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Sustainable agriculture in Europe
The human population in Europe is stable or may even decrease, and is ageing. Net demand for food may decrease rather than increase, also since diets are likely to change towards healthier diets with some substitution of livestock ...
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Production ecology, modelling and data analysis
Production ecology and crop modelling
Production ecology deals with the generation of plant biomass in (agro-) ecosystems as a function of light, water and nutrients. It has important applications in agriculture, where it helps i ...
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Agriculture and Forests
Agriculture is the main driver of deforestation globally due to the growing demand for agricultural commodities (and timber and wood energy). In Latin America, most deforestation is due to large scale agriculture, whilst in Africa ...
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Circular agriculture and food systems
Most of our present production systems and food systems can be characterised as linear: they rely on external inputs and optimize production (efficiency) of single commodities. In doing so, important interactions within production ...
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Yield Gap analysis
Feeding a growing population within the planetary boundaries is one of the grand tasks of humankind in the 21st century and at the heart of multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Implications of this vary across the world. ...
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URGENT TOPICS
Please consult the following link for thesis and internship topics for which we are urgently looking for students:
https://www.wur.nl/en/Research-Results/Chair-groups/Plant-Sciences/Laboratory-of-Plant-Production-Systems/Thesis ...
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Climate change and adaptation
Climate change is expected to negatively affect crop and livestock production through increasing temperature, changing rainfall patterns, increased climate variability and increased frequency of extreme events. Yet, the agricultur ...
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Agronomy at different scales
Nutrients play a pivotal role in resource use efficiency of agricultural systems. At the field level, nutrient recovery from soils and applied fertilisers (organic, mineral or a combination of both) affects environmental impacts s ...
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Sustainable production of perennial crops
Tropical perennial cropping (including agroforestry) systems are a source of income for millions of households around the world. The products (such as palm oil, cocoa, coffee, tea, rubber, bananas, and other fruits) play a key rol ...
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Agronomy, livelihoods, and development
Food systems need to change in response to population growth, urbanisation, climate change, environmental problems, poverty, and international agreements such as the SDGs. In food systems both producers and consumers need attentio ...
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