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Young Talent Meeting: World Food Shortage
Bienvenue Jeunes TalentsWageningen October 10, 2012Martin Kropff, Rector Magnificus
Global challenges
Agri-food
Climate change
Biobased Economy
Food and health
Stewardship
Food security
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…To explore the potential of nature, to improve the quality of life…
Wageningen UR domain
Wageningen UR (University & Research centre)
3 organisations:● Wageningen University● Van Hall Larenstein● 9 research institutes
6,700 employees 12,000 stud. (> 120 countries) International top 30 locations in The Netherlands Heart of the Food Valley Offices in Chile, Ethiopia and China
Worldwide networks:● Education: tuning, exchange, fellowships● Research: joint programs● Innovation: international PPP based in
regions Global partners
● Universities and institutes● INRA
● Governments● Civil society organisations● Businesses, private sector
America
Asia
Africa
Our vision on global knowledge development
International co-operation for food securtiy
The Wageningen approach: biological
The Wageningen approach: biological and social scales
peopleprofitplanet
The Approach: Technology and Socio-economics
Greenhouse as energy source GMO
Agronomy Instituties
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Two strategies
Theoretic maximum yield
Actual yield
Theoretic maximum yield
Actual yield
Yield gapDecrease the yield-gap
Yield gap
Increase maximum yield
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9 days of drought
1 week after rewatering
Closing the yield gap
Water use efficiency
Young Talents and interdisciplinarity