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‘Expressing the world inside my head’

Marjolein Schoenmaker’s paintings look as though they’ve come straight out of a children’s book. And that is no coincidence. ‘I love children’s books. Fairy tales, animals and humour. One day out at the zoo and my head is full of ideas.’ Schoenmaker, who is self-taught, uses acrylic paint to put this fantasy world onto can- vas in warm colours. ‘It makes me happy. Depicting situations that couldn’t really happen. I like that.’ RK / Photo: Guy Ackermans

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INTRODUCTION Whenever the talk turns to hazing I am reminded of the Dutch ﬁ lm Soldaat van Oranje, in which the violent initiation of the main character Erik leads to a close friendship with the leader of the corps. Of course, the kind of initiation which leaves wounded in its wake is completely out of order. But is that a reason to ban it outright? Of course not. Apart from the fact that banning things never works, you always have to be careful that you don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater. AND MORE... There is nothing wrong with initiation rituals in themselves. I have never been a member 4 Will there be a Campus West? of KSV Franciscus or Ceres but I did once belong to the student athletics club Tartlétos. 5 YoungWUR is born Our initiation consisted of training like mad. The tough time we went through together 6 Environmental Sciences forged indestructible bonds. Without the slightest need to humiliate anyone or vomit all grows over each other. 7 TNO Food to Wageningen Abuses like what went on in Groningen don’t happen in Wageningen, claim Ceres and KSV. 8 Elephants killed oﬀ by drought But disturbing rumours about humiliation do sometimes leak out. Are they true? We don’t 16 A peek into campus rooms know because hazing is surrounded by a strictly preserved secrecy. And that secrecy may 22 How are evening classes well be the real problem with initiation rituals. Ceres and KSV, shall we agree that next going down? year Resource will come along to the introduction and write a nice, truthful report on it? 26 Paying per course credit 27 Meanwhile in Germany Roelof Kleis

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6 October 2016 — RESOURCE 4 >> news

TU DELFT AND WUR START ‘METROPOLITAN MASTER’S’

whether accreditation is granted, so stitute of Technology (MIT) in 2013. AMS. Since then the idea has been • Programme will be off ered at the programme should start in Sep- Students take core courses in the scrutinized to see whether it is suffi - AMS institute in Amsterdam tember 2017. building of the Royal Tropical Insti- ciently distinctive, fi ts the participat- • Students will learn to solve There are no plans for a big stu- tute (KIT) in Amsterdam. For their ing institutions’ profi les, and meets urban problems dent recruitment campaign in the electives and specialist courses they a demand on the job market. One coming year, says programme direc- travel to Delft and Wageningen. course module – Sustainable urban tor Erik Heijmans. Information is More and more of the world’s development - was launched earlier Wageningen University & Research available on the WUR website, population lives in – ever larger – cit- this year as a free online course (a and the Technical University of though, with the disclaimer that ac- ies. The AMS wants to make these Massive Online Open Course or Delft want to launch a new Mas- creditation is still pending. ‘We are cities more sustainable and pleasant MOOC). ter’s programme in 2017. The pro- already noticing that a lot of people to live in. According to the institute, The new Master’s is Wageningen gramme in Metropolitan analysis, are interested.’ Heijmans hopes the this calls for an integral approach in University & Research’s third joint design and engineering addresses Master’s will start small with a co- which experts from a range of disci- programme. WUR is already offer- urban issues such as how to make hort of around 20 students. plines such as ecology, logistics, hy- ing a Master’s programme in Water cities climate-proof. The ‘urban Master’s’ will be of- drology and data science collabo- Technology in Leeuwarden, jointly The universities will submit their fered at the Amsterdam Institute for rate. The AMS is interested in urban with the universities of Groningen application for accreditation to the Advanced Metropolitan Solutions cycles, around the food supply, ener- and Twente. And the Bachelor’s in Dutch-Flemish Accreditation Organ- (AMS), which was set up jointly by gy and traffi c, for instance. Tourism is run jointly with the ization (NVAO) mid-October. It Wageningen University & Research, The new Master’s was an- NHTV university of applied sciences should be clear within six months the TU Delft and Massachusetts In- nounced right from the launch of in Breda. RR

‘MAKE BUSINESS AND SCIENCE PARK PART OF CAMPUS’

• Merger would give new impetus to BSPW • WUR is not in favour of a single organization

The Wageningen business and science park BSPW should become part of Wageningen Campus, concludes Holland Food Ventures in a study on the future of the industrial estate in the west of Wageningen. But Wageningen Uni- versity & Research does not want to go that far. The BSPW (formerly the Agro Business Park) is in a downwards spiral. There are a lot of emp- ty premises, the space that is available does not

match the demands of the market and there is S no vision of the future. The BSPW also faces KERMAN

strong competition from the business centre C Y A

Plus Ultra on the campus. At the behest of the GU : O municipal council, Holland Food Ventures got T O

all the stakeholders around the table to look for GUY ACKERMANS PHOTO: PH a solution. One of thetheb businessesusinesses at BusinessBusiness andandS Sciencecience ParkPark WageningenWageningeni issb biotechnologyiotechnology cocompanympany KeyKeyGene.Gene According to HFV, the solution is obvious: create a single campus with one organization good location for new companies. ‘But setting be possible, she believes, without a far-reaching responsible for the proﬁ ling, strategy and devel- up a single organization for both parks goes a merger. opment of business activities. That would be step too far. That would mean WUR would re- BSPW was started in the 1980s – by WUR good for the further development of the cam- linquish its say on part of its own campus. I among others – to market Wageningen knowl- pus as well. The park would be called Campus don’t see that happening.’ So Caessens does edge. That never really got off the ground. There West, while the existing campus would be not see a future for a Campus East. ‘It is possi- are few starters who came from WUR in the known as Campus East. ble that BSPW will be called Campus West but business park, and there are hardly any links Petra Caessens, manager of campus develop- that doesn’t automatically mean this will be with the campus, according to the report. The ment at WUR, is in favour of closer collabora- Campus East. We will still be called simply Wa- arrival of Plus Ultra on the campus drew away tion in order to proﬁ le Wageningen better as a geningen Campus.’ Better collaboration should some of the companies at the BSPW. RK

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YOUNG STAFF LAUNCH YOUNGWUR OLUMN|STIJN sociation Thalia and was even Thursday. There is no age lim- © • Kick-off event aims to on the board for a year. When it: it is up to people to decide attract 100 guests she got a job at Wageningen for themselves whether they University & Research in 2015, come under this category. All Totalitarian peace she found it harder to meet guests can contribute to the Not all students are darlings, even in Wagenin- EA group of staff at Wagenin- people. ‘People here have discussion and of course have gen. The fact that I regularly cannot sleep be- gen University & Research will worked here for a long time or a drink. ‘We’d like as much in- cause our Ceres neighbours have come up with be launching YoungWUR on 6 went to university here.’ So put as we can get at the kick- some or other earplug-resistant club track may October. A young professionals why, she wondered, wasn’t off event,’ says Walraven. Are qualify as insignifi cant. But clearly even our as- network that aims to link up there a ‘study association’ for staff looking for a chance to so- sociation members sometimes go too far. ‘young staff at the start of their young staff? cialize, for instance, or are they Two years ago, for example, a barman at Argo careers’. Walraven and seven others are more interested in career tips knocked two members of Ceres to the ground. As a student Pien Walraven, an now launching precisely such and development? And what Unlike the most recent victim in Groningen, information analyst with Facil- a network. They are welcoming kinds of activities should neither suffered cerebral edema, though both ities & Services, was part of an ‘young colleagues at the start YoungWUR organize? Wal- needed stitches. And at the start of this year a active community. She organ- of their careers’ to join them raven expects about 100 Ceres activity was cancelled because drunken ized activities for her Study As- for the launch in The Spot on guests. RR fi rst-year students were walking along the mo- torway. Wageningen ‘bang lists’ have not yet reached me, but perhaps I am simply not in the loop. in brief It is quite understandable that here too people are voting to ban initiation rituals – correction, ‘association introduction periods’. What’s >> JENNIFER DOUDNA more, every activity held by a student associa- Lecture on Crispr-Cas tion is a potential threat to the carefully con- When 700 people – most of them students – structed image of Wageningen University & Re- turn up on a Friday afternoon to listen to a search. In fact, it is admirable that rector mag- technical talk on molecular biology, you know nifi cus Arthur Mol made only a gentle plea that there is something unusual going on. This hap- students be nice to each other. pened on Friday 30 September in the large lec- It is simply the trend not to take risks with ture theatre in Orion. The speakers were the young people and their not yet fully grown American scientist Jennifer Doudna – a candi- brains. Falling numbers of primary school pu- date for the Nobel Prize – and WUR alumnus pils are cycling unaccompanied to school – too Edze Westra. The day before the event they re- dangerous. At secondary school countless ceived the Heineken Prize and the Heineken homework clubs are ready to help reluctant Young Scientist Award respectively. They learners progress – otherwise they won’t be ac- talked about the impact of their work on Cris- GUY ACKERMANS PHOTO: cepted onto good courses. Universities, includ- Jennifer Doudna (left) talking to Edze Westra pr-Cas, a new technique with which DNA can be and Louise Fresco. ing Wageningen University & Research, are us- changed with more precision than ever. RR ing attendance lists to prevent students missing a lecture – heaven forefend they should fail >> MARINE RESEARCH >> KLOKHUIS SCIENCE PRIZE an exam. Give it a while and we will be living in WUR council wants time WUR research in the running totalitarian peace. It will be utterly impossible The WUR council wants more time before it Two Wageningen projects are in the running for to commit any act of folly and stupidity. comes out with its advice on the position of the Science Prize awarded by the Dutch chil- Wonderfully safe, but also spine-chilling. Be- Wageningen Marine Research (formerly Im- dren’s television programme Klokhuis. The pro- cause if you have never had the chance to really ares). The executive board wants to bring Wa- jects are on Vegetables from Mars and Clean screw up, how can you convince yourself that geningen Marine Research, which is currently School Routes. The television programme aims you can do something really well? independent, under the Animal Sciences Group to reward scientifi c research which is interest- Perhaps I would rather run the risk of ending (ASG). In view of their common ground, this ing and relevant to children with the new prize. up on a ‘bang list’. would be the most suitable place in the organi- The Mars project looked at whether plants zation. At the beginning of July, the board could grow on Martian soil, while the school asked the WUR council for its view. Now the routes project identifi ed the cycling route to Stijn van Gils (29) is doing doctoral research on WUR council writes in a memo that it is ‘too school with the cleanest air, for children at the ecosystem services in early for a thorough substantive discussion Haagse Schoolvereniging in The Hague. The agriculture. Every month with the executive board’. The council wants winner will be announced at the scientifi c fi lm he describes his struggles with the scientifi c system. to consult its constituency fi rst and obtain festival InScience on 2 November in Nijmegen. more information. RR MF

