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Responsible innovation by learning together
To realise responsible system innovations in agriculture, diverse private partners need to collaborate. Social learning is a key to success.
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‘Zachte’ gevolgen van voedselinnovatie
Voedselinnovaties worden door consumenten vaak gewantrouwd. Hoe kunnen ontwikkelaars met hen een vruchtbare dialoog over ‘goed eten’ aangaan om te komen tot betere producten?
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Stimulating healthy food choices
Consumers over-use unhealthy products, while industry continues to supply these products. The researchers concluded that government should do more to stimulate easy access to the market for suppliers of healthy products, while at the same time improving the ability of consumers to make good choices by campaigns, education and easier access to information.
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Logos for healthy food
Lifestyle related diseases - like obesity, heart diseases and diabetes type 2 - form a major societal challenge. This project investigates the effectiveness of logos in preventing these diseases.
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Drip irrigation: Not a Perfect Solution
Policy makers welcome drip irrigation as an ideal way to reduce water scarcity and poverty. This project, focusing on Burkina Faso and Morocco, found a gap between these high expectations and reality and focused on understanding why this is not made known. Only few smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa continued using the low-cost version of the technology after external support ended. Besides, only some farmers who adopt and use the technology realise water savings, whereas increases in productivity often come at high social and environmental costs.
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Eerlijke kwekersrechten in Afrika
Hoe een intellectueel eigendombenadering leidt tot eerlijke kwekersrechten in Sub-Sahara Afrika - zonder het dreigende verbod op het ruilen van zaadgoed.
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Responsible techno-entrepreneurs
New Technology Based Firms (NTBFs) may help to address climate change. This project investigates opportunities and threats for NTBFs and develops a tool to identify relevant socio-ethical factors.
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De invloed van angstaanjagende beelden op innovaties
Vlammen uit de kraan, injectienaalden in onze peren en tomaten; het zijn angstaanjagende beelden over technologieën die via internet en sociale media rondwaren. We moeten ze serieus nemen en samen met voor- en tegenstanders creatieve en correct informerende nieuwe beelden ontwikkelen.
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Handen op elkaar voor een bio-economie
Om een bio-economie te realiseren moeten verschillende partijen in de voedselproductieketen samen innoveren. Dit project geeft aan welke acties nodig zijn om de handen op elkaar te krijgen.
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Ending poverty with potatoes
The potato is a crop that is difficult and slow to improve through breeding. A revolutionary new method holds great promises for global food security and the export position of the Netherlands.
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Alternatives to mass killings of male chicks
In the Netherlands over 45 million male chicks annually are killed shortly after hatching. This is ethically problematic and raises public discussions. This project looked into alternative solutions.