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approach to fertilization is very complicated. The methods of measuring the level of fertilization and the technology for applying it with several injectors are new to me.’ STUDYING HERE Walking across to the Forum for another photo call, a lady asks Ningwen Zhang about the possibilities for her son to study at Wageningen. This seems to be a question that interests many of the visitors. ‘Because that will equip their children to come and work for the company later,’ explains Ningwen Zhang. After a hot lunch in Orion, the Chinese pile into the bus that will take them to the experimental farms in Lelystad. Here, Chinese Master’s students are ready to translate the information given by staff. The visitors look around, full of interest, and snapping away with their cameras. They ask a lot of questions, just as they did during the break in the morning lecture: how does this machine
WAGENINGEN: MORE THAN A CAMPUS Chinese fertilizer producer Stanley’s visit to Wageningen UR is just one example of the way Wageningen UR works on knowledge transfer. Wageningen regularly welcomes interested groups from all over the world. And Wageningen Academy and the Centre for Development Innovation provide courses both in the Netherlands and abroad. For example, Wageningen Academy offers a course on manure- and co-digesters in Wageningen and a course on postharvest technology in Shanghai. For more information see: www.wageningenur.nl/ wageningenacademy and www.wageningenur.nl/cdi
work, how expensive is that method, what are the yields? The language barrier and the schedule prevent a more searching discussion. It is soon time to move on. Germany tomorrow. W http://www.wageningenur.nl/manure
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