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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...
CRAW info n° 45
Spring 2015
Organic Agriculture
Transversal Research Unit in Organic Agriculture
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...
Phytoremediation in partnership
Two research teams, one from CRA-W and the other from the University of Liège, have joined forces to develop plant engineering for phytoremediation (IVEREM) and provide sustainable...
CRA-W BOOSTS ITS COOPERATIVE LINKS WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
International organisations have made ever-increasing use of CRA-W’s services in recent years for quality control of plant protection products used in agriculture and biocides used...
Chemical composition of plant biomass and energy use
In a rapidly changing world, and faced with the challenges of green growth and climate change, the wide availability and sustainability of plant biomass give it significant potential...