Smart searching for traits

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Scientists want to use artificial intelligence to find the right data in the search for the genes for climate-proof and disease-resistant crops.

Peatland and forest don’t go together

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Europe doesn’t have much peatland left: most of the peat has been…

Not all digital innovations are an improvement

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Sjaak Wolfert and Louise Fresco hold the WUR Mansholt Lecture in Brussels…

Farming on Biblical ground

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Judith Westerink, a researcher into Biodiversity and Policy, writes about Christianity and…

A Little Wiser: Can a vegetarian still digest meat?

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Does a meat-free lifestyle change something in your digestive tract?

From test plot to vegetable garden

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Crop farmers place old microbiological heritage in the spotlight during open day.
Calf in a meadow

Grassland may help improve the climate

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Dairy farmers should refrain from ploughing, keep water levels high, farm intensively.

Is this why we eat unhealthily?

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The brain stores information on the location of calorie-rich food best

Nitrogen study is merely ‘plausible’

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Determining the effect of nitrogen on plant species is not sufficiently reliable,…

What is the scope of the Wageningen CRISPR-Cas patents?

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The answer is complicated. See below.