Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Wageningen University and Research Centre (also known as Wageningen UR; abbreviation: WUR) is a research and higher education concern which consists of Wageningen University, the Van Hall-Larenstein School of Higher Professional Education, and the former agricultural research institutes (Dienst Landbouwkundig Onderzoek) from the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture. With its combination of knowledge and experience in higher education and research Wageningen UR aims to train specialists (BSc, MSc and PhD) in life sciences and through its research contribute actively to solving scientific, social and commercial problems in the field of life sciences and natural resources.