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We are pleased to share two new videos from the SPRINT project, filmed during our recent plenary meeting.
In the first video, Ana Cehic Maric explains why her family farm continues to rely on pesticides as they ensure good yields. Meanwhile, in our second video, Michael and Jolanta Pavlovic discuss how and why they decided to become an organic olive grove.
Click on the thumbnails below to access the videos.
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Čehić family farm, Croatia |
Oma Jola's olive oil farm, Croatia |
Our SPRINT project partners are keen to ensure that we achieve a good gender balance amongst our participants and researchers. To investigate whether we have been successful, we undertook an online gender survey. We had 84 responses to this and we are pleased to share the results.
SPRINT has been showcased within a special issue digital magazine which presents the important agricultural research being carried out by Wageningen University and Research. The article explains why pesticide research is so important before introducing the SPRINT project, which is investigating the environmental and human health implications of agricultural pesticide use.
Would you like to learn more about SPRINT? Here is our animated video introducing the project:
Photo credit: Canva
Based on extensive research, a group of leading scientists have argued that the maximum allowed residue levels of glyphosate, a commonly used pesticide, should be lowered. This reduction would lessen the damage to our gut bacteria (microbiomes) and our health.
Read more: Good Gut bacteria affected by low levels of glyphosate