6 October 2016 — RESOURCE 6 >> news ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES ON THE WAY UP

unexpected. ‘We haven’t done any- bearing fruit now. Tourism grew by Society, which shrank by one fi fth. • Business and Consumer thing out of the ordinary,’ says pro- 27 percent, so it is now the second Plant Sciences, Molecular Life Sciences still the biggest gramme director Theo Lexmond. smallest Bachelor’s programme af- Sciences and, as already men- • Number of fi rst-year Bachelor’s ‘For the last three years student ter Communications Sciences. tioned, Business and Consumer students up by 9 percent numbers have hovered around 35. The biggest loser is Health and Sciences shrank too. RK The 56 we’ve got this time have broken the trend. How long that NUMBER OF FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS The Bachelor’s degree programme will last is anyone’s guess of in Business and Consumer Scienc- course.’ BACHELOR’S PROGRAMME 2016 2015 es has attracted the most fi rst- Environmental Sciences did 1. BUSINESS AND CONSUMER SCIENCES 162 169 -7 years, just like last year. Environ- draw many more students in the 2. BIOLOGY 158 133 +25 mental Sciences is the fastest past, though. Lexmond: ‘In the 3. NUTRITION AND HEALTH 149 138 +11 growing programme, shows a com- 1990s, when it was still called Envi- 4. FOOD TECHNOLOGY 148 136 +12 parison of student numbers at the ronmental Hygiene, we once had end of September with those of 150 fi rst-years. We have also had 5. BIOTECHNOLOGY 131 108 +23 this time last year. There are now years when we only had 15.’ For 6. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STUDIES 86 80 +6 1604 fi rst-year Bachelor’s students now he sees no problem with the 7. ANIMAL SCIENCES 85 83 +2 walking around the campus: 131 new increase. ‘For the fi rst six 8. MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES 85 92 -7 (8.9 percent) more than a year ago. months students do courses that 9. INTERNATIONAL LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENT 78 66 +12 Numbers vary widely between are common to other programmes degree courses (see table). Four of too. After that they start on pro- 10. SOIL, WATER AND ATMOSPHERE 73 67 +6 the bachelor’s programmes have gramme-specifi c courses. We still 11. FOREST AND NATURE MANAGEMENT 68 58 +10 even shrunk, among them the larg- have to think about how we are go- 12. HEALTH AND SOCIETY 63 80 -17 est degree programme, Business ing to approach that.’ 13. LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND SPATIAL PLANNING 61 56 +5 and Consumer Sciences. The run- Other growing programmes are ner-up, Biology, is the fastest-grow- the ‘little ones’, Communication 14. PLANT SCIENCES 60 65 -5 ing programme in absolute num- Sciences and Agrotechnology, 15. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 56 35 +21 bers. which have grown by 46 and 36 16. ECONOMICS AND POLICY 51 44 +7 Biotechnology and Environ- percent respectively. Communica- 17. AGROTECHNOLOGY 38 28 +10 mental Sciences are growing con- tion Sciences made good progress 18. TOURISM 28 22 +6 siderably too. For Environmental last year with the Future City Chal- Sciences, the growth by 60 percent lenge, a competition for secondary 19. COMMUNICATION SCIENCES 24 13 +11 is not just massive, it is also quite school students which seems to be TOTAL 1604 1473 +131

FUN WITH SCIENCE

How do you make a chrysanthemum which lasts longer in the vase or a bell pepper that is even tastier? A large number of visitors got a peek behind the scenes at Wageningen Plant and Animal Sciences last Sun- day. The emphasis was on activities for children, with a Pokémon game, a milking competition and easy-to- follow explanations, science has never been so much fun. RK

Watch the video on resource-online.nl. PHOTO: SVEN MENSCHEL SVEN PHOTO:

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MINISTER PUSHES THROUGH NUTRITION RESEARCH MERGER

• 45 TNO researchers coming to Wageningen • ‘Dutch Food Initiative will play strong leading role’

Nutrition research at the Dutch science organization TNO is to move to Wageningen from 1 January 2018, with 45 TNO researchers joining Wageningen Food & Biobased Research. This was announced in parliament last week by minister of Economic Affairs Henk Kamp. PHOTO: OOGOPZEIST PHOTO: Niek Snoeij, who as Healthy Life director is responsible for nutrition research at TNO, dients research group in Zeist to Wageningen. Dutch research centre for food innovation. would have preferred to continue to collaborate These researchers bring with them TNO’s ana- This ‘Dutch Food Initiative’ is going to play with WUR as a separate organization. ‘Collabo- lysing equipment and research funding from a strong leading role in applied research on ration was going well; we have joint projects in the ministry of EZ. nutrition & health.’ the ﬁ elds of nutrition and biobased products.’ Minister Kamp announced the transfer of TNO is shedding its nutrition research But he does understand the wish to concentrate TNO’s nutrition research to Wageningen on 30 and concentrating on health research, says too. ‘When government funding is cut back it is September. ‘Wageningen research has a strong Snoeij. The ofﬁ ce in Zeist will close mid-2018 wise to join forces. The nutrition industry sup- position as a research organization for agricul- and the TNO health researchers will move ports this concentration of research too.’ ture, biobased, nature, and nutrition and to Leiden. Snoeij hopes the former TNO Effectively, this is a question of transferring health,’ writes Kamp. ‘By shifting TNO’s exper- researchers in Wageningen will continue to 45 staff positions from TNO’s Functional Ingre- tise on nutrition to Wageningen we get a single work with TNO. AS

RECTOR: STOP INITIATIONS

‘At present we see no reason to • Discussion after incidents change,’ responds Tom van Gee- at Vindicat in Groningen len, president of KSV Franciscus. • Wageningen societies: According to Van Geelen, strong ‘The present system works peer pressure and safety regulati- fi ne’ ons ensure that the KSV initiation rituals ‘work fi ne’. Aspiring members do not drink any alcohol, the- Aurthur Mol, rector magnifi cus of re are always fi rst-aiders present Wageningen University & Re- and members are prepared tho- search, has called on Wageningen roughly. student societies to put an end to Janneke Sloet van Oldruiten- their initiation rituals. KSV Fran- borgh, president of Ceres student ciscus and Ceres see no reason, ho- society, sees no reason to change wever, to change their traditional the society’s guidelines either. ‘At initiation process. Ceres we call it an introduction pe- Mol was responding to the riod and not an initiation. There is outrage about hazing abuses at the no question of tough hazing activi- Groningen student society Vindi- ties here.’ cat. According to the rector, such Wageningen University & Re- rituals should be a thing of the search has never had any serious past. And he feels there are better hazing incidents, says Simon Vink, ways to achieve a sense of bonding spokesperson for the executive in a group, without humiliation, board. ‘What we do occasionally verbal aggression or dangerous be- get is complaints from parents or haviour. He realises that he has no from outsiders who have seen so- way of putting pressure on the something.’ MF, RR en VK cieties and sees his call as a moral appeal. Read readers’ reactions on page 11.

