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
Based on the study of 11 diverse European initiatives, the Agroecology-TRANSECT project aims to provide robust evidence of the benefits of agroecology.
Ulukan, D. , Steinmetz, L. , Martin, G. , Benoit, M. , Bernes, G. , Blanc, M. , Brock, C. , Destruel, M. , Dumont, B. , Lang, E. , Meischner, T. , Moraine, M. , Oehen, B. , Parsons,...
Climate change increases the risk that extreme weather events will occur. The damage they cause to agro-ecosystems can be seen and makes an impression on the minds of both farmers...
Vanwindekens, F. , Hardy, B. , Roisin, C. & Delporte, F. (2020). A quantitative approach of the slake test for assessing soil structural stabilty. Proceedings in: EGU General Assembly...
Vanwindekens, F. , Hardy, B. , Leroy, C. & Delporte, F. (2020). Évaluer les fonctions physiques et biologiques des sols à l’aide d’approches pragmatiques. Proceedings in: Intersoil2020,...
Vanwindekens, F. (2020). Le sol, un élément des agroécosystèmes en étroite relation avec les défis de notre temps Dossier spécial "Gestion des sols". La Lettre Paysanne 105,
Herremans, S. , Vanwindekens, F. , Decruyenaere, V. , Beckers, Y. & Froidmont, E. (2020). Effect of dietary tannins on milk yield and composition, nitrogen partitioning and nitrogen...
Beckers, Y. , Brostaux, Y. , Dalcq, A. , Dogot, T. , Froidmont, E. , Soyeurt h, & Vanwindekens, F. (2020). The Walloon farmers position differently their ideal dairy production...
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