Calendar

Upcoming activities

• Distance learning course: Key concepts in food and nutrition security January 1, 2013 - Course - A rights-based approach is a different way to address food and nutrition insecurity. It emphasises the rights of human beings to food and it obligates...
• Course ‘Safe Handling of Radioactive Materials and Sources’ May 13, 2013 - Course
• International symposium “we’ll 2013”: How to feed the world in 2050? May 15, 2013 - Symposium - A two-day event entitled “we’ll 2013” will bring together scientists, trend watchers, visionary farmers and market specialists to contribute their...
• Integrated pest management and food safety June 3, 2013 - Course - In recent decades, consumers have become increasingly concerned about the quality and safety of their food. Public and private standards for pesticide...
• Monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment of food and nutrition security programmes June 3, 2013 - Course - Funding agencies, NGOs, government and other stakeholders put demands on accountability and transparency. They also need to know the impact of...
• Seed potato technology, certification and supply systems June 3, 2013 - Course - The potato is a major food security crop, and a source of income for a wide range of farmers. It is highly productive per unit area in a short time....
• Exhibition Colourful Wageningen 750 June 3, 2013 - Exhibit - “Colourful Wageningen 750” shows the history of Wageningen and its surroundings in rare and exceptional publications, prints, maps and aerial photos...
• Plant variety protection (PVP) June 17, 2013 - Course - This course aims at facilitating the introduction and practical implementation of Plant Breeders’ Rights in countries where legislation on this matter...
• Strengthening research capacity in conflict-affected societies June 17, 2013 - Course - In conflict-affected areas objective assessments of secure livelihoods are both necessary and extremely difficult. Lack of data, insecurity and social...
• GroSci 2013 June 17, 2013 - Symposium - The International Symposium on Growing Media and Soilless Cultivation.
• WIAS Introduction Course June 18, 2013 - Course
• Trees with a Future ('Bomen met toekomst') June 18, 2013 - Congress - During this congress fact and fiction about the impact of climate change on threes in the city will be separated by experts in the field.
• Elvis in the Bush: Festivals, Growth and Identity in Regional Australia June 18, 2013 - Seminar - A lecture by Prof. John Connell,
  School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, Australia
  
  This Cultural Geography Chair Group Landscape...
• Fabio Homero Diniz: From landless to forestless? Settlers, livelihoods and forest dynamics in the Brazilian Amazon June 18, 2013 - PhD defence - Hundreds of thousands of families have settled in the Brazilian Amazon within the Agrarian Reform Program (ARP), the rationale being to enable...
• Library student panel June 18, 2013 - Meeting - Join the Library student panel to discuss the way the library operates on June 18.
• Environmental Governance Seminar Series: Harris Ali June 18, 2013 - Seminar - ENP launches the Environmental Governance Seminar Series. Nationally and internationally renowned speakers will highlight a variety of recent topics...
• Applications of X-ray computed tomography (XRT) and live demonstration of the new XRT facility at Wageningen UR June 18, 2013 - Workshop - Imagine that you could see the internal structure of your product or research object. Join this free, half day workshop if you believe that this would...
• Marion de Vries: Assuring dairy cattle welfare - Towards efficient assessment and improvement June 18, 2013 - PhD defence - Worldwide there is an increasing interest to assure the welfare of production animals. Assessing animal welfare is time-consuming however, because...
• Internship colloquium Niels de Graaf June 18, 2013 - Colloquium - Updating the original urban Sobek model with the rural area of Culemborg. This update is done with aid of digital information, field experiences and...
• Anja Warmerdam: Synthesis of galacto-oligosaccharides with ß-galactosidases June 18, 2013 - PhD defence - Recently, the production of baby food has gained a lot of interest since manufacturers cannot fulfill the enormous demand for baby food from China....
• Gliding Experience June 18, 2013 - Sporting event - Feel what it is like to glide soundless through the air and experience the free feeling of gliding!
• BBQ for WIAS PhD Candidates June 19, 2013 - Meeting
• Discussion workshop on sensitivity analysis of Agent-Based Models June 19, 2013 - Workshop - Sensitivity analysis is an important tool to analyze the behaviour of agent-based models. However, existing methodologies for sensitivity analysis are...
• Maarten Verlaan: Characterization of major resistance genes to Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus June 19, 2013 - PhD defence
• Cuba’s medical diplomacy: From revolutionary idealism to political and economic pragmatism June 19, 2013 - Seminar - A lecture by Dr. Julie Feinsilver, School of International Service, American University, USA.
  This Cultural Geography Chair Group lecture is a WASS...
• TQ Trinh: Optimization of selective breeding program for GIFT Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) June 19, 2013 - PhD defence
• Microbiology Seminar June 19, 2013 - Seminar - Every month a new interesting microbiology-related topic is presented by a speaker from outside our own microbiology group.
• Stairway to Heaven Run June 19, 2013 - Sporting event - Join this pre Veluweloop activity and run to heaven!
• Transnational Health Care: A Cross-Border Symposium June 20, 2013 - Symposium - Regions & Development (20-21 June 2013, Wageningen, NL) & Itineraries & Transformations (24-25 June 2013, Leeds, UK)
  
  An international...