6 October 2016 — RESOURCE 8 >> science DROUGHT AFFLICTS AFRICAN ELEPHANTS

• During long droughts elephants die of starvation • This problem is just as devastating as poaching

Drought is set to play a bigger and bigger role in the decline of the African elephant. When it does not rain in the savannah for a long time, many elephants die of starvation, shows research by Yussuf Wato in the Tsavo Conserva- tion Area, a cluster of national parks in Kenya. During prolonged droughts, herds gather near rivers because waterholes elsewhere have dried up. The elephants then face a terrible di- lemma. They need to drink every two days so if they wander too far away they will die of thirst. But they also need to forage for ever scarcer food in a limited range full of elephants. If this

goes on for longer than four months the food ERIN BUCHHOLTZ PHOTO: situation becomes critical and then battle com- During prolonged droughts many African elephants die of starvation. mences. Wato, who works for the Kenya Wildlife Ser- November edition of Biological Conservation. In thirds in the past 40 years. And drought played vice and is doing his PhD at Resource Ecology the article Wato makes clear that drought is a a ‘signifi cant role’ in this, according to the re- in Wageningen, studied the infl uence of peri- natural mechanism that regulates elephant searcher. Climate models also predict that ods of drought over ten years. He used data numbers. In national parks with artifi cial water rainfall on the savannah will continue to de- about the locations of carcasses, which park sources populations often increase explosively crease. rangers in Tsavo monitor closely. He only in- and park managers sometimes resort to culling The falling populations of African elephants cluded elephants in his study that had neither to prevent the elephants from consuming all are usually attributed to poaching and en- been poached nor died of disease. the vegetation at the expense of gazelles and ze- croachment on their habitats. ‘The new data in- Most elephant deaths occur during droughts bras. Shooting the elephants is less natural that dicate that drought is certainly at least as big a and close to rivers. There is also a clear correla- drought, in Wato’s view. factor in the decline of the elephant,’ says one tion with a decrease in vegetation (measured by But there is a fl ip side to this. The number of of Wato’s supervisors, Ignas Heitkönig at Re- satellite), concluded Wato in an article for the elephants in Tsavo has gone down by two source Ecology. RN

BREWING BEER USING ENZYMES SPARES ENVIRONMENT

energy and raw material use in the heat the barley, so that the barley the enzymes also have to be creat- • Malting costly in energy and two preparation methods. As a produces its own enzymes,’ ex- ed and with an exergy of 676 mega- raw materials measure, they used exergy. This is plains co-author Atze-Jan van der joules per kilogram that is an en- • Alternative preparation more the amount of physical work that a Goot. ‘Then this mixture has to be ergy-intensive activity. However, sustainable raw material or energy stream can dried.’ Unmalted barley and en- because very little enzyme is need- perform, in other words the ener- zymes are rather easier than this ed, enzyme-assisted brewing gy it contains. The exergy of the to use. These enzymes are neces- turned out to be more sustainable. Beer brewers can spare the envi- conventional process was 441 sary to convert the barley starch In answer to whether brewers ronment by using unmalted barley megajoules, that of the enzyme-as- into fermentable sugar. will welcome the alternative reci- and enzymes instead of malted sisted process 354 megajoules. Nevertheless, the researchers pe, Van der Goot says: ‘For new barley. This is proposed by Laura Moreover, the consumption of wa- were not certain in advance that markets or products I can imagine van Donkelaar and other research- ter, raw materials and natural gas the alternative would have a lower they will, but it would be no easy ers at Food Process Engineering in the enzyme-assisted process environmental impact. ‘That matter to make Heineken and oth- and the Institute for Sustainable was lower by 7, 14 and 78 percent would be the case were you to re- er premium beers in a different Process Technology in the journal respectively. gard these enzymes as a heap of way. In their case, the classic Energy. ‘In the conventional beer-brew- dust and only count their chemi- method of brewing is much too The researchers quantiﬁ ed the ing process, you ﬁ rst soak then cal exergy,’ says Van der Goot. But important.’ AJ

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FUNGUS STOPS SUZUKI FRUIT FLY VISION <<

available, but they are not effective • Researchers fi nd natural enemy enough. ‘Fraud can be motivated • Good news for Dutch fruit-growing This is not the fi rst time the researchers by greed or by need’ have taken a new insect-killing fungus from nature. One collected earlier was the Wageningen researchers seem to have fungus Metarhizium robertsii, which proved Lamb dishes without any lamb in them, found a natural enemy of the suzuki fruit to work well with the lure and kill strategy. extra virgin olive oil of lamp oil quality, fl y that has been plaguing Dutch fruit-gro- This involves luring the fruit fl ies with piec- and oregano padded out with olive wing. The fungus Metarhizium robertsii es of blueberry, after which the fungi is leaves. The Consumer Union found a blocks the reproduction of the fruit fl ies al- supposed to kill the insects. lot of examples of wrongly labelled food in a recent ran- most completely, as cage tests carried out To test the method, Plant Research car- dom sampling exercise – something which may suggest by Wageningen Plant Research have ried out a test in cages of this new fungus fraud. And yet we cannot say for sure that more and more shown. Next year the fungus will be fi eld te- and two commercially available fungus fraud is going on, says Saskia van Ruth, professor of Food sted. products. First, the suzuki fl ies were re- Authenticity at Wageningen University & research, and The suzuki fruit fl y (Drosophila suzukii) leased in the cages and after four weeks the Authenticity and nutrients group leader at Rikilt. has established itself in the Netherlands in researchers counted their offspring. In the recent years and is causing increasing cages with Metarhizium robertsii an average You wrote last year that the number of reports of food damage to soft fruits such as cherries, of fi ve offspring were found per cage, while fraud had gone up internationally. Does this mean there blueberries, blackberries and raspberries. in the control cages 83 offspring hatched is more fraud going on? Unlike other fruit fl ies, the suzuki lays its in the berries, and in the cages containing ‘You can’t jump to that conclusion. There are no offi - eggs in undamaged fruit still hanging on commercial fungus products there were 70 cial lists that tell you how often fraud and mislabelling the bushes. It is a signifi cant nuisance for and 24 offspring. occur. What is more, it is coming in for more attention fruit growers, and nor are allotments ex- This test shows M. robertsii to be a these days and that makes us notice it more. Compa- empt as the exotic fl y survives there equally promising form of pest control, but the re- nies and government bodies became a lot more aware well. searchers do not yet know whether the lure of it because of the horsemeat scandal.’ In het EU project Dropsa researchers and kill strategy will also work on farms, are studying ways to limit the damage. In- where the bait containing the fungus must So it is not clear whether food fraud is increasing? secticides are not a good option because compete with fruit in the fi eld. If the scent ‘There are trends that raise the risks in the long term. there can be no residues of these agents on trap containing fungus is used before the Due to globalization we source our food from all over the fruit by the time the crop is harvested. fruit is ripe, there is a strong chance this the world. And the economic crisis put companies un- This has prompted the researchers to ex- form of pest control will be effective, sus- der pressure. Fraud can be motivated by greed or by plore biological control options. Three fun- pect the researchers. They will be testing need.’ gus products are already commercially this belief in the EU project in 2017. AS What are the risk factors for tampering with food? ‘Some products are more vulnerable to it than others. The worst you can do with an apple is replace it with a different variety, but with liquids or powders fraud is easier. Other products are more vulnerable because they come in large volumes. Long chains play a role too. Goods from certain Asian countries carry different risks than the same products from the United King- dom.’

What can we do about fraud? ‘Companies use ‘hard controls’. They can carry out tests, for example, or monitor the mass balance at sup- pliers: is what comes out the same as what went it or does it multiply miraculously somewhere along the line? Then there are ‘soft controls’: controls on the eth- ical aspect of supplier companies and your own organization. Is the focus entirely on monetary targets or also on the way they are met? Is there a code of conduct and is it observed?’ RR PHOTO: MARTIN COOPER PHOTO:

6 October 2016 — RESOURCE 10 >> science ‘ THERE IS NO NEED FOR POTA- TOES TO GET SICK ANYMORE’

The potato is an increasingly major food crop around the world. The yield per hectare is increasing and diseases no longer have to pose a threat, said Anton Haverkort in his farewell symposium on 21 Septem- ber.

Haverkort was one of the people behind the ten-year Durph project which aims to make potatoes resistant to the fungal disease phy- tophthora. The research project has already identiﬁ ed several re- sistance genes from wild potato varieties which can make the common varieties phtophthora-proof. But plant-breeders are not yet em- bracing the technique this re- quires – cisgenesis. ‘There is no need for potatoes to get sick anymore’ says Haverkort. ‘It is a choice made by society that resist- ance has not yet been introduced Anton Haverkort has been to most of the countries where potatoes are grown. This photo from 2011 was taken in India. in practice.’

