van Veluw, K.
Vlees eten doe je niet meer zomaar. Vlees en alles daarom heen staat enorm in de schijnwerpers. Vanuit voedingsoogpunt blijft vlees zeer waardevol hoewel teveel consumptie van rood vlees de kans op darmkanker verhoogt. Vlees blijft echter ontzettend lekker maar productie en consumptie ervan is te ver doorgeslagen. Het moet anders en duurzamer. Een ...
van Eenennaam, Justine S.
The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 was one of the largest oil spills in history. For three months, oil leaked from the Macondo well at 1,500 m depth into the Gulf. As one of the spill responses, an unprecedented amount of dispersants were applied, both at the sea surface and, for the first time ever, directly inject...
Arts, Gertie Boesten, Jos Brock, Theo Roessink, Ivo
de Wit, Jan van Veluw, Kees
De Nederlandse melkveehouderij staat voor een enorme transitie. Met het beëindigen van de melkquotering is een grote dynamiek ontstaan die de intensivering, specialisatie en groei van de sector verder heeft versterkt. In voorliggende studie wordt duidelijk dat niet alleen vanwege waterkwaliteitsdoelstellingen maar ook voor ammoniak- en klimaat-doel...
Papaioannou, Kostadis J.
“Global climate change poses one of the most urgent challenges of our age. The increasing frequency and intensity of weather shocks, such as heat waves, droughts, floods, and hurricanes, are all anticipated to adversely affect conditions of agricultural production, and jeopardize efforts to achieve global food security. In recent years, there has b...
Arts, G.H.P. Beltman, W.H.J. Holterman, H.J. van Vliet, P.J.M. Wipfler, E.L. van de Zande, J.C.
Fluctuations of input and output prices are major reasons causing volatile gross margins in livestock production. There are large historic differences in the period 2001-2015 between the dairy sector and fattening pig sector in volatility. Relatively large fluctuations in gross margins were observed in the fattening pig sector (median coefficient o...
Saswattecha, Kanokwam
Demand for palm oil in Thailand has increased as a result of Thai policies promoting the use of biodiesel. This increased demand results in negative effects on ecosystem services and increases environment pollution. Most existing studies focus on global warming impact alone, while other environmental impacts are being overlooked. Moreover, several ...
Islam, Majedul
Consumption of water that is contaminated with pathogens still causes high numbers of death and disease. Understanding the factors that influence the dynamic distribution of waterborne pathogens is important, as this will help understanding improvements and possible solutions. Such understanding is particularly important in a developing country lik...
Piet, Gerjan Boon, Arjen Jongbloed, Ruud van der Meulen, Myra Tamis, Jacqueline Teal, Lorna van der Wal, Jan Tjalling
This development of the framework and approach for a Cumulative Effects Assessment (CEA) is based on a literature review. The literature identified some key challenges that need to be addressed for CEA to evolve into a consistent, appropriate tool to assist decision-making. These challenges included • A clear distinction of the receptor-led CEA fro...
Doorn, Anne Broekmeijer, Mirjam Schotman, Alex Lesschen, Jan Peter Geertsema, Willemien Korevaar, Hein Melman, Dick Schuiling, Rini