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Three orchard/arable pilot projects monitored by CRA-W

For more than five years, CRA-W has been participating in the design and scientific monitoring of several organic orchard/arable agroforestry systems in Wallonia. These projects are...

JAMAR, L.

Developing a decision support tool to prevent water being polluted by plant protection products

It will soon be possible to define areas at risk of transfer of plant protection products (PPP) via runoff waters and percolation using simplified indicators, thus avoiding the pollution...

CRA-W

BELCAM: Collaborative web platform combining 'farmsourcing' and remote sensing

Current innovations in space-based remote sensing are at the basis of a flurry of new platforms aimed at monitoring agricultural parcels in order to advise farmers on cultivation practices....

GOFFART, D.

CRA-W is equipping Wallonia with 16,000 virtual weather stations

Within the framework of AGROMET, CRA-W is currently setting up a network of 16,000 virtual weather stations to provide parcels with agricultural warnings. The production launch is...

ROSILLON, D.

Controlling the quality of cereal seed treatment

The treatment of seeds with plant protection products is strongly advised to fight different plant diseases and pests in early stages of plant growth. But which analytical methods...

VERMEULEN, P.

Improving the nutritional quality of milk while reducing its environmental footprint

CRA-W and UCL have developed a dietary concept that helps to improve the quality of milk (fatty acids, vitamins and polyphenols) while limiting methane emissions and nitrogen discharges...

LEFEVRE, A.

Biopesticides – a solution attracting increasing research interest

As civil society is challenging the use of chemical (synthetic) plant protection products for environmental and public health reasons, the development of organic farming and the use...

DE RYCKEL, B.

New for Mecacost!

MECACOST is a decision-making tool that allows the running costs of nearly 390 machines to be calculated easily. Developed by the CRA-W with the support of DGO3 and AGRO-Service, it...