WEAKLING is responding well. ‘Because of the velopments by introducing our Aardappelwereld. ‘That went fi ne The potato is a weakling, really, expected increase in CO2 in the high quality varieties and technol- at fi rst but now the business world but it does have a great future, says air, yields will go up by another 28 ogy in countries such as China, In- has to contribute one quarter of ‘potato professor’ Haverkort. He percent, our crop models suggest.’ dia and in east Africa.’ the research funding. A conse- has been to most of the countries The growing season will become quence of that is that most of the where potatoes are grown. So he longer in many countries too, be- CONCERNED research is applied. Hardly any has watched the rise of the potato cause warming will enable farm- Haverkort has been the ambassa- fundamental-strategic research to the fourth most important food dor and leading expert of this ‘Po- takes place anymore. That means crop in the world after rice, wheat tato Ltd’. So the whole potato sec- potato research at Wageningen and maize. Yields have been ‘The potato is a tor was represented at his farewell Plant Research is drying up. But boosted all around the world in re- weakling but it symposium and drinks party in you need to keep on developing cent decades thanks to a combina- Wageningen. But Haverkort was knowledge of the relationship be- tion of good propagation materi- has a great future’ also the link between research, tween the potato and the patho- als, better varieties, crop protec- practice, policy and industry. He is gens.’ tion, fertilization and in some an open supporter of genetic mod- At his farewell symposium, Mis- places irrigation, says Haverkort. ers to plant earlier and harvest lat- ifi cation but he also worked with ter Potato received the Broekema Farmers in Rwanda, for example, er. The rise in temperatures will the organic sector. The Durph pro- award, the highest distinction in have increased their potato pro- cause production to go up by an- ject exchanged knowledge with the Dutch plant breeding world. duction by ten times in the past 35 other 15 percent on average, esti- the Bio-Impuls project from the He is retiring from Wageningen – years, whereas the population in- mates Haverkort. ecological sector, for example. 8 December will be his last work- creased by two and a half times. The potato scores well on nutri- Haverkort is concerned about ing day – but the world of potato This constitutes an improvement tional value too: the crop contains the future of potato research. ‘The research has not seen the back of in the country’s food security, he far more vitamins and minerals current tendency is for the direc- him. Haverkort has been appoint- notes. than grains do. This makes it an tion of research to be decided not ed for three years as potato profes- Yields are expected to rise fur- valuable crop for developing coun- by bureaucrats but by the business sor at Nigde University in Turkey. ther in the coming years due to cli- tries. ‘As Potato Ltd Netherlands, world via the top sectors,’ he stat- He also intends to write a Potato mate change, to which the potato we can make the most of these de- ed recently in the sector journal Handbook. AS

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Is it acceptable for a rector to criticize a tradition such as hazing? There was some heated debate about this online. Meanwhile Ecuadorian students were saddened about a red dot on their country. Follow the news and join in the discussion on resource-online.nl. MEANWHILE ON… RESOURCE-ONLINE.NL

HAZING ‘feeble’, ‘gratuitous’ and ‘unworthy of a rector’. RED DOT Rector Arthur Mol dropped a bomb with his Which makes Lisa sigh: ‘What responses. What A group of Master’s students from Ecuador were appeal to Wageningen student societies to stop is wrong with Mol making a moral appeal not cross about the world map accompanying the their hazing traditions. He was duly bombarded to do hazing a la Groningen? He is not threat- article Dodgy internships in Resource 3. Their with indignant reactions on the Resource web- ening to cut off funding or introduce strict con- country had a red dot on it, signifying a ‘no go’ site, which drew some fi re in turn. trol. Be happy you’ve got a rector who has travel advice from the Dutch ministry of Foreign something to say when confronted with a jour- Aff airs. ‘Why this appeal to stop hazing?’ Liberté toujo- nalist and not someone who just says, “No urs wants to know. ‘Wageningen students got comment”. Niek feels the Wageningen student In a letter published on the website the stu- rid of such initiation ceremonies years ago. societies ‘are unnecessarily cast in a poor dents declare that their country is safe. They This reeks of populism or an inferiority com- light. ‘In my opinion they actually set a good cite the Global Peace Index (GPI). Ecuador has plex on the part of the executive board: Wagen- example of how you can go about the initia- climbed the GPI rankings from position 123 in ingen really does count as a university town.’ tion/ introduction period.’ Opvallend sees this 2008 to position 76 now. ‘This progress is the Pieter too calls the rector’s statement populist. diff erently. ‘Anyone who regularly goes down result of the reduction in in the crime rate ‘His decision to get involved in the news with the Generaal Foulkesweg as I do, can see with through the establishment of social pro- the sole aim of getting in the media is cheap.’ their own eyes how the hazing (oh sorry, intro- grammes and policies that promote security’, Man man man fl ips his lid, using words like duction) goes, with the fi rst-years at Ceres write the students. ‘we strongly believe in our being sent out to be hazed (oh people and their intentions to create favoura- sorry, introduced) on the lawn or ble social living conditions. As Ecuadorian stu- the street by older students. dents we would like to promote tourism and There is no sign of any respect research in our country.’ there. To Piet is er niet this is all a storm in a teacup. ‘The student societies have all been there a very long time and they’ll still be around for a while to come. The way they do things now is diff erent to the way they used to do things, and no doubt to the way PROPOSITION they’ll do things in future as well.’ ‘Writing a dissertation is good for the brain, but bad Read all the reactions on for the body.’ resource-online.nl under the bul- Proposition in the thesis submitted by letin ‘Rector magnifi cus appeals Aleksandra Berezowska, who graduated to students to stop initiation ritu- with a PhD on 20 September als’

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THE NEW FOOD COALITION

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There is almost a majority in The Hague in favour of a ministry of Food. Six parliamentary parties see such a ministry as the key to a new, integral food policy. Their coalition on this issue is fragile, however, due to numerous diﬀ erences of opinion. text Albert Sikkema illustration Pascal Tieman

wo years ago the Scientiﬁ c Council for Gover- To start with the CDA, this party really wants to bring nment Policy (WWR) published a report back the former ministry of Agriculture. Abolishing this called Towards a food policy. The report is a ministry in 2010 was a mistake, says CDA MP Jaco Geurts. plea for an integral food policy. It came out at He wants a new ministry which puts agriculture back on a time when there were legal cases about food the map, and an agriculture minister who can join cabi- fraud, a public debate about factory farming, net meetings. ‘That kind of ministry is in a better posi- Tanimal welfare and health, and complaints from farmers tion to develop the food policy.’ Food safety, production about low prices and the new power relations in food pro- and export are important themes for the CDA. The agri- duction chains. Although the Dutch agrofood sector was cultural organization LTO shares the wish for farmers to a major contributor to the Dutch economy, noted the be listened to again in The Hague. ‘The roles played in WRR, public conﬁ dence in the sector was at a low ebb. society by farmers and horticulturalists justify a new The current agricultural policy needed broadening to department of Food, Nature and Rural affairs,’ says LTO become a food policy, the WRR believed. ‘That policy chair Albert Jan Maat. ‘Not just for the sake of safe, relia- should be based not just on economic values but also on ble and affordable food, but also in the interests of cli- considerations such as ecological values, the health of mate, rural areas and landscape.’ food and of consumers, and the robustness of food chains. These values should be weighed up and balanced LIMITS TO AGRICULTURE in the context of a food strategy.’ The WRR also states: The PvdA has very different reasons for arguing for a ‘This demands a strong institutional base.’ In other ministry of Food. ‘The new ministry should be the vehicle words: we need a ministry of Food. for a new agricultural policy,’ says PvdA MP Sjoera Dik- kers. In such a policy, the environment and consumers OLD ANTAGONISTS set limits to our agriculture, says Dikkers. Under the Oddly enough, the lower house of the Dutch parliament ministry of Economic Affairs, she says, agriculture is has not yet debated the WRR’s paper on food, now two strongly oriented towards economic considerations. In years old. It seems as though the cabinet is at a loss. the new ministry, the issues of food quality, the environ- Meanwhile, more and more political parties have rallied ment, food safety and authenticity should be given much behind the proposals, with the CDA (Christian demo- more priority. ‘I think you should bring together the vari- crats), the Christian Union, the PvdA (labour) , the SGP (a ous different parties, from industry to activists, to create Protestant party) and the Animal Rights Party all spea- an overarching vision on food.’ king out in the past few months in favour of a ministry of For this reason, the agriculture department should be Food. separated from the ministry of Economic Affairs and The SP (socialist party) supports the WRR vision too, merged with the environmental department of the minis- but would prefer to see a ministry of Food, Infrastructure try of Infrastructure and Environment, and the health and Environment (VIM). department of the ministry of Public Health, Welfare and Civil society organizations have aired their views too, and old antagonists such as agricultural organization LTO and nature conservation organizations Natuurmo- numenten and Natuur & Milieu have united in support of the appeal for a minister of Food. They feel such a ministry is a requisite ‘for implementing coherent solutions which address issues of health, sustainability and pros- perity,’ as Natuur & Milieu put it this summer.

FRAGILE COALITION The new coalition in The Hague is fragile, however, because the motives for setting up a new ministry are quite diverse. This becomes clear as soon as we catalogue the motivations of the various parties.

