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Wageningen University & Research Spotlight

Wageningen University & Research considers dialogue with society to be an essential aspect of its role as a knowledge institution. This platform serves as a meeting place with our staff members. The news item that Wageningen University & Research publishes weekly on the front page of the Saturday edition of the Volkskrant or NRC newspaper, is each time used to highlight a different topic from research at WUR. You can use this platform to respond to the subject and read extra information, such as relevant reports.

Emission-free greenhouse

24 January 2020

The Dutch horticultural sector aims to be climate-neutral in 2040. Thus, Wageningen researchers have built an emission arm demo-greenhouse for the cultivation of vegetables, fruit and flowers in an effort to find ways to reduce CO2 emissions as well as the use of crop protection agents and artificial fertilisers to…

A tomato flat: growing vegetables in the city

Vertical farming: growing vegetables in the city

10 January 2020

Urbanization is increasing worldwide. To supply the growing populations in cities with fresh vegetables, Wageningen horticultural specialists are conducting research into vertical farming. With this technique, crops are grown indoors year-round with the help of LED light and in layers on top of each other. Land and water use decline…