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CRA-W’s experimental piggery serves industrial research
Whereas CRA-W’s experimental farm is known for its zootechnical approaches with animals, it is also involved in more specific cooperative links that contribute to industrial research....
Towards Coordinated Integrated Pest Management in Europe?
Integrated pest management has gained a new European tool: the lC-IPM Era-net consortium, in which CRA-W represents Wallonia. The consortium comprises 21 countries from within and...
The spore sensor: a forest health barometer
Many of the diseases affecting our forest species are caused by fungi that spread via wind-borne spores, sometimes over long distances.
The Pameseb network: automatic agricultural weather stations for integrated pest management in Wallonia
With its 29 automatic agricultural weather stations, the Pameseb network records and distributes weather data that have been validated for agricultural warning systems. At a time when...
Shedding light on the future: fluorescent sensors
Fluorescence emission is a well-known physicochemical phenomenon that has been used in research for decades. New methods based on fluorescence emission have been developed by CRA-W....
Valine requirement of piglets fed low-protein diet
Economic and environmental constraints are pushing down piglets’ dietary protein content and several amino acids (AA) tend to limit performance. Various synthetic AA are often used...
CRA-W takes a close look at the organic poultry sector
Since 2007 CRA-W has been involved in a technical and economic monitoring of organic chicken farms in collaboration with Wallonia’s poultry and rabbit sector association (FACW). The...
CRA-W chemometricians score points
A challenge is presented each time to the participants at the IDRC (International Diffuse Reflectance Conference), a biennial event held in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, USA. This is...
Hybrid oilseed rape varieties become reality
Since the renewal of interest in oilseed rape growing in Wallonia that began in the early nineteen eighties, breeding has been characterised by a series of significant innovations...
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