Frédéric VANWINDEKENS

+32 81 87 41 84
+32 475 95 21 07

Building Arthur Petermann

Rue du Bordia, 4 5030 Gembloux Tel : +32 81 87 40 02 Fax : +32 81 87 40 12

Sustainability, systems and prospectives Department

Soil, water and integrated production Unit

Bio-ingénieur

I graduated in bio-engineering with a specialization in soil sciences from UCL (2004). My work experience is in education (teacher, teaching assistant), consultancy (environmental pollution) and agricultural research (CRA-W/UCL). As a researcher I focused on the study of people’s practices in socio-ecological systems: For my MSc thesis I explored the links between micro-finance, farmers’ equipment and soil degradation in the cotton area of Mali; in conjunction with an economist. For my PhD thesis (UCL/CRA-W, 2014) I developed a systems approach for modelling practices and applied it to studying complexity and diversity in grassland management (livestock grazing systems, Belgium). Now, my projects are linked to climate change, vulnerability of farms and resilience of farmers, soil management

Les articles de Frédéric VANWINDEKENS

Scientific publications

Regards sur l'évolution climatique et son impact sur l'agriculture

Rosillon, D. & Vanwindekens, F. (2024). Regards sur l'évolution climatique et son impact sur l'agriculture. Proceedings in: Journée d'étude AREDB, comice d'Outhe Amblève "Changement...

Rosillon, D.

Projects

SolAB

Soil management in AB: what practices to optimize the ecosystem services rendered by the soil in the Walloon Region?

Hardy, B.

Scientific publications

The QuantiSlakeTest, measuring soil structural stability by dynamic weighing of undisturbed samples immersed in water

Vanwindekens, F. & Hardy, B. (2023). The QuantiSlakeTest, measuring soil structural stability by dynamic weighing of undisturbed samples immersed in water. SOIL, 9: 573–591.

Vanwindekens, F.

Projects

Agroecology-TRANSECT

Based on the study of 11 diverse European initiatives, the Agroecology-TRANSECT project aims to provide robust evidence of the benefits of agroecology.

Swartebroeckx, A.

Scientific publications

The QuantiSlake Test, a new simple method to evaluate soil structural stability

Hardy, B. & Vanwindekens, F. (2021). The QuantiSlake Test, a new simple method to evaluate soil structural stability. Poster in: SSSB thematic day on soil structure and compaction,...

Hardy, B.

Scientific publications

Excursion de terrain sur le thème de la gestion des sols en agriculture biologique pour le cours d'édaphologie de la faculté de Gembloux ABT.

Hardy, B. , Abras, M. , Vanwindekens, F. , Limbourg, Q. & Huyghebaert, B. (2021). Excursion de terrain sur le thème de la gestion des sols en agriculture biologique pour le cours...

Hardy, B.

Scientific publications

The effect of tillage, manuring and mineral P-K fertilization on soil structural stability in three long-term field trials in the loess belt of Belgium. Oral Presentation.

Hardy, B. & Vanwindekens, F. (2022). The effect of tillage, manuring and mineral P-K fertilization on soil structural stability in three long-term field trials in the loess belt...

Hardy, B.

News

A pragmatic approach to the assessment of structural stability in soils

The QuantiSlakeTest, developed by the CRA-W, enables a rapid assessment of the structural stability of soils, a significant factor in agro-ecosystems.

Vanwindekens, F.

Scientific publications

Survey data on European organic multi-species livestock farms

Ulukan, D. , Steinmetz, L. , Moerman, M. , Bernes, G. , Blanc, M. , Brock, C. , Destruel, M. , Dumont, B. , Lang, E. , Meischner, T. , Moraine, M. , Oehen, B. , Parsons, D. , Primi,...

Bouffioux, B.

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