Wageningen University & Research
The mission of Wageningen University & Research is "To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life". Within Wageningen University & Research, nine specialised research institutes from the Wageningen Research Foundation and Wageningen University have joined forces to help answer the most important questions in the domain of healthy food and living environment.
With approximately 30 locations, 6,000 employees, and 12,000 students, Wageningen University & Research is one of the leading organisations in its domain worldwide. An integrated approach to problems and the cooperation between various disciplines are at the heart of the unique approach of Wageningen.
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Equal opportunities employerWe are an employer that offers equal opportunities. We are happy to receive applications from all suitably qualified people regardless of race, gender, functional impairment, religion / belief, sexual orientation or age.
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Business development team of PSG The Plant Sciences Group (PSG) is a partnership between Wageningen Plant Research and Wageningen University's Department of Plant Sciences. PSG provides support to the private sector and society at large in the field of green production systems for a sustainable society by developing, transferring and valorising knowledge in a partnership between university and applied research groups. The business development team plays a key role to explore challenges & opportunities in society, match this with expertise from WUR researchers, and initiate new collaborations and partnerships. The team contributes thus to creating economical and societal value, and thereby also contributes to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Plant Production SystemsPlant Production Systems is one of the 17 chair groups of the Department of Plant Sciences of Wageningen University. Plant Production Systems integrates biological knowledge to analyse and design sustainable production systems for crops (including integration with livestock), focused on resource use efficiency and equitable management of natural resources.
The group has a strong international profile and collaborates with many partners across the world. Our website provides a good overview of activities: http://www.wageningenur.nl/en/expertise-services/Chair-groups/Plant-Sciences/Plant-Production-Systems-Group.htm. The Plant Production Systems group is part of the Wageningen Centre for Agro-ecology and Systems Analysis, together with the group Animal Production Systems (www.wacasa.wur.nl).