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DECiDE, a tool for assessing greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption
Wallonia’s farms have a key role to play as energy suppliers/consumers and greenhouse gas sources/sinks. So how can these flows be accurately taken into account? CRA-W offers a tool...

Environment and stock farming: a matter of scale and modelling for shared benefits?
Livestock farming often gets a bad press because of its environmental impact. However, the relationship between the environment and stock farming is a complex one and a number of aspects...

Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA): latest in the LCA methodology
A sustainability analysis of the agricultural and agro-industrial sectors should include both the human dimension and the social and economic dynamics of their development in order...

Which biomass for which bioenergy uses?
Environmental analysis of innovative ways of using lignocellulosic biomass for energy in Wallonia: life cycle analyses produce some initial answers

WALLOON CEREALS: A MAJOR CROP WHICH IS DEVELOPING CONTINUOUSLY
Fields sown with cereals make up more than half the arable land in Wallonia. With some of the world’s highest yields, these crops offer the region various options for both food and...

The sustainability of Wallonia’s agricultural sectors: a challenge within the scope of life cycle ASSESSMENTS?
The aim is to make the agricultural and agro-industrial sectors sustainable by reconciling environmental and socioeconomic performance. CRA-W is involved in this by developing life...

Working towards exemplary management of sustainable development
CRA-W is a leading player in the sustainable development of Wallonia’s food industry. Many of the Centre’s research projects are connected with sustainable development. To back that...

CRA-W ensures quality spraying
Applying plant protection products via a sprayer is part of life on many Belgian farms. However, proper sprayer functioning is a critical factor that can have consequences not only...

Designing poultry runs: added value for the farm
Often regarded as a constraint, an outdoor run for poultry can induce a number of benefits, provided that certain rules are followed.

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