Trouw Nutrition and Wageningen University & Research strengthen collaboration on sustainability of livestock production
Trouw Nutrition, Nutreco’s animal nutrition division, and Wageningen University & Research (WUR) have expressed in a Letter of Intent their intention to strengthen collaboration to accelerate scientific progress in the domain of animal and food sciences. The cooperation aims to enhance sustainability of livestock production by developing knowledge and accelerating innovations in animal nutrition to improve animal health and welfare.
26 August 2021, Amersfoort – Trouw Nutrition, Nutreco’s animal nutrition division, and Wageningen University & Research (WUR) have expressed in a Letter of Intent their intention to strengthen collaboration to accelerate scientific progress in the domain of animal and food sciences. The cooperation aims to enhance sustainability of livestock production by developing knowledge and accelerating innovations in animal nutrition to improve animal health and welfare.
The intention to initiate research projects builds on a long-standing history of joint research in animal sciences. Current and future projects focus on early life nutrition, precision nutrition, and nutrition in relation to health and welfare of livestock.
Remarking on the collaboration, Coen Smits, R&D Director, Trouw Nutrition, stated, “We are delighted to strengthen our partnership recognizing our long-standing collaboration in animal sciences. Trouw Nutrition’s leadership in the animal feed industry, coupled with the renowned team of scientists at WUR, informs our conviction that together we can accelerate the ongoing development towards sustainability in the field of animal nutrition and fulfil our commitment to our purpose of Feeding the Future”.
Wouter Hendriks, chair of Animal Nutrition at Wageningen University & Research: “We welcome this commitment and the intention to strengthen our cooperation. This fits well with the WUR motto of our strategic plan: Finding answers together. Through cooperation with a range of societal partners, our WUR knowledge in the areas of sustainability, animal welfare and health can be translated into innovative solutions and implementation in practice, thus realising societal impact.”
Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands
We are delighted to strengthen our partnership recognizing our long-standing collaboration in animal sciences. Trouw Nutrition’s leadership in the animal feed industry, coupled with the renowned team of scientists at WUR, informs our conviction that together we can accelerate the ongoing development towards sustainability in the field of animal nutrition and fulfil our commitment to our purpose of Feeding the Future
About Wageningen University & Research
The mission of Wageningen University & Research is “To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life”. Under the banner Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen University and the specialised research institutes of the Wageningen Research Foundation have joined forces in contributing to finding answers to important questions in the domain of healthy food and living environment.
With over 6.500 employees and 12.500 students from more than a hundred countries, Wageningen University & Research is one of the leading organisations in its domain. An integrated approach to problems, the cooperation between various disciplines and strong partnerships with societal partners are at the heart of Wageningen’s unique approach.
More information on: https://www.wur.nl/en.htm
About Trouw Nutrition
Trouw Nutrition, the animal nutrition division of Nutreco, has a 90-year history of dedication to innovation and deep experience in developing smarter and more sustainable ways of raising healthy farm animals and companion animals. Our team of over 8,300 passionate people in 32 countries is driven to solve the challenges facing our feed-to-food chain and relentlessly help our customers Feed the Future. Our broad portfolio of feed specialties, feed additives, premixes and nutritional models and services, along with our ever-increasing expertise in feed, farm and health make us a one-stop-shop with limitless opportunities to create tailored, integrated solutions suited to each customer’s local situation. And we are everywhere farmers and home-mixers, feed producers, integrators and distributors need us, with a presence in 105 countries, and manufacturing plants in 22. We believe the power of nutrition and good farm management can transform our industry – and even our planet. So, we are challenging how the feed-to-food chain works today, to create a brighter future, from planet to plate.
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