research exploring the promise of virtual reality (VR) in dementia care
Economics - Nov 7
It does compute: student founders build and iterate faster with Velocity's GPU server
It does compute: student founders build and iterate faster with Velocity's GPU server
Health - Nov 7
Free from fears: online the first video dedicated to dementia diagnosis, 'Catching the signs: The keys'
Free from fears: online the first video dedicated to dementia diagnosis, 'Catching the signs: The keys'