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Wageningen University & Research Centre (UR) |
Institution overall role: Wageningen specialises in knowledge development and exchange concerning food and food production, the living environment and health, lifestyle and livelihoods. With a staff of 6,500 and 10,000 students from over 100 countries, its stated mission is ‘To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life’.
Role and priorities/objectives in knowledge transfer & innovation: Innovation and rural development are core areas of focus in teaching and research within the overall domain of “healthy food and living environment”. Themes of fundamental, strategic and application-oriented research include:
- Animal health
- Chains and Agro-logistics
- Climate change
- Food safety
- Organisation and use of green and blue area
- Plant and animal for human health
- Scientific toolbox
- Sustainable agriculture
- Transition processes, institutions and management and policy
Research & innovation links: Research and innovation developments supported by Wageningen can be found by clicking on each of the above themes at this address: https://www.wur.nl/UK/research/research+themes/ including links to Wageningen’s seven graduate schools and its nine research institutes. The research institutes at Wageningen UR conduct application-oriented and applied research commissioned by government, business life and non-profit organisations. Often, research is carried out together with other national or international universities and research institutes; the latter being either university or non-university affiliated.
Homepage: https://www.wur.nl (NL & EN options)
Contact details:
Droevendaalsesteeg 4
Building nr. 104
6708 PB Wageningen
The Netherlands
