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Wageningen takes novel approach to showcasing students’ future food scenarios

December 15, 2020

Students from the Netherlands’ Wageningen University & Research entered a video challenge to showcase a science or tech-based solution to a current food challenge – 10 years into the future. Check out the winning videos.

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AI teams outperform traditional growers in WUR’s second Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge

June 22, 2020

Wageningen University & Research’s successful second Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge yielded powerful insights and ‘globally applicable’ algorithms, with AI teams outperforming human growers.

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Clustering and the Role of Agri-Food Clusters in Crisis

June 3, 2020

Roger Van Hoesel, Managing Director of renowned Dutch agrifood cluster Foodvalley NL, delivers this informative lecture on how successful clusters in the agrifood space can contribute in crisis situations.

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New high-tech ‘quarantine’ greenhouse to run on broad-spectrum LEDs

June 3, 2020

Wageningen, the Netherlands’ premier protected-cropping research institute, has chosen a broad-spectrum LED solution from Fluence for its Serre Red greenhouse, which will conduct critical research into the world’s most costly crop diseases.

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Help for agrifood-tech start-ups scaling up

April 23, 2020

Start-ups that surmount the ‘proof-of-concept’ hurdle have a better shot at attracting investors, but the scale-up stage comes with its own challenges, and expert support during this time can be vital.

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Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge: the quest to grow fruit and veg remotely continues

March 18, 2020

The world’s in lockdown but cherry tomatoes grow on, minus human contact, in the greenhouses at Wageningen University and Research in the Netherlands.

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Tiny bat-like drones eradicate greenhouse insect pests

February 28, 2020

PATs’ tiny bat-like drone is ‘an artificial predator’ that hunts down harmful insects in greenhouses and kills them mid-air. ‘revolutionising an industry with a sustainable solution’, claim the micro-drone’s Dutch developers.

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Robots on the rise in greenhouse horticulture

January 13, 2020

Recent research by AgriDirect shows that the use of robots among Dutch greenhouse growers is up 3% since 2018, with 11% of 1,400 respondents deploying robots for cultivation in 2019.

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