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Sport (VWS), says Dikkers. Moreover, argues the PvdA, Supporters of a ministry of Food the labour inspectorate should play a role in the new food ministry to scrutinize the use of cheap labour and dubi- Number of MPs ous contracts in the horticulture sector and in abattoirs. CDA 13 MINISTRY OF VIM The SP’s vision on food is very much in line with that of the PvdA. MP Henk van Gerven too would like to see an integral food policy in which limits are imposed on the PvdA 36 agriculture sector and closer attention is paid to health, nature, the environment and food quality. The SP also shares the belief that the current agricultural policy under the ministry of Economic Affairs puts too much SP 15 emphasis on production, world trade and export. That is why the agriculture department must be moved out of that ministry, says Van Gerven, but there is no need to set CU 5 up a whole new ministry. ‘As far as I’m concerned we could put agriculture under the ministry of Infrastructure and Environment. I&M is a ministry with strong public PvdD 3 participation, which considers the public good. I think farmers’ interests should come under the ministry of SGP 2 Food, Infrastructure and Environment (VIM).’ Totaal (out of 150) 74 IN-THE-BOX THINKING The current coalition of the PvdA and the VVD is very divi- ded when it comes to food and agriculture. This may well be why the WRR study has not yet been tabled for discus- ture system with more emphasis on quality and less on sion in the lower house. The VVD is against the idea of a bulk and the lowest possible prices,’ says D66 MP Fatma ministry of Food. ‘Parties which argue for a dedicated Koser Kaya. ‘What name a ministry is given is a bit of a ministry of Food forget that our agriculture and horticul- political game. The main thing for D66 is for food produc- ture sector has a lot of overlap with many other minis- tion to be geared to sustainability, quality and public tries,’ states MP Helma Lodders of the VVD. ‘It’s about health.’ Unlike D66, the Christian Union and the Animal economics, trade and ﬁ nance. So the VVD doesn’t want Rights party are keen to see a ministry of Food. Like the to think in boxes, consisting of ministries. Instead of nar- CDA, the protestant SGP would like to go back to a dedi- rowing our focus to one particular ministry, we should cated ministry of Agriculture with its own minister. For actually be taking a broader view.’ the SGP, a new ministry of Food, which defends the inte- Lodders therefore defends the current agriculture rests of farmers better than the ministry of Economic policy, which is oriented to the global market. ‘In the Affairs has done, is an election campaign theme. Netherlands we have an agricultural and horticultural sector which is a signiﬁ cant player on the world market. FAIR PRICE We want to keep it that way.’ So that agricultural must What the Christian Union wants to see is a ministry of remain globally competitive. ‘Highly production agricul- Food which bridges the divide between the fans and the ture such as we have in the Netherlands has its advanta- critics of the current agricultural policy. ‘Nature, the envi- ges. The higher the production, the less scarce farmland ronment and public health should have a place in the you need to produce our food, and the more space you food policy,’ says Christian Union MP Carla Dik. ‘Not as a preserve for nature and recreation. That is appealing. separate element but as the conditions for food produc- What is more, we should look at innovation, so as to tion. The agriculture sector is at the heart of the ministry ensure that agriculture can develop, but not at a cost to of Food. I am always emphasizing that we need to re-eva- nature and the environment.’ luate our food. The farmers are not paid enough for their products. Farmers work 80 hours a week and barely make ELECTION THEME a living because they have to sell their products for less The rift between the VVD and the PvdA on food policy than cost price.’ stands in the way of a joint vision on food, but after the Fair food prices will not materialize under the auspi- elections in March next year a lot could change. It is pos- ces of the ministry of Economic Affairs, believes Dik. ‘In sible that the right-wing PVV and some smaller parties will then have a say, and coalitions could be formed which do want a ministry of Food. The PVV has not made a statement on the subject, but D66, the SGP, the Chris- tian Union and the Animal Rights Party have done so. D66 wants a vision of food, but not necessarily a food ministry. ‘D66 wants us to make a start together with the farmers on the transition to a new, sustainable agricul-

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‘The ministry of Food should be the vehicle for a new agriculture policy’ Sjoera Dikkers (PvdA)

‘Abolishing the ministry of Agriculture (LNV) in 2010 was a mistake’ Jaco Geurts (CDA)

EZ, agriculture is approached from a purely economic point of view. Food is dealt with in a technocratic and procedural way. What is lacking at EZ is any passion for food. Health, nature, environment and animal welfare ‘Bring farmers’ interests don’t ﬁ t into EZ’s economic principles, but they are just under the ministry of as important. We should not only be looking at the price Food, Infrastructure and of food for the consumer, as the Authority for Consumers and Market does, but also at the price for the producer Environment’ and the availability, diversity and quality of our food.’ Henk van Gerven (SP)

MANSHOLT LECTURE In the current lower house the food coalition includes roughly half the MPs. What unites these MPs is a rejec- tion of the bureaucratic, procedural ministry of Econo- ‘Food production should mic Affairs, and the wish for a heartfelt debate on food. be run on principles of Just look at the latest annual King’s Speech outlining sustainability, quality policy. Not a word about farmers, agriculture or nature. and health’ The new food coalition wants to change that. Wagenin- gen is doing its bit. Carla Dik refers not just to the WRR Fatma Koser Kaya (D66) report but also to WUR president Louise Fresco’s Mans- holt lecture in Brussels. Her plea for an integral agricultural policy was addressed to the EU, but might have more impact in The Hague, suggests Dik. ‘Her lecture is good material for a parliamentary debate.’ ‘What is lacking at EZ is any passion about food’ Carla Dik (CU)

‘Instead of narrowing our focus to one ministry, we should be broadening it’ Helma Lodders (VVD)

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CAMPUS ROOMS Campus Plaza was oﬃ cially opened last week. The building with 440 student studios puts the clock back 100 years, says executive board member Tijs Breukink at the ceremony. At that time too, the ‘gentlemen students’ lived on campus – then Duivendaal – and walked in uniform to their lectures. The uniform has disappeared and students are no longer ‘gentlemen’, but walking to lectures has become possible again for Plaza residents. Student photographer Aart-Jan gives us a glimpse of 25 of the campus rooms. RK / foto’s Aart-Jan van de Glind

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6 October 2016 — RESOURCE 18 >> features Life, but not as we know it

In the basement of Atlas, cameras using time lapse

photography are recording the growth of plants. IngridIngrid Lubbers (le(left)ft) and Gerlinde De DeDeynyn with the apparatus with which they and artist Wim van Egmond For the ﬁ rst time, both above and below ground. (photo below) are recording soil life. The project is sponsored by ‘the crowd’.

text Roelof Kleis photos Guy Ackermans, Wim van Egmond and Gerlinde De Deyn

eet the mysterious soil life’ is one of the initiators of the project which aims ally identical photos which suddenly come to the name of the enterprise to reveal the existence of slow-growing under- life when strung together to form a ﬁ lm. De launched with the aid of ground plants and animals. Deyn makes regular and successful use of the crowdfunding at the begin- ﬁ lms at symposia and presentations. And a few ning of this year. The target WORLD AUDIENCE seconds of footage were even used at the open- sum of 10,000 euros has De Deyn and her fellow soil scientists Ingrid ing ceremony of the Olympic games, with a ‘M recently been reached. It took exactly 137 gen- Lubbers and Willem-Jan van Groenigen are global audience. erous donors to do so. ‘Individuals and compa- working with artist and micro-photographer The pictures now being taken in the base- nies from at home and abroad donated Wim van Egmond. The foursome started two ment are intended to show the underground between 15 and 500-plus euros,’ says soil ecolo- years ago by recording the subterranean life of interactions between plant roots and soil life. gist Gerlinde de Deyn with enthusiasm. She is the worm. This produced thousands of virtu- Encounters with other roots, fungi, bacteria

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at fi rst glance. Plasters and clamps dominate tions are often the basis for trailblazing the scene. A packet of paper hankies supports a research.’ fl ash. Van Egmond: ‘I use an awful lot of those The project is not art either, says Van hankies. I often use them to clean my micro- Egmond. ‘I am not aiming at producing art. I scope glasses with alcohol. And I suffer from am just inquisitive and I’m interested in sci- hay fever.’ He refers to his working method jok- ence as well as art. My work moves between the ingly as sticking plaster technology. ‘I always two; it stays somewhere in the middle ground use anything I can lay my hands on.’ between them. Some of the things I make get The setup that is here now took a lot of puz- displayed in galleries, while others are educa- zling over. ‘The biggest problem is how to pre- tional. Of course I try to make a beautiful vent condensation,’ explains Van Egmond. image. I am a photographer and a photogra- ‘Underground it is not a problem but above pher is an observer. My driving motive is to see ground it is. The solution was to work with two how life works. This is an exploration of the cameras, one above and one below ground. soil. You fi ll a tub with soil, shove a few seeds in Above ground the plants are not behind glass. and only a month later do you see what has A large cone closes off the space between the happened. Then you suddenly fi nd that so camera and the plants so that the creatures we much has happened that you could watch the put in cannot get away. Those creatures make it fi lm ten times and see something new every a lot trickier.’ time.’ Besides the new apparatus are two more installations, one of which records how the vetch plant develops root nodules for nitro- gen-binding bacteria. The other installation records the germination and growth of oak CROWDFUNDING and other soil life. Maize, pumpkin and bean trees in forest soil, as well as their under- seeds have been planted in a little slice of pot- ground association with mycorrhiza fungi. The The University Fund Wageningen launched a ted plant soil between two glass plates. Lamps oak experiment has already been running for platform for crowdfunding at the beginning of this year. Of the fi ve projects two have now suc- create a diurnal rhythm and two cameras regis- three months. A glance at the counter shows cessfully been rounded off . Besides the time- ter what happens both underground and above that the camera has already shot nearly 10,000 lapse fi lm in this story, there is biologist Evert the surface at intervals of nearly 15 minutes. ‘If pictures. Mul’s sperm whale project. Mul raised over you play the photos at 25 frames per second 9500 euros to catalogue sperm whale fl ukes. you get four seconds of fi lm per day,’ explains EXPLORATION Then there is Wieger Wamelink’s project, whose photographer van Egmond. Life speeded up According to De Deyn, the work going on in the term ran out this week. He raised half of the 21,600 times. ‘That is a nice acceleration and Atlas basement is not science. ‘It illustrates targeted 25,000 euros for growing plants on Martian and moon soil. Fundraising for ecolo- it’s also easy to calculate with.’ Van Egmond science. This is a good way of demonstrating gist Arnold van Vliet’s mosquito radar app is knows what he’s talking about: he has a lot of botanical and ecological principles. They have halfway to the target of 25,000 euros. The stu- experience of recording the growth of fungi. never been shown like this before. I am using dent project iGEM, which wants to tackle the the images in the MOOC Soil4Life, for bee-killing varroa mite, has reached one third of STICKING PLASTER TECHNOLOGY instance. This is the best way of showing that its target of 30,000 euros, with less than a The installation, hidden in a corner of a chilly the soil is in continuous motion. But you never month to go. basement under Atlas, looks a bit improvised know, we might see something new. Observa-

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Students put circular economy on the agenda A world without waste

Master’s students with an interest in the circular economy have taken matters into their own hands. They were not impressed by the coverage of this topic on Wageningen programmes and set up a working group to change that. Their activities are already bearing fruit. ‘People are really listening to us.’

text Anja Janssen photo Bart de Gouw

hey certainly do not lack ambi- course had a lot of overlap with the concept student of Management, Economics and tion. Wageningen University & of the circular economy, an economy with no Consumer Studies is proudest of the fact Research should become an waste and optimal use of resources, prod- that this group of students has been able to international ‘hub’ for education ucts and waste fl ows. It inspired the students make itself a signifi cant stakeholder. ‘We and research on the circular to make their own contribution to a sustain- managed to make our voice heard, for exam- economy, says Master’s student able society. ‘But when we wanted to fi nd out ple on the way in which the degree pro- TFelipe Stefano Ingallina of the Circular Econ- more about the circular economy we discov- grammes could focus more on the circular omy Wageningen team. ‘Preferably with its ered that the university did not have any- economy. We feel that practical skills are own Master’s programme or track.’ thing to offer,’ says Ingallina, who is in the important for organizing a smooth transi- Since it was launched in November 2015, the group has organized various activities to ‘Create a sustainable society to generate interest in their plans among teachers, researchers, organizations and compa- prevent our own extinction’ nies. One example was a hackaton, in which students came up with uses for fi sheries second year of an Environmental Sciences tion to a circular economy within compa- bycatch. And in round table sessions, they MSc. ‘The only chance to go into the subject nies, organizations and society at large. Both brought together university staff - including was in a thesis,’ adds Bucci, who is doing external parties and teachers at the univer- education director Tiny van Boekel -, stu- Urban Environmental Management. sity really wanted to listen to us and valued dents and representatives of companies and Thomas Thorin, founding father of the work- our input.’ NGOs. They also talked to Gerlinde van Vil- ing group, discovered to his astonishment The efforts of the working group have now steren, director of the Center for Biobased that Wageningen still did not have a network resulted in an expansion of the number of Economy, about the content of the new Mas- or an infrastructure for the circular econ- courses addressing the circular economy. ter’s programme in Biobased Sciences. omy. He therefore decided to develop such a For example, PhD researcher Aglaia Fischer network together with fellow students. runs an introduction to the circular economy NO WASTE and circular business models as part of the It all started last year on the course in Closed MOMENTUM course on Environmental Management and Cycle Design, taught by agricultural econo- ‘We had a lot of momentum going,’ says Industry. And the course on Closed Cycle mist Stefano Pascucci, who has since left Thorin. ‘It seems we started just as interest Design has been rechristened Circular Econ- Wageningen for Exeter University. This in the circular economy was picking up.’ The omy: Theory and Practice, as of the new aca-

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Stefano Ingallina and Felipe Bucci (fourth and ﬁ fth from the left) consult other members of Circular Economy Wageningen on the plans for this academic year

demic year. It now has a broader coverage, circular thinking, says Bucci. They also work ‘The biobased economy and the circular says Fischer. She gives two lectures on the in close collaboration with another student economy have a lot in common, and biologi- course on the circular economy, circular group, Ibbess (International BioBased Econ- cal processes are a crucial component of a business models and funding. ‘I am also omy Student SymbioSUM). Ingallina: ‘They circular economy, says Ingallina in response closely involved in the group assignment: a are interested in the circular economy too to these plans. ‘But we do not agree with the case study of a circular business.’ There will and we have decided to join forces. We might way the university exclusively focuses on the also be an evening session for students to merge into a single offi cial student organiza- green side of a circular economy. Why discuss thesis ideas in the fi eld of the circu- tion.’ should they close the door on the technical lar economy and review the progress of side such as the reuse of plastics and met- ongoing thesis projects in the fi eld. BIOBASED als? By doing that they close the door on new A dedicated Master’s programme in the cir- possibilities and collaboration.’ Thorin NEW PLANS cular economy – high on the working group’s adds: ‘I think a clear recognition of the circu- The future continuity of Circular Economy wishlist – does not look likely in the near lar economy as an overall concept can help Wageningen is a cause for concern in the future. ‘It would overlap too much with the with the further integration of the technolog- group. The Master’s students who make up MSc in Biobased Sciences which we are ical and the social science departments at the group will soon be leaving for intern- working on submitting for approval,’ is the Wageningen University.’ ships or thesis research. Thomas Thorin said view of Gerlinde van Vilsteren of the Center goodbye back in May when he left for an for Biobased Economy. ‘But the Biobased EXTINCTION internship outside Wageningen. ‘If we are to transition track on Biobased Sciences covers Although the students regret that a dedicated survive we need to look for new members a lot of circular economy thinking.’ The Master’s programme is unlikely, they are and give them an induction every few working group will soon have the chance to continuing their energetic efforts to get the months,’ says Stefano Ingallina. Fortunately discuss this again. What is more, all stu- topic of the circular economy on the agenda. interested students keep on coming, with dents on that new Master’s – the start of Bucci: ‘the main thing is for us to create a Felipe Bucci as the latest recruit. which is planned for the academic year 2018- sustainable society, because that is needed to In September the students – seven of 2019 – take the course on the Circular Econ- prevent our extinction. We need to make them at present – met up again to make omy. Van Vilsteren; ‘There we shall lay the decisions now so as to realise changes in the plans for the new academic year. They would foundation for the track in Biobased transi- coming 50 years. For us it goes way beyond a like to introduce themselves to students at tion, with circular thinking as the starting new Master’s programme or making Wagen- relevant lectures and tell them a bit about point.’ ingen University more important.’

6 October 2016 — RESOURCE 22 >> Point of View HOW ARE EVENING LECTURES GOING DOWN?

There was a lot of grumbling before the start of the evening lectures pilot scheme on 5 September. Now courses are under way and hundreds of students have had their ﬁ rst evening classes. They are still grumbling, as we see from responses from students in classes in Orion on a Monday evening. But there are some silver linings too. text Marijn Flipse photo Bart de Gouw

Mirthe Jansen time job and my boss often complains that I am not fl exible. Bachelor’s student of Plant Sciences That is only going to get more problematic with evening ‘I do fi nd it tiring. And it makes the classes. I think the amount of time that university ex- evening meal diffi cult. You either pects you to be available is beyond what is reasonable. In have to eat very early or very late. some cases the evening classes replace afternoon classes, Last week I didn’t eat until after so you have classes in the morning and then again in the class and I noticed I couldn’t con- evening. The university cannot expect you just to be centrate as well. And I have a group around all the time.’ of friends that eat together on a Monday evening, so I can’t join them anymore. We can’t do it another evening Karlijn Luiken because of other appointments. What we now do is meet Bachelor’s student of Plant Sciences for a drink after class. Someone else in the group has a ‘When evening lectures were intro- class on Monday evening in this period, and in the next duced I didn’t like it at fi rst, but as period another friend has a class. I don’t understand ex- time goes on it’s not so bad. I thought actly why they have introduced these evening classes. I wouldn’t be able to concentrate, They know it’s not popular so they must have their rea- but I do manage. The main problem sons, but it’s not easy.’ with it is that you can’t join any activities on a Monday evening. And the practicals for the lecture Frank Reijbroek I have this evening are done at 8.30 the next morning. So if Master’s student of Biology you can’t attend the evening lecture you have to read up on ‘Even without these evening classes the material as soon as it comes online that evening. That it’s hard enough to organize your ex- doesn’t leave you much time at all. In the next period I al- tracurricular activities properly. It so have to be at the university until six pm on two days a soon gets complicated to balance week. So I can’t join in sports, which start at fi ve thirty. On your studies, your job and other pri- Friday evening I only fi nish at six thirty too, and I have to vate appointments. I have a part- travel home to Den Bosch after that.’

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Hans Linssen Master’s student of Biology once a week and I can see one advantage too. I have changed ‘I can keep it brief: I think it’s a bad my OV card from a weekend one to a weekday one. I don’t business. It is not nice to have to go have classes on a Monday morning anymore so I can stay at back to the university in the evening home longer and only go back to Wageningen on Monday.’ when you are used to having time then to do fun things. And having Doris Kors classes around dinner time is tricky. Master’s student of Management, You either have to eat quickly before your class, or very late. economics and consumer studies I want to rest in the evening or do something fun. I don’t want ‘Now I am taking evening classes, I see to work on my courses again at that time. I think lectures the plus sides as well. I have all day to should be during the day and not in the evening. do other things and that’s nice too. It works out well for me because I have Silke Schoenmaker nothing to do on Mondays. I can im- Bachelor’s student of Plant Sciences agine that it won’t be so nice when the days get shorter. ‘I am a morning person. In the They you go to class in the dark and you go home in the evening I am more tired and can’t dark. It’s a pity these evening classes are necessary, because concentrate as well. And it is a pity I do think it’s better to have classes during the day. We have that I can’t make appointments in the nicer things to do in the evening, it’s as simple as that. Still, evenings when I have classes. So if most of the complaints I’ve heard have come from students you ask me, I’d rather not have who haven’t had evening lectures yet. But if you really don’t evening classes. It’s not as bad as I expected though. It’s only want to go, you can always watch the lecture later.’

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Some of them have been in the house longer than the oldest human resident. They attend parties or go along to the pub. And thanks to international fans their fame crosses borders. Meet some of Wageningen’s distinguished student house cats. text Linda van der Nat and Ronald van Drie photos Remo Wormmeester

Manny Octopoezzie The white lion king is Manny’s She doesn’t catch mice and if nickname. The Turkish Angora cat it rains she has been know to is a familiar part of Wageningen poo indoors because she nightlife, as the tom with the blue- doesn’t want to go outside. green eyes is a regular at De Zaaier Octopoezzie is a lazy cat. She café on the Heerenstraat, below doesn’t do anything much the fl at where he lives. He often except eat and be cuddled by chills out on the terrace too. residents of Droevendaal 79. Manny came from a cat rescue cen- Octopoezzie is well-known to tre, he loves his food and is always most of the members of ath- in for a good party. His picture features on a fl yer for a party that graces letics club Tartélos. Not that they’ve ever seen her, but because her the wall of many a student house. One of Manny’s friends, Daan Rade- name features in an offi cial club song that new members have to sing maker from Bennekom, even has a tattoo of Manny’s distinctive head. at the start of the sporting year. The students in the house where she lives are all members of the athletics club and they enjoyed immortal- izing her in music.

Puki ‘Barry’ the Haarweg cat Puki is old. Quite how old, none of Nearly everyone at the Haar- the current residents knows, weg knows Barry. The tom cat because Puki has been living at ‘lives’ there, although he Droevendaal 93 longer than any of doesn’t belong to anyone. them. She sleeps most of the day, Barry is his own boss. He changing her favourite spot every comes and goes as he pleases two weeks. She hardly ever goes and knows the way to the stu- out of doors. And yet her fame dent kitchens where cat food crosses borders, thanks to the and water are waiting for him. many international residents at What he likes best is lazing Droef, who have spread the love of this patchwork cat in their home about on window sills, in the bike shed or in the middle of the road in countries. Apparently a Greek band even wrote a song about Puki: Puki front of the building. He goes by various names, the best-known of has ﬂ eas. Actually Puki hasn’t had ﬂ eas for months now, the owners which is Barry, but he started out as Tijgertje. But that was in a previous inform us. incarnation when he was alumna Mirjan Tolkamp’s cat and lived in the middle of Wageningen. Already then, he used to run away to the Haar- weg and after a move in 2009, Tolkamp resigned herself to his preferred choice of ‘home’. If you want to know what Barry’s up to you can have a look on his own Facebook page: ‘Barry de Haarwegkat’.

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Manny Octopoezzie

Puki ‘Barry’ de Haarwegkat

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NOSE In the thousands of languages around Students important to the world, the word for nose often starts with an ‘n’. And it often includes the sound ‘oo’ as well. In fact city living room Thuis this kind of similarity can be seen in many words, as linguists at Cornell’s Cognitive Neurosciences Lab have A year ago WUR student shown. Round and red, for instance, Tutku Yuksel and co-founder quite often start with ‘r’. The similari- Elsje van de Weg opened city ty is most often found in words for living room Thuis in the centre parts of the body. Seems like they are of Wageningen. It was intended associated with a certain sound. to be a place that revolved around sharing: where people VALENTINE’S (1) share their services, give Couples who get married on Valen- things away or swap them. tine’s Day or other specially chosen dates such as 01-02-03 get divorced Their plan has been successful, sooner, discovered economists at the confi rm the women on their pro- University of Melbourne. They used ject’s fi rst anniversary. ‘We see it Dutch marriage statistics on over one in action all the time, on both a million marriages in the last 15 years. big and a small scale. The prem- After 10 years, 15 percent of the ‘Val- ises were renovated by visitors. entine’s Day marriages’ were on the Coffee and tea is made my visi- rocks, as opposed to 16 percent of tors, the cleaning gets done and marriages that started on ordinary fl ex desks are available. And a lot dates. So special wedding dates lead of knowledge is being shared,’ to one third more divorces. tells Elsje. But there is also scope for development, she adds. Thuis VALENTINE’S (2) needs to become more of a com- The explanation lies, say the munity so that people know each Elsje van de Weg (left) and Tutku Yuksel in ‘their’ city living room Thuis. researchers, not in the date itself but other and can fi nd one another in the kind of couple. Valentine’s cou- here. ‘In future we want more ac- ples are more likely to have been mar- tivities take place away from Thu- day evening, for example, stu- iors and some regular visitors.’ ried before, to have children already, is and we are going to make en- dent association NSW holds a For the future, the women have and to be further apart in age and lev- trepreneurship a priority.’ potluck dinner. ‘The idea is that no shortage of plans. ‘A chal- el of education, the data reveal. Val- Much of the work of organizing everyone brings along some- lenge certainly lies ahead in the entine’s couples are also more often activities at Thuis is done by stu- thing to eat and the food is area of communication; we want expecting a baby already when they dents. Some 30 percent of the shared. Already this group in- to publicize more clearly what tie the knot. visitors are students. Every Sun- cludes students, refugees, sen- Thuis does.’ MF BAD BREATH Delicious, a Shawarma roll. But what about your breath afterwards? There is something simple you can do about ‘Flex student’ can pay per course credit that. Researchers at Ohio State Uni- versity suggest an apple or a few let- Students who act as carers, who have young sees the plan’s potential but warns that only a limited tuce leaves. Chew on them for 30 sec- children or who are members of a participation group of students will be allowed to participate. ‘Be- onds and half the volatile substances council may soon pay their tuition fee on a credit cause if you want intensive education, it will never be causing your breath to smell garlicky by credit basis. Last week the Dutch cabinet possible to offer everyone an arrangement like this.’ will disappear. Which doesn’t guaran- agreed to just such an experiment. She now wants to investigate whether ‘fl ex studying’ tee that you won’t have bad breath, of makes higher education more accessible and wheth- course. But it might help. Students currently pay their tuition fee year by year, er it reduces student drop-out. Perhaps it also makes while circumstances sometimes mean they take less students more satisfi ed and gives them more oppor- than a full quota of courses. In the experiment re- tunities for self-development. cently announced, students will be able to plan their The Dutch National Student Union (LSVb) is positive, education as they see fi t. The proposal was made by but has voiced a criticism. ‘This wouldn’t even be the VVD and PvdA, who devised the plan together necessary if the tuition fee was lower,’ says chair Jar- with the student organizations ISO and LSVb. The mo Berkhout. University of Amsterdam and the Amsterdam Univer- The Lower and Upper Houses will have the opportu- sity of Applied Sciences are both keen to put it into nity to comment on the experiment and the Council practice. The Education Minister Ms Bussemaker of State will also consider it. HOP student << 27 Dancing with Humberto Tan in Rio

As tender young athletes they found them- asked her if we could take a selfi e with her. And tistics lectures selves walking among stars like Usain Bolt during the afterparty in the Holland Heineken due to training and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce at the Olympic House I danced with Humberto Tan to the song sessions and Games last summer. Now Eva Hovenkamp and Time of my life from the fi lm Dirty Dancing. At now I don’t un- Nadine Visser are resuming their studies at the end of that song, the main character in the derstand any of Wageningen. fi lm does a lift. And suddenly there I was, hang- it. After Rio we ing in the air above all the other athletes. I let had some time ‘Of‘O course it’s real- out such a scream!’ off, we had no lyly cool that some- Nadine Visser, who is also studying Health training ses- oneo as young as and Society, enjoyed herself in the lounge area sions and could twentyt can be at of the fl at where she was staying. ‘You could get eat everything. thet world’s great- to know other athletes there. I’m not easily im- Now we are este sporting pressed by other top sportspeople. But, yeah, if back in a event,’e says Eva Usain Bolt walks past, of course I’m going to rhythm. That Eva Hovenkamp Hovenkamp,H stu- look up.’ takes some get- dent of Health Visser started studying again in September, ting used to.’ MF and Society. ‘All but does almost all her work at home. ‘I won’t the athletes were be attending seminars in Wageningen again walking around until the next period. When I’m in a lecture hall Read the interviews in full in the Olympic I know nobody. It’s a shame, but that’s just how op resource-online.nl. Village. We saw my life is.’ Hovenkamp, by contrast, is back on Shelly-Ann the campus in Wageningen. ‘I am taking two PHOTOS: GUY ACKERMANS PHOTOS: Fraser-Pryce. We courses and that is hard work. I missed two sta- Nadine Visser

MEANWHILE IN… GERMANY ‘People opt for a naturopath themselves’

The Ross aﬀ air, about the German naturopath Klaus Ross who became controversial after three of his patients died in suspicious circumstances, has got tongues wagging in Germany. The government wants more stringent certiﬁ cation for naturopaths to protect patients.

‘I don’t often listen to the news but I heard about this situation. It is CENTRE ROSS KLAUS PHOTO: not only about the cancer patients who might have died because of the treatment by Ross. A discussion has also started about the certiﬁ - wrong it is partly your own responsibility. cations of naturopaths. Ross is not a real doctor and cannot treat pa- The strange thing is that some people actually trust naturopaths tients like a real one can. However, the title of naturopath can be ob- more than real doctors. They think that naturopaths are real doctors tained by doing a few courses and taking a simple test. The question but with a more natural approach. It sounds healthier to be treated is whether something should be done about that and if it should be naturally than with regular medicines because that weakens the made clearer that a naturopath is not a real doctor. body. They think regular doctors only want to make money. I personally think that as long as there are clear titles for people with I think it is strange because it is obvious whether someone has a real medical degrees there is medical degree or not. In the clinic of Ross, for example, there was a no real problem because peo- lot of information about the fact that he was working with experi- Linea Muhsal, Master’s student of Biotechnolo- ple themselves choose where mental methods. Maybe he should have emphasized this more but gy, comments on the they go. It is your own decision most people knew that there were risks. Because of that I am not sure news from her country. to go to a real doctor or a na- if people can actually sue him. In the end it is also not clear whether turopath. If something goes people died of his treatment or of the cancer they already had.’ CN

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Most lunch hours, Brend Kemperman (25) teach other people how to can be found between the trees near the do it. He tries to practise Forum. The Master’s student of Plant Bio- during every break, because technology is more than happy to explain it helps him relax as well as what he is doing to curious passers-by. being a nice way to meet Slacklining. new people. ‘There are always inquisitive people who Slacklining is a form of tightrope-walking, want to have a go. I like only the rope is slack so it is quite a job to that, and everyone is wel- keep your balance. ‘You are so focused on come.’ your body and the rope you are balancing on ‘I haven’t taken the most usual route as a student,’ ‘Slacklining is a form says Kemperman. Really he wanted to study medicine of meditation’ but he came to Wagenin- gen in 2009 to do a Bache- that it’s a form of meditation,’ says Kemper- lor’s in Biotechnology. He has graduated to his internship. But he might take it up man. Throughout our interview people keep meanwhile and has also served on the Uni- again later, as he wants to stay in Wagenin- rolling up and he welcomes them all cheer- tas board for a year. He has already written gen. The idea of doing a PhD in Plant physi- fully. Anyone wanting to have a go gets expert his Master’s thesis and the only thing left to ology appeals to him. He loves doing re- advice: ‘Bend your knees and keep your back do is an internship. He hopes he will have search and he sees an added advantage: straight, like a queen with farmer’s knees.’ completed his Master’s by the time he is 26. ‘Then I’ll be free to manage my time myself, Kemperman learned to slackline at a festival Kemperman is afraid that slacklining will so I can hang up a slackline every lunch about a year ago. Now he goes to festivals to quietly die out on campus once he goes off hour.’ AvdH PARTIES In the party mood? Wageningen Party Promotion (WUP) tells you where to ﬁ nd one. See too www.wageningenup.nl.

CERES - OPEN PARTY Thursday 6 October from 23:00 to 05:00 The second open party at Ceres plans to resurrect the Flower Power era. Pull on your ﬂ ared trousers and join the party. Some of the evening’s takings will go to the refugee organization, VluchtelingOnderdak Wageningen.

QUIET IS THE NEW LOUD! - DAVID BENJAMIN Wednesday 12 October from 21:00 Singer-songwriter David Benjamin from Den Haag is performing in the BBLTHK in Wageningen. With his laidback vocals – reminiscent of Jack Johnson and Coldplay – and strong melodies, his music is the ideal soundtrack to the summer, say the organizers.

LUCA - UNITAS: RAGNAROK: THE VIKING APOCALYPSE Thursday 13 October from 23:00 to 04:00 The end and the rebirth of the world in Viking style. That is Ragnarok. Dress up as a Nordic god and throw yourself into the electronic waves. Free drinks MENSCHEL SVEN PHOTO: for the ﬁ rst 50 guests. Music sounded from all the cafés in Wageningen during the Popronde on 29 September.

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Wageningen Master’s students do internships and thesis research all around the world, getting to know their ﬁ eld and other cultures. Here they talk about their adventures. THE ‘Our goal was always WORKS on our minds’

Who? Femke Jansen and Lisanne van Beek, Master’s students ‘Samboja Lestari is an accommodation for Once we went to see the result of a forest fi re. of Earth and environment traumatized and permanently harmed oran- The heat still lingered in the air and we What? Master’s thesis on water gutans rescued from areas that have been de- found a devastated, black landscape where availability in Samboja stroyed by forest fi res. The NGO “BOS foun- once had been a green forest. We thought it Lestari nature reserve dation” harbours these orang-utans on artifi - looked very depressing. Where? Borneo, Indonesia cial islands surrounded by water ditches. Our Eventually, after one and a half months of research aim was to fi nd out how the water drought, it started raining more often and level of the ditches can be kept at a constant the animals in the area became more active. high level throughout the seasons. Addition- Suddenly we encountered a lot of monkeys, ally, we should fi gure out whether there is snakes and hogs during our fi eldwork. A enough water available in the area to create highlight of our stay on Borneo was seeing a more islands. We were highly motivated to wild orangutan up close. He was only two do the research as some of the rescued oran- metres away and was watching us calmly. He gutans still live in cages because there is not looked just like a six-year old boy with a lot of enough space on the islands for all of them. hair.’ JS As we saw those animals every day, our goal was always on our minds.

FLAT TIRE Our Indonesian colleagues were quite shy at fi rst. Luckily we were able to break through this barrier when we found out that we all liked the music of Dido. We were surprised by how helpful and hospitable the local people were. When our scooter had a fl at tire a man immediately offered to fi x it and invited us over to dinner with his family. The people there just take the time to help others. This is something you do not easily fi nd in the Neth- erlands. We also found it very striking how polite people in Indonesia were. It was quite challenging to formulate criticism within such an environment.

FOREST FIRE During our fi rst month of research the nature reserve experienced regular forest fi res which we could observe from our house. The fi res came close to the area the orangutans live in.

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Kilos of hair gel

I was on a trip to Valencia in Spain with my Dutch and Chinese friends, to visit our Spanish AID friend and her family. Enjoying the Spanish weather, we decided to walk around a lovely big park in the neighborhood of some iconic Valencian buildings. There we saw some tall people cycling in shorts, which made my Spanish friend’s parents ask whether they were Holland people.

For a short moment, we observed the cyclists and tried to analyze them with full attention. ‘Perhaps it’s because Then my Dutch friend said: ‘No, they are not Dutch.’ ‘How do you know that? They really they want to maintain look Dutch, are you sure?’ we responded with puzzled looks. their hairstyle while cycling She reasoned: ‘Because the guys do not use gel in their hair. Don’t you know that Dutch guys use one kilo of hair gel on their heads every day?’ Of course we all burst out laughing at her against the Dutch wind’ hilarious answer. After coming back here to Wageningen, I paid more attention to the wet-looking, stiff hair I saw around me and realized that it is probably true! I have been wondering why Dutch guys use so much gel. Perhaps it is because they want to maintain their hairstyle while cycling against the Dutch wind. Calvin Lo, MSc student of Biotechnology, from Indonesia

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