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Vacancy Business Unit Manager CDI
April 28, 2015News
Vacancy Business Unit Manager CDI

The Centre for Development Innovation of Wageningen UR is looking for a Business Unit Manager to lead an internationally oriented and impact driven organization to contribute to a more sustainable and equitable future. The Business Unit Manager will join Wageningen UR’s Centre for Development Innovation (CDI) as their new visionary and inspiring leader and manager. As an advisory »

Six projects granted within Food & Business GCP-2
April 22, 2015News
Six projects granted within Food & Business GCP-2

Six research proposals have been awarded funding within the second Call of the Food & Business Global Challenges Programme (GCP). The theme of the Call, which NWO-WOTRO developed together with the F&BKP, is ‘inclusive business models for food security and regional trade for food security’. There is an urgent and growing need for new knowledge that »

Launch third call Global Challenges Programme
April 21, 2015News
Launch third call Global Challenges Programme

NWO-WOTRO has launched the third call for proposals within the Food & Business Global Challenges Programme (GCP). The theme of the call, which was developed in close collaboration with the F&BKP, is “Transformation of food systems with a focus on sustainability and urbanization”. »

2015 International Year of Soils
April 7, 2015News
2015 International Year of Soils
Theme: Soil Management

The 68th UN General Assembly declared 2015 the International Year of Soils (IYS 2015) and nominated FAO to implement the IYS 2015, within the framework of the Global Soil Partnership and in collaboration with governments and the secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. »

The Dutch Science Agenda (in Dutch)
April 7, 2015News
The Dutch Science Agenda (in Dutch)

In de Nationale Wetenschapsagenda (NWA) worden de thema’s en onderzoeksvragen vastgesteld waar de wetenschap zich de komende jaren op gaat richten. De Nationale Wetenschapsagenda bundelt de krachten van verschillende partijen en stimuleert daarmee samenwerking tussen wetenschappers, het bedrijfsleven en maatschappelijke organisaties. Vragen aan de wetenschap Voorzitters Beatrice de Graaf en Alexander Rinnooy Kan nodigen iedereen »

Lively event ‘Scaling up Dutch efforts for Global Nutrition’
April 7, 2015Knowledge activity
Lively event ‘Scaling up Dutch efforts for Global Nutrition’
Theme: Nutrition Security

On March 10, 2015, the Netherlands Working Group on Nutrition (NWGN) organized an action-oriented discussion event entitled ‘Scaling up Dutch efforts for Global Nutrition’. It included the Dutch launch of the Global Nutrition Report 2014 by Lawrence Haddad (International Food Policy Research Institute), a key note speech by Reina Buijs (